Historical Harp Society of Ireland

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Scoil na gCláirseach—Festival of Early Irish Harp 2018



We are now taking bookings! 

Dates: 15–21 August 2018
Venue: Coláiste Pobail Osraí in the medieval city of Kilkenny, Ireland.    


EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT 
of €25 on the week rate if you book by 15 May 2018

and / or

BRING A FRIEND DISCOUNT 
of €25 on the week rate if you sign up with a friend who is new to the festival.

HHSI Associate Members receive a €30 discount on Player's fees 
paid in their year of membership. Join now at www.irishharp.org


2018 VISITING ARTISTS & SCHOLARS include
Allan Macdonald (Scottish piper and singer), Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin (singer), Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin (singer), Paul Dooley (harpist) & Karen Loomis (lecturer) and also familiar faces: Siobhán Armstrong, Scoil director, Simon Chadwick, Scoil assistant director, Ann Heymann, Sylvia Crawford & James Ruff.

Our juicy, bursting-to-capacity programme includes the following

CONCERTS

Ceòl Mór: The Big Music of Harp and Pipes [S. Chadwick, A. Heymann & A. Macdonald]

The Dawn of Day: Songs of the Harpers [S. Armstrong, E. Ní Ríordáin & Mícheál Ó Catháin]

Highlands and Lowlands: Sounds of Scotland [A. Macdonald & J. Ruff]

A Hidden Ulster: The Music of Oriel [P. Ní Uallacháin, S. Crawford & Darren Mhag Aoidh]

TALKS / WORKSHOPS include

Passing on the tradition: learning old Irish harp repertory, style, and technique

Radiocarbon dating the Queen Mary harp (K. Loomis; virtual presentation live from Princeton, USA)

Exploring tuning strategies (P. Dooley)

A’ ghlas mheur [< the finger lock]: Adapting Piobaireachd to Cláirseach (A. Heymann)

Music, Ireland and the sixteenth century (S. Armstrong)

Emotion and Passion in Ceòl Mór: dealing with rhythm and tension in phrasing (A. Macdonald)

Lyons, O’Kane & O’Hampsey: The transmission of Eibhlín a Rún variation sets in the eighteenth century (S. Armstrong)

PLUS

Intensive morning harp tuition 

and

Afternoon harp masterclasses



As ever, we also offer our unique, measured

* HHSI Student and HHSI Connemara harps for you to rent and play

* delicious, hot, vegetarian lunches cooked for us each day by our cook, Pat Glavin and

* a field trip to museum collections in Dublin to see surviving harps



Players: Join us for the complete festival programme, from 8.45 a.m. to 6.45 p.m. each day.
Auditors: Join us for part – or all – of any day to listen in on Players' sessions, workshops, lectures, masterclasses and concerts.
Field trippers: Join us for a day in Dublin, inspecting historic harps close-up, guided by world experts, on Tues. 21 August.

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What's it all about? Informational video HERE
See the 2017 festival timetable HERE 

Booking information HERE                  



Contact us by email or phone: 

info@irishharp.org              +353 (0)86 8623430