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Sat 23rd - Fri 29th July 2022

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Saturday July 23rd

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

15:30 - 16:30

Workshops

Introductory session for those new to early Irish harp

Alessia Bianchi

Level: Newcomers

16:30 - 17:30

Welcome Events

Festival participant registration

17:30 - 18:30

Welcome Events

Orientation session

18:30 - 20:00

Welcome Events

Opening reception

Sunday July 24th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

Irish harp traditions: from history to revival

Simon Chadwick

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Talk to an Irish Music Master

Cárthach Mac Craith

15:00 - 15:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

15:30 - 16:45

Player Sessions

Codladh an tSionnaigh [‘the fox’s sleep’]

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: All
Player Sessions

Mrs. Abigail Judge

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Old Irish harp playing techniques (1 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: Beginnner +
Player Sessions

Sing and play Turlough Carolan’s harp song, Fanny Poer. (1 of 2)

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: All

16:45 - 17:15

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:15 - 18:15

Workshops

What’s that mark? A beginners’ guide to reading Edward Bunting’s manuscript pages

Alessia Bianchi

Level: Beginner +
Workshops

‘B’ for bass: a doorway to understanding how to arrange in old-Irish style

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate +

18:15 - 19:15

End of Day

Social hour to relax and unwind

Monday July 25th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

Ruaraidh Dall Morison at Dunvegan castle: a Scottish harper’s life in song

James Ruff

Level: All

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Talk to an Irish Music Master

Ann Heymann

15:00 - 15:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

15:30 - 14:45

Player Sessions

Uilleagáin Dubh Ó [‘dark little head, oh’]

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate +
Player Sessions

The Scottish port: From Renaissance lute tablature to performance

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Old Irish harp playing techniques (2 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: Beginner +
Player Sessions

Sing and play Turlough Carolan’s harp song, Fanny Poer. (2 of 2)

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: All

16:45 - 17:15

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:15 - 18:15

Workshops

What do player wear-marks on old harps reveal about how they were played?

Dr Karen Loomis

Level: All

18:15 - 19:15

End of Day

Social hour to relax and unwind

20:00 - 22:00

Concert

Music for a King—an Irish harper at the court of Christian IV

Various Artists

Tuesday July 26th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

The hows and whys of early Irish harp making

Dr Karen Loomis

Level: All

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Talk to an Irish Music Master

Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde

15:00 - 15:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

15:30 - 16:45

Player Sessions

Corelli’s 'madness': the Italians in Ireland

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Advanced
Player Sessions

Jig to Mrs Abigail Judge

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Clara Burke

Alessia Bianchi

Level: Beginner +
Player Sessions

Madam Keil (aka Eleanor Plunkett) (1 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: Intermediate +

16:45 - 17:15

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:15 - 18:15

Workshops

What did Turlough Carolan’s lower hand play?

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate +
Workshops

Is sean-nós song connected to Irish harp song?

Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde

Level: All

18:30 - 20:00

End of Day

Student platform evening

Wednesday July 27th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

In their own words: what did the old harpers have to say about their art?

Simon Chadwick

Level: All

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Talk to an Irish Music Master

Collecting music in Ireland: stories and sounds from the Aran islands

Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

15:00 - 15:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

15:30 - 16:45

Player Sessions

Scarúint na gcompánach [‘the parting of companions’]

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: All
Player Sessions

Let your fingers dance!

Dr Paul Dooley

Level: Intermediate +
Player Sessions

Òran Mòr Mhic Leòid [‘the great song of Macleod’]

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Madam Keil (aka Eleanor Plunkett) (2 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: Intermediate+

16:45 - 17:15

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:15 - 18:15

Workshops

Listening to old Irish harp tunes

Simon Chadwick

Level: All
Workshops

Chanting to the sound of the harp: medieval plainchant and the early Irish harp

Dr Frank Lawrence

Level: All

18:15 - 19:15

End of Day

Social hour to relax and unwind

20:00 - 22:00

Concert

2022 Festival Gala

Various Artists

Thursday July 28th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

Singing to harp accompaniment in medieval- to early modern Ireland

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: All

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Talk to an Irish Music Master

American sources of musical idiom in Irish vernacular music

Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

15:00 - 15:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

15:30 - 16:45

Player Sessions

Singing and playing medieval Irish plainchant

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: All
Player Sessions

Creach na Ciadaoin [‘Wednesday’s bereavement’]

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

I'll follow you over the mountain

Alessia Bianchi

Level: Beginner +
Player Sessions

Lochaber (Limerick's Lamentation)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: Intermediate +

16:45 - 17:15

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:15 - 18:15

Workshops

Playing harp music from medieval Wales

Bill Taylor

Level: All
Workshops

Pronuncio: the art of speaking with one’s fingers

Dr Maria Cleary

Level: Intermediate +

18:15 - 19:15

End of Day

End-of-festival reception

Friday July 29th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

08:00 - 19:00

Field Trip

Visiting historic harps in Dublin

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