Scoil na gCláirseach

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SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP

TIMETABLE OF EVENTS

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Wednesday 8th August 2012

2.00-4.00pm

Beginners’ Introduction - Ann Heymann
An orientation session for any students new to the early Irish harp

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 2012
Guest speaker TBA

Thursday 9th August

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15am Morning coffee

11.15am-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45pm

Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop 1
Andrew Lawrence-King
Gestures
body movements, playing techniques, communication in performance
Workshop 2
Ann Heymann
The Continuum of Tradition
Insights on Tuning & Technique

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in class groups

3.45-4.30pm Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.00pm
Tutor Concert - Siobhán Armstrong

5.00-6.00pm
Talk - Simon Chadwick
The early Gaelic harp traditions - their ancient history and modern revival
1000 years of history and 10 years of Scoil na gCláirseach.

6.00-6.15pm
Questions and discussion

8.00-9.30pm
Informal student platform

Friday 10th August

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop 1
Ann Heymann
Develop Your Ear and Muscle Memory
a Guided Practice
Workshop 2
Siobhán Armstrong

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in class groups

3.45-4.30pm Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.00pm
Tutor Concert -Andrew Lawrence-King

5.00-6.00pm
Lecture - TBA

6.00-6.15pm
Questions and discussion

Saturday 11th August

10.30am-6pm
All Day Exhibition of Historical Harp Makers

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop - TBA

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes

3.45-4.30pm
Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.30pm
Talk - TBA

8.30pm
Public Concert
St Patricks Church, Kilkenny
To be confirmed

Sunday 12th August

9.15-9.30am
Group photograph with all students and staff

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15am Morning coffee

11.15am-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45pm

Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Song Workshop - TBA

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes

3.45-4.30pm
Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.00pm
Tutor concert - Ann Heymann

5.00-6.00pm
Lecture - Andrew Lawrence-King
Primary and Secondary Sources

6.00-6.15pm
Questions and discussion

Monday 13th August

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15am Morning coffee

11.15am-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45pm

Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop 1
Siobhán Armstrong

Workshop 2
Andrew Lawrence-King
Passions, Sensibility & Expression
historical harpers’ emotions

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in class groups

3.45-4.45pm Talk - Simon Chadwick
Harps and tunes
Matching instruments to repertory, and repertory to instruments.

4.45-5.00pm
Discussion

5.00pm
Closing Reception & Student Platform

Tuesday 14th August

Optional Field Trip to Dublin
(times are approximate)

8.00am

Dep. Kilkenny School of Music for Dublin

10.30-11.30am

Trinity College Dublin:
• Trinity College harp
• Otway harp

12.00-1.00pm

National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St:
• Ballinderry harp fragments
• Breac Maedóic
• Fiacail Phádraig
• early Irish treasures

Lunch break (at Collins Barracks)

2.00-3.00pm

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

3.30-4.30pm

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

4.30pm

Dep. to Kilkenny School of Music for anyone returning to Kilkenny arr. c. 7.00pm

Please note that this timetable is provisional and is subject to change. Updated 17th April 2012.

Previous years’ timetables are archived here:
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