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Photo taken at Scoil na gCláirseach 2011. When music sounds this good…. Feel Good Friday. Join us this year at Scoil na gCláirseach—Festival of Early Irish Harp, 14 – 20 August 2019, Coláiste Pobail Osraí Secondary School, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, IRELAND in conjunction with @medievalmilemuseum #FeelGoodFriday #Clarsach #clairseach #earlyirishharp #irishharp #wirestrungharp #harp #historicalharpsocietyofireland #LoveMusic #Ireland #medievalmusic #irishmusichistory #irishculture #trinityharp #Trinity #mullaghmast #downhillharp #queenmaryharp #lamontharp #gaelicmusic #edwardbunting #ancientmusic #lostmusic#musicrevival #arpa #竖琴 #ハープ #hāpu #harpe #harpesceltiqueshistoriques https://www.instagram.com/p/BuLOmTLguqc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t74ae1zhlf0i

Harp on a headstone. #clairseach #earlyirishharp #irishharp#wirestrungharp #Clarsach #glasnevincemetery (at Glasnevin Cemetery Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLtruv9gVTU/?igshid=1tvs0oke57rcf

Thursday, 13th of August For the first day of our 2020 event we commenced with three videos: a talk by Siobhán Armstrong on trying to sound like old Irish harpers; a workshop by Simon Chadwick on replica harps and portraits of harpers as a performance-practice source, and concert footage – ‘The Ancient Music of Ireland’ – with harpists, Ann Heymann and Andrew Lawrence-King, and piper, Ronan Browne. 2.00 pm TALK with Siobhán Armstrong: Do we want to try to sound like old Irish harpers? Leaning into idiomatic historical Irish harping (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQfSIPwnXrw) 3.30 pm WORKSHOP with Simon Chadwick: Replica harps and portraits of harpers as a source for performance practice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI_jtNxjxhI) 5.00 pm CONCERT The Ancient Music of Ireland with Ann Heymann, Andrew Lawrence-King – early Irish harp; Ronan Browne – Irish pipes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm-aGQKvAgg) You can subscribe to our youtube channel and click the notification button to be informed automatically when the youtube premiere is about to start. You can also interact with other participants using the live chat function during the premiere. All times are Irish Summer Time (GMT +1). For a more hands-on experience contact our virtual tutors to schedule one-on-one sessions (https://tinyurl.com/hhsi-subjects). #Clarsach #clairseach #earlyirishharp #irishharp #wirestrungharp #harp #HHSI #historicalharpsocietyofireland #irish #ireland #medievalmusic #irishmusichistory #irishculture #irishheritage #trinityharp #Trinity #mullaghmast #downhillharp #downhill #gaelicmusic #edwardbunting #ancientmusic #lostmusic #musicrevival #arpa #竖琴 #ハープ #hāpu #harpe https://www.instagram.com/p/CD2D7V0gzQ-/?igshid=197vh9cvuj7se

SCOIL NA GCLÁIRSEACH—Festival of Early Irish Harp 14–20 August in Kilkenny www.irishharp.org/festival/ •••• I think it goes without saying, but we are all pretty excited now this week! Scoil na gCláirseach–Festival of Early Irish Harp kicks off on Wednesday, 14 August. Join us in medieval Kilkenny for concerts, free talks, workshops, a harp exhibition and more. Book your tickets: http://irishharp.org/festival/programme/ In addition to our harping performers and tutors, fiddler, Paddy Glackin, and singers, Lillis Ó Laoire and Sarah Ghriallais all make their Scoil debuts this year. See and hear them – and all our wonderful artists – http://irishharp.org/festival/artists/ We still have a few spots free for those who would like participate intensively in the tuition programme, playing the harp each day. Rental harps are available and beginners are very welcome. More information http://irishharp.org/festival/about/ (Come on back-benchers, take the ball on the hop and don't be shy, book your ticket to Kilkenny, there's still time 😁😁). HHSI members are cordially invited to the HHSI 2019 AGM, which takes place at Coláiste Pobail Osraí at 6.30 on Wed, 14 August. Our Official Opening reception is at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday and all our friends are most welcome to join us. Please see full Festival Programme attached to this post. Bígí linn! #Clarsach #clairseach#earlyirishharp #irishharp#wirestrungharp #harp#irishmusic #kilkennyconcerts#kilkenny #irishmusicfestival#ancientirishmusic#historicalirishmusic #ireland#medievalmusic#irishmusichistory #irishculture#trinityharp #gaelicmusic#edwardbunting #ancientmusic#lostmusic #musicrevival #arpa #竖琴 #ハープ #hāpu #harpe#harpeceltique #arpaceltica #harpebardique (at Kilkenny, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FQizPgqBZ/?igshid=1s2g3ypewc86x

