Historical Harp Society of Ireland, Kilkenny Videos

Come learn about harp and other early irish/celtic music at Acadamh na gCláirseach--Academy of Early Irish Harp. Courses start in just two weeks on October 12, 2024. **Early Bird Pricing in affect until 5-Oct** 3 Great courses, 6 weeks of learning each, 7 great tutors. Plus social time before and/or after each class, each class video is available for your review (for a limited time) https://irishharp.org/acadamh

https://irishharp.org/acadamh

Tickets are still available, concerts at @kilkennycastleopw on Sunday and Tuesday. Free talks, hands on workshop and concert on Friday (tomorrow) and free tea time concerts on Saturday and Monday. Link in bio for more info. ##scoil2024

Tix are still available for both concerts (Sunday & Tuesday evening) at @kilkennycastleopw (our concerts did sell out last year) link in the bio or visit festival.irishharp.org/concerts We welcome you to get acquainted with: Dr Siobhán Armstrong, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Festival director, speaker, tutor, and concert artist! Siobhán Armstrong is a coach, mentor, academic and Ireland’s most versatile performer of mediaeval to 18th-century church and chamber music, and opera. She performs and records with many of Europe’s prestigious historical and traditional musicians, directors, orchestras and baroque opera companies. Siobhán is unusual in placing herself at the confluence where ‘historical’ meets ‘traditional’ performance practice. For more than 25 years, she has been exploring the lost repertory, playing techniques and idiom of the early Irish harp. This is also the subject of her PhD (Middlesex University, London). In 2015, Siobhán located a lost historic Irish harp, and in 2016 she commissioned the first ever 3D laser scan of a musical instrument at The National Museum. Sharing her discoveries is now at the heart of her artistic and educational work. Siobhán is an Occasional Lecturer at the School of Music, University College Dublin. With her ensemble, The Irish Consort, she has released Music, Ireland and the Sixteenth Century (Destino Classics, UK), shedding light on a neglected century in Irish music. This was one of The Irish Times’ top five international Classical Music picks of 2021. Building community, supporting artists, and encouraging research is at the core of the HHSI’s work under her direction. #irishHarp #harpmusic #history #irishharp #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #scoil2024

Join us for this FREE concert in @visitkilkenny on Saturday, July 27th. Link in bio for more information. We welcome you to get acquainted with: Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin is a multi-award winning sean-nós singer from Fermoy, Co. Cork in the south of Ireland. Her deep interest in Irish heritage and Irish music has led her to research and perform the songs from the repertoire of the Waterford Déise, in the south-east of Ireland, for which she has won first prizes at the Oireachtas and the Fleadh. Eibhlís is almost unique in researching and performing 17th- and 18th-century Irish harp songs: the much-neglected, seminal repertory normally now only heard as instrumental melodies, which she performs to her own accompaniment on a replica of a historic Irish harp, using historical harping techniques. Eibhlís’s understanding of the Irish language, her love of Irish traditional singing, and her expertise in early Irish harping makes her a unique resource for those interested in exploring evocative old Irish harp songs by Carolan and others. #irishHarp #harpmusic #history #irishharp #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #scoil2024 #irishlanguage

Get your tickets today for our second concert on July 30th @kilkennycastleopw. Link in bio. We welcome you to get acquainted with: Allan MacDonald, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Allan MacDonald is a distinguished Scottish musician renowned for his mastery of the Great Highland Bagpipe. Hailing from a lineage of esteemed pipers, Allan is a leading light in the Gaelic musical scene, and is in demand internationally as a composer, musical director, piper, singer, workshop leader, and lecturer on Gaelic music. His approach to performing is infused with an insider’s ear for the fragile traces of historical continuity that survive within Gaelic-speaking communities, and he attempts to reverse the effects of post-Industrial sanitisation and cultural colonialism. His work as a scholar-performer reuniting seventeenth-century piping with its Gaelic roots is influencing a whole generation of pipers. Allan has performed at all of the major Celtic and piping festivals. He lectures on the Scottish Music course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, and has had numerous commissions to compose for BBC television. #GaelicMusic #history #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #Kilkenny #singer #Pipers #bagpipe #scottishmusic #scoil2024

Limited tickets still available for both concerts (they sold out last year). Link in bio We welcome you to get acquainted with: Róisín O’Grady, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Róisín O’Grady studied music and Italian at University College, Cork and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in concert singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. She furthered her music studies with an M.A. in Performance at the Cork School of Music, and was a soloist with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland for over two years. Her classical training is evident in her precise and expressive singing style, which has garnered her acclaim in various musical circles. She has performed extensively in Ireland and internationally, both as a soloist and in collaboration with various ensembles and orchestras. Her repertoire spans a wide range of music, including opera, art songs, and traditional Irish music. This diversity showcases her adaptability and broad musical interests. #irishmusic #GaelicMusic #history #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #Kilkenny #singer #TraditionalIrishMusic #seannós #irishlanguage #scoil2024

Free event Monday July 29th in @visitkilkenny We welcome you to get acquainted with: Paul Dooley, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Paul Dooley is a prominent figure in the realm of traditional Irish music, renowned for his expertise as a harpist and his contributions to the preservation and innovation of Irish harp music. His musical style is characterised by its intricate melodies and rhythmic complexity in a repertoire featuring traditional Irish dance music, chiefly learned from players of other traditional instruments – flute, fiddle, and pipes. He has appeared on numerous CD recordings and television programmes, and performs at festivals and events across Ireland and internationally, showcasing the timeless beauty of the Irish harp to diverse audiences. Paul has also spent the past two decades working on the Robert ap Huw manuscript, the oldest collection of harp music in existence. Paul earned his PhD in musicology at the University of Limerick, researching harp tuning practice in mediaeval Ireland and Wales. #irishHarp #harpmusic #history #irishharp #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #scoil2024

Free event in @LoveKilkenny Friday July 26th. Also will be live-streamed on your YouTube channel. More information at festival.irishharp.org We welcome you to get acquainted with: James Ruff, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. James Ruff is a versatile musician celebrated for his exceptional skills in both early music and traditional Scottish Gaelic song. A talented tenor and harpist, James has dedicated much of his career to the revival and performance of historical repertoires, particularly those from the Scottish and Gaelic traditions. He is known for his scholarly approach to music, often performing on period instruments and using historically informed techniques. James’s deep passion for Gaelic culture is evident in his extensive research and performances of ancient Gaelic airs and ballads, which he brings to life with authenticity and emotional depth. #irishHarp #harpmusic #history #irishharp #scottishmusic #GaelicMusic #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #scoil2024 @james.ruff

Concert tickets still available (our concerts sold out last year) We welcome you to get acquainted with: Dr Siobhán Armstrong, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Festival director, speaker, tutor, and concert artist! Siobhán Armstrong is a coach, mentor, academic and Ireland’s most versatile performer of mediaeval to 18th-century church and chamber music, and opera. She performs and records with many of Europe’s prestigious historical and traditional musicians, directors, orchestras and baroque opera companies. Siobhán is unusual in placing herself at the confluence where ‘historical’ meets ‘traditional’ performance practice. For more than 25 years, she has been exploring the lost repertory, playing techniques and idiom of the early Irish harp. This is also the subject of her PhD (Middlesex University, London). In 2015, Siobhán located a lost historic Irish harp, and in 2016 she commissioned the first ever 3D laser scan of a musical instrument at The National Museum. Sharing her discoveries is now at the heart of her artistic and educational work. Siobhán is an Occasional Lecturer at the School of Music, University College Dublin. With her ensemble, The Irish Consort, she has released Music, Ireland and the Sixteenth Century (Destino Classics, UK), shedding light on a neglected century in Irish music. This was one of The Irish Times’ top five international Classical Music picks of 2021. Building community, supporting artists, and encouraging research is at the core of the HHSI’s work under her direction. #irishHarp #harpmusic #history #irishharp #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #scoil2024

Tickets are still available, but these concerts did sell out in 2023 We welcome you to get acquainted with: Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde is an accomplished Irish singer and musician, renowned for his contributions to traditional Irish music. Born in the Gaeltacht region of Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland, Doimnic has been deeply immersed in the Irish language and culture from a young age. He is particularly known for his sean-nós singing, a traditional unaccompanied style of Irish singing that is marked by its highly ornamented and expressive nature. Sean-nós singing is a critical aspect of Irish cultural heritage, and Doimnic has played a significant role in its preservation and revival. #irishmusic #GaelicMusic #history #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #Kilkenny #singer #TraditionalIrishMusic #seannós #irishlanguage #scoil2024

Still time to get your concert or full festival tickets. Scoil na gClarseach starts 1 week from today. Also we have free events on Friday, Saturday and Monday. Some of which will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. festival.irishharp.org for all the details and tickets. #scoil2024

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Still time to get our concert or full festival tickets. Scoil na gClarseach starts 1 week from today. Also we have free events on Friday, Saturday and Monday. Some of which will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. festival.irishharp.org for all the details and tickets.

We welcome you to get acquainted with: Paul Dooley, who will be performing at this year's Festival. Paul Dooley is a prominent figure in the realm of traditional Irish music, renowned for his expertise as a harpist and his contributions to the preservation and innovation of Irish harp music. His musical style is characterised by its intricate melodies and rhythmic complexity in a repertoire featuring traditional Irish dance music, chiefly learned from players of other traditional instruments – flute, fiddle, and pipes. He has appeared on numerous CD recordings and television programmes, and performs at festivals and events across Ireland and internationally, showcasing the timeless beauty of the Irish harp to diverse audiences. Paul has also spent the past two decades working on the Robert ap Huw manuscript, the oldest collection of harp music in existence. Paul earned his PhD in musicology at the University of Limerick, researching harp tuning practice in mediaeval Ireland and Wales. https://festival.irishharp.org/ #irishHarp #harpmusic #history #irishharp #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #scoil2024

We welcome you to get acquainted with: Róisín O’Grady, who will be performing at this year’s Festival. Róisín O’Grady studied music and Italian at University College, Cork and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in concert singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. She furthered her music studies with an M.A. in Performance at the Cork School of Music, and was a soloist with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland for over two years. Her classical training is evident in her precise and expressive singing style, which has garnered her acclaim in various musical circles. She has performed extensively in Ireland and internationally, both as a soloist and in collaboration with various ensembles and orchestras. Her repertoire spans a wide range of music, including opera, art songs, and traditional Irish music. This diversity showcases her adaptability and broad musical interests. #irishmusic #GaelicMusic #history #irishmusic #scoilnagClairseach #festivalofearlyirishharp #Kilkenny #singer #TraditionalIrishMusic #seannós #irishlanguage #scoil2024