Scoil na gCláirseach

Time-
table

FESTIVAL OF EARLY IRISH HARP

TIMETABLE OF EVENTS

Wednesday 16th August 2017

3.00-4.00pm

Introductory Class - Sylvia Crawford
An orientation session for any students new to the early Irish harp.

Public taster session
A chance to see, hear and try out an early Irish harp. Open to the public.

4.30-5.30pm

Student registration

5.45-6.45pm

Class introduction and orientation session

7.00-8.00pm

Official opening of Scoil na gCláirseach 2017

Thursday 17th August

8.45-9.15am
Practice time

9.15-9.30am
Tuning

9.30-10.45am
Classes

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Classes (continuation of previous sessions)

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
General workshop - Siobhán Armstrong
How to be HIP:
What defines an historical approach to playing early Irish harp music? Specialist workshop - Ann Heymann
“...Let us talk further about the Crychiadau, plethiadau, cysylltiadau...”
What can be learned from medieval Welsh harp technique

2.45-3.15pm
Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes Private masterclasses - Ann Heymann

3.45-4.30pm
Public masterclasses - Ann Heymann

4.45-5.15pm
Lecture - Siobhán Armstrong
Bass-hand performance practice timeline:
16th-19th century

5.30pm
Concert - Simon Chadwick
Ceòl Righ Innse Gall: Re-imagined medieval ceremonial music for the Lords of the Isles.

Friday 18th August

8.45-9.15am
Practice time

9.15-9.30am
Tuning

9.30-10.45am
Classes

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Classes (continuation of previous sessions)

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
General workshop - Siobhán Armstrong
Learning a harper’s song:
For those who don’t already sing in Irish. Specialist workshop - Éamonn Ó Bróithe
Advanced song class:
For those who already sing in Irish.

2.45-3.15pm
Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes Private masterclasses - Ann Heymann

3.45-4.30pm
Public masterclasses - Ann Heymann

4.45-5.15pm
Lecture Simon Chadwick
The early Gaelic harp traditions:
Their ancient history and modern revival

5.30pm
Concert - Ann Heymann (harp) & Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin (song)
Téada bheaga, téada mhóra: Little strings, great strings

Saturday 19th August

8.45-9.15am
Practice time

9.15-9.30am
Tuning

9.30-10.45am
Classes

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Classes (continuation of previous sessions)

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
workshop - Ronan Browne
Rocking the Cradle
Learning old melodies using archive recordings

2.45-3.15pm
Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes Private masterclasses - Ann Heymann

3.45-4.30pm
Public masterclasses - Ann Heymann

4.45-5.15pm
Lecture - Sylvia Crawford
Patrick Quin, the Armagh harper

5.30pm
Concert - Siobhán Armstrong (harp) & Éamonn Ó Bróithe (song)
Sín síos agus suas liom: Songs of the harpers

7.30-8.00pm
A.G.M of the Historical Harp Society of Ireland

8.00-10.00pm
Informal student platform

Sunday 20th August

8.45-9.15am
Practice time

9.15-9.30am
Tuning

9.30-10.45am
Classes

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Classes (continuation of previous sessions)

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
General workshop - Siobhán Armstrong
Major, Minor, Modal:
Gaelic music modes made manageable. Specialist workshop - Simon Chadwick
Medieval Gaelic harps and 18th century Irish harps compared and contrasted

2.45-3.15pm
Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes Private masterclasses - Ann Heymann

3.45-4.30pm
Public masterclasses - Ann Heymann

4.45-5.15pm
Talk - Ann Heymann in conversation:
My part in the Early Irish harp revival

5.30pm
Concert - James Ruff (harp) & Ronan Browne (pipes)
Of Love and Lamentation: The harper meets the piper

Monday 21st August

8.45-9.15am
Practice time

9.15-9.30am
Tuning

9.30-10.45am
Classes

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Classes (continuation of previous sessions)

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
General workshop - Ann Heymann
A Tour of Irish & Welsh Historical Harp Technique Specialist workshop - Siobhán Armstrong
A harper’s piece, collected - words and music - by the ‘Master of the Musick, attending His Majesty’s State in Ireland’: Johann Sigismond Kusser

2.45-3.15pm
Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes Private masterclasses - Ann Heymann

3.45-4.15pm
Lecture - Simon Chadwick
History, tradition & revival

4.30pm
Closing Reception & Student Platform

Tuesday 22nd August

Optional field trip to Dublin
led by Simon Chadwick
(times are approximate)

8.00am

Depart Kilkenny

10.00-11.00am

Guinness Storehouse Museum:
• Denis O’Hampsey’s Downhill harp

11.30am-12.30pm
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks:
• Kildare harp
• Mullagh Mast harp
• Sirr harp
• ‘Carolan’ (Rose Mooney’s) harp
• Hollybrook harp
• Cloyne harp fragments
• Cloyne reconstruction

12.30-1.15pm

Lunch break at Collins Barracks

2.00-3.00pm

Trinity College Dublin:
• Trinity College harp
• Patrick Quin’s Castle Otway harp

3.30-4.30pm

National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St:
• Ballinderry harp fragments
• Breac Maedóic
• Fiacail Phádraig
• Shrine of the Stowe Missal
• Early Irish treasures

4.30pm

Depart Dublin for those returning to Kilkenny.

7.00pm approx.

arr. Kilkenny

Please note that this timetable is provisional and is subject to change. Updated 14th August 2017.

Previous years’ timetables are archived here:
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