SCOIL NA GCLÁIRSEACH—Festival of Early Irish Harp 14–20 August in Kilkenny www.irishharp.org/festival/ ‘Meet the Artists’ photo no. 12 - Sarah Ghríallais SARAH GHRíALLAIS 2019 Performer, guest tutor Sarah Ghríallais is a multi-prize-winning singer from a famous, and hugely respected, Connemara family of singers. Originally from Muiceanach-idir-Dhá-Sháile in west Connemara, Sarah has long been acknowledged as a sean-nós singer of exceptional talent, winning the Corn Uí Riada award at the Oireachtas for the first time in 1984. That same prize has also been taken home by her sisters Nóra and Nan, her son Michael, and her niece Celia Ní Fhátharta – a remarkable feat for the family. Listen to Sarah here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAA3jEilZcE. Sarah has been sean-nós singer-in-residence at the National University of Ireland at Galway. She was recently awarded the Sean-Nós Cois Life Gradam award for her contribution to traditional song and in 2018, the Irish-language TV channel, TG4, honoured her by broadcasting a programme about her life called Sé mo Laoch (https://www.tg4.ie/en/programmes/se-mo-laoch/). Sarah Ghríallais’s voice is striking, with a style more forthright than many other Connemara singers. She has a wide dynamic range and a tone not unreminiscent of Bulgarian singers. To hear her is to hear the raw essence of Ireland, distilled into a human voice. Some of the songs that are most associated with her include Amhrán Mhuighinse, Sagart na Cúile Báine, Condae Mhaigh Eo, Táilliúir an Mhagaidh and Eileanóir na Rún. She has recorded on several labels including, in Ireland, on Cló Iar-Chonnacht. #Clarsach #clairseach#earlyirishharp #irishharp#wirestrungharp #harp#irishmusic #kilkennyconcerts#kilkenny #irishmusicfestival#ancientirishmusic#historicalirishmusic #ireland#medievalmusic#irishmusichistory #irishculture#trinityharp #gaelicmusic#edwardbunting #ancientmusic#lostmusic #musicrevival #arpa #seannós #sarahgríallais (at Ireland (country)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0dfCVpAmh7/?igshid=fq7n5nx1wdtt

SCOIL NA GCLÁIRSEACH—Festival of Early Irish Harp 14–20 August in Kilkenny www.irishharp.org/festival/ ‘Meet the Artists’ photo no. 11 - Nancy Hurrell NANCY HURRELL 2019 Speaker Nancy Hurrell is a harpist, harp historian and author. A consultant to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA, she presents gallery talks, performs and records sound files on harps from the museum collection. Nancy is an expert on the harps of the pioneering, early nineteenth-century Dublin harp builder and inventor, John Egan. Listen to Nancy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zWLWhlWAO8. She authored the ‘John Egan’ entry in the New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (2014) and has had numerous historical-harp articles published. Nancy has lectured widely on Egan harps including at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, the Royal Academy of Music Museum, London and at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. She recently produced the first monograph on Egan: The Egan Irish Harps—Tradition, patrons and players (Four Courts Press, 2019 https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2019/the-egan-irish-harps/ ). This new book will be launched at Scoil na gCláirseach–Festival of Early Irish Harp in Kilkenny on Mon. 19 August. Hurrell is a performing harpist herself, playing in several Boston early music ensembles on a variety of historical harps. She has appeared at numerous festivals including Boston Early Music Festival, Amherst Early Music Festival, ICONS (Irish Connections), UK Harp Festival and Somerset Harp Festival. Her groundbreaking CD, The Egan Irish Harp(https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/nancyhurrell), is the first recording of an Egan Portable Irish harp, c.1820. Nancy Hurrell has also been a harp instructor at the Boston Conservatory and Brandeis University, and performs and teaches at conferences across the USA, Canada, Britain, and Ireland. www.hurrellharp.com #Clarsach #clairseach#earlyirishharp #irishharp#wirestrungharp #harp#irishmusic #kilkennyconcerts#kilkenny #irishmusicfestival#ancientirishmusic#historicalirishmusic #ireland#medievalmusic#irishmusichistory #irishculture#trinityharp #gaelicmusic#edwardbunting #ancientmusic#lostmusic #musicrevival #arpa (at Ireland (country)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0W2YJrgWIL/?igshid=1ryrjvjqms772

SCOIL NA GCLÁIRSEACH—Festival of Early Irish Harp 14–20 August in Kilkenny www.irishharp.org/festival/ ‘Meet the Artists’ photo no. 7 RÓISÍN ELSAFTY 2019 Performer Róisín comes from Conamara, in the west of Ireland, and grew up in a musical family. Singing came naturally, even before she learnt to speak. Her mother is the well-known singer, Treasa Ní Cheannabháin. Róisín sings in the oldest, a cappella singing style, in the Irish language. Her songs are from an ancient, oral tradition and have been handed down through the generations and from district to district. Listen to Róisín https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8paj2hQHIo&list=RDEMGgwMRa3K6i4KPVXvijZONA&start_radio=1 However, Róisín also enjoys eclectic musical collaborations: from early Irish music to jazz and works with some of the very best known mainstream Irish traditional, and historical, musicians. Róisín has travelled widely with her art, performing, demonstrating and teaching her singing style. Memorable international concerts have included performances at Cité de la Musique in Paris; at the Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels; and with The China/Ireland Cultural Exchange Programme performing in Beijing and Shanghai. She has also hosted TV and radio shows in English and Irish, both in Ireland and further afield. Róisín’s first solo recording, Má Bhíonn Tú Liom Bí Liom, was released in 2007 on Vertical Records and was widely praised. Described by The Irish Times as ‘a thing of beauty from beginning to end’, it is a collection of traditional and newly composed songs, both accompanied and a cappella. Róisín is a two-time winner of the Irish Music Awards award for Best Sean-Nós Singer 2010 and 2014. She also holds a PhD in biochemistry. #Clarsach #clairseach#earlyirishharp #irishharp#wirestrungharp #harp#irishmusic #kilkennyconcerts#kilkenny #irishmusicfestival#ancientirishmusic#historicalirishmusic #ireland#medievalmusic#irishmusichistory #irishculture#trinityharp #gaelicmusic#edwardbunting #ancientmusic#lostmusic #musicrevival #arpa #竖琴 #ハープ #hāpu #harpe#harpeceltique #arpaceltica#harpebardique (at Ireland (country)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Gg9f2o0uW/?igshid=ac9mp09w1gck

SCOIL NA GCLÁIRSEACH—Festival of Early Irish Harp 14–20 August in Kilkenny www.irishharp.org/festival/ -- 'Meet the Artists!' No. 6: KAREN LOOMIS Organologist; historical harp scanning proposal development KAREN LOOMIS 2019 Speaker (virtual presentation, live-streamed from New Jersey, USA) Based in New Jersey, on the east coast of the USA, Karen Loomis is an organologist with expertise in historical harp research. She received her PhD in Music from Edinburgh University in 2015, for her groundbreaking analysis of the construction and craftsmanship of the Queen Mary and Lamont harps to be found at National Museums Scotland. Her research is published in peer reviewed journals, and she regularly gives presentations to academic and public audiences. Her ongoing work has a significant impact within the community of historical harp builders and musicians. Prior to her PhD, Karen received a MMus in Musical Instrument Research, with Distinction, from Edinburgh University. She was the 2011 recipient of the American Musical Instrument Society’s Frederich R. Selch prize, in recognition of her work with the Lamont harp. In 2017, she was co-investigator on a funded project to radiocarbon date the Queen Mary harp, in collaboration with National Museums Scotland and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre. karenloomis.academia.edu #Clarsach #clairseach#earlyirishharp #irishharp#wirestrungharp #harp#irishmusic #kilkennyconcerts#kilkenny #irishmusicfestival#ancientirishmusic#historicalirishmusic #ireland#medievalmusic#irishmusichistory #irishculture#trinityharp #gaelicmusic#edwardbunting #ancientmusic#lostmusic #musicrevival #arpa #竖琴 #ハープ #hāpu #harpe#harpeceltique #arpaceltica#harpebardique (at Ireland (country)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz6V0OuAEH5/?igshid=hspgg80z27vx