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Festival 2021

Online Harp Festival 2021

Join us for our online Harp Festival
Sunday 27th June to Friday 2 July 2021
Register on www.eventbrite.ie from 8th May 2021
Togha agus rogha na cruitireachta le cloisteáil ó chruitirí den scoth. Bígí linn.

This year's Festival Harpers include a star-studded line-up of Irish harpers including
Máire Ní Chathasaigh, Gráinne Hambly, Áine Ní Dhubhghaill, Anne-Marie O’Farrell, Cormac de Barra, Kim Fleming, Deirdre Granville, Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla and Úna Ní Fhlannagáin.

Buy Tickets and register on www.eventbrite.ie from 8th May 2021
Download the Festival Brochure here

Full Programme at a Glance

Sunday 27 June
4:00pm Fáilte Isteach
4:30pm Seinn Linn: