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SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY
IRISH HARP
Wednesday 20th August 2008
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4.30-5.30pm
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Student Registration
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5.45-6.45pm
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Class Introduction and Orientation
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7.00-8.00pm
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Official Opening of Scoil na
gCláirseach 2008
Guest Speaker: TBA
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Thursday 21st August
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9.30-10.45am
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Class
Tuition |
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Morning
Coffee |
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11.15am-12.30
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Class
Tuition |
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Lunch |
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1.45-2.40pm
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Beg./Int.
Seminar - Siobhán
Armstrong |
Adv. Seminar - Ann
Heymann
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Two parallel seminars on the same subject.
Idiomatic Irish Ornamentation: the
'Graces' from Edward Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland 1840
Working from facsimiles, as well as an original first
edition, to study the historical grace notes, articulations and
gestures used in early Irish harp music.
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2.40-3.00pm
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Seminar
- Siobhán
Armstrong
Irish Names
and Titles: A Quick Pronounciation guide |
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Afternoon
Tea |
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3.30-4.30pm
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Lecture - Simon Chadwick
An Introduction to the Early Irish Harp Tradition
Its history and cultural background. |
Adv.
Practice Time |
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4.30-5.00pm
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Tutor
Concert - Ann Heymann |
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5.00-6.00pm
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Beg./Int.
Practice Time |
Lecture - Keith Sanger
Harpers Before Carolan
A look at the harpers before 1700, from
contemporary evidence and context |
Friday 22nd August
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9.30-10.45am
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Class
Tuition |
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Morning
Coffee |
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11.15-12.30
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Class
Tuition |
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Lunch |
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1.45-2.30pm
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Seminar Jim Hunter
Ruaidhrí
Dall Ó Catháin (c. 1570 - 1650)
A talk about this famous harper-composer from Coleraine, Co. Derry, who
spent most of his life in Scotland.
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2.30-3.00pm
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Seminar-
Ann Heymann
Interpretation
of Ruaidhrí
Dall's Music
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Afternoon
Tea |
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3.30-4.30pm
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Lecture - Simon Chadwick
What is an Early Irish Harp?
An overview of its technical features
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Adv.
Practice Time |
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4.30-5.00pm
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Tutor
Concert - Andrew Lawrence-King |
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5.00-6.00pm
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Beg./Int.
Practice Time |
Lecture -
Mary O'Donnell
19th Century
Irish Harp Societies
Following Bunting's collecting work, these Societies attempted to
continue the early Irish harp tradition by training young blind people
to play the early Irish harp.
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Saturday 23rd August
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10.30am-6pm
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All
Day Exhibition of
Historical Harp Makers |
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9.30-10.45am
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Class
Tuition |
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Morning
Coffee |
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11.15-12.30
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Class
Tuition |
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Lunch |
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1.45-2.30pm
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Seminar- Andrew Lawrence-King
Strong and Weak Notes
a hands-on workshop in baroque articulation.
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2.30-3.00pm
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Discussion-
Simon Chadwick
What is the
difference between an Early Irish harp and a Wire-Strung harp?
An investigation of terminological minefields.
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Afternoon
Tea |
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3.30-4.00pm
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Lecture -Simon Chadwick
Harpers, Characters and Anecdotes
Amusing stories about the 18th century Irish harpers. |
Adv.
Practice Time |
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4.00-4.30pm
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Seminar - Simon Chadwick
Replacing a String: What To Do When One Breaks |
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4.30-5.30pm
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Beg./Int.
Practice Time |
Lecture - Seán Donnelly
Harpers in
the Domestic Accounts of an Irish Big House, 1730-70
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8.00-9.30pm
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Public
Concert in Rothe House, Kilkenny
Strings of Gold: Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque Music of the Gaelic World & Beyond
with Siobhán
Armstrong, Ann Heymann,
Andrew
Lawrence-King & singer Róisín
Elsafty |
Sunday 24th August
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9.30-10.45am
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Class
Tuition |
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Morning
Coffee |
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11.15-12.30
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Class
Tuition |
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Lunch |
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1.45-2.30pm
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Song
Workshop - Róisín
Elsafty
Learning a
harpers’ song in the Irish language
Sean nos singer Róisín will teach us all the
Irish words to one of the 18th century songs. |
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2.30-3.00pm
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Seminar
- Siobhán
Armstrong
Fingernail Care
Hints and tips on keeping your nails strong, and repairing them if one
breaks. |
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Afternoon
Tea |
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3.30-4.30pm
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Lecture - Simon Chadwick
Repertoire: What There Is and Where To Find It
Including a look at some of the books in the HHSI Library. |
Adv.
Practice Time |
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4.30-5.00pm
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Tutor
concert - Siobhán
Armstrong |
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5.00-6.00pm
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Beg./Int.
Practice Time |
Lecture - Jimmy O’Brien-Moran
Irish Folk Music Collectors of the Early 19th Century - Pioneer Musicologists
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Monday 25th August
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9.30-10.45am
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Class
Tuition |
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Morning
Coffee |
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11.15-12.30
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Class
Tuition |
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Lunch |
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1.45-2.20pm
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Seminar
- Siobhán
Armstrong & Andrew
Lawrence-King
Other Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Harps: a
Presentation of Instruments Contemporaneous to the Early Irish Harp
See and hear a Baroque Italian
'arpa doppia', a Spanish chromatic 'Arpa de dos ordenes', a buzzing
medieval bray harp... |
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2.20-3.10pm
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Workshop
- Andrew Lawrence-King
Improvising over a Renaissance Ground Bass: an
Introduction
Learn the basics of historic improvisation and accompaniment.
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Afternoon
Tea |
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3.30-4.00pm
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Discussion
What next? Resources and Strategies to Keep you
Going until Scoil 09 |
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4.00pm
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Final
Student Concert and Open Platform |
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5.00pm
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Closing
Reception |
Tuesday 26th August
CONCERTS
As well as the tutor concert in Rothe House, Kilkenny,
on
Saturday 23rd August 2008, there are other concerts associated with
Scoil na gCláirseach:
Thursday 28th August 2008, 8.00pm
Nuns Island Studio, Galway
with Siobhán
Armstrong, Ann Heymann, Róisín
Elsafty
Strings of Gold: Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque Music of the Gaelic World & Beyond
Saturday
30th August 2008, 8.00pm
St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St, Dublin
with Siobhán
Armstrong, Ann Heymann, Róisín
Elsafty, John Elwes
The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls: A Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Moore's Irish Melodies
Beg., Int. and Adv. on the timetable refer to beginners,
intermediate and advanced. Please note that this timetable is
provisional and is subject to change. Updated June 2008.
Click here
to view the 2007 timetable.
Click here
to view the 2006 timetable.
Click here
to view the 2005 timetable.
Click here to
view the 2004 timetable.
Click here to
view the 2003 timetable.
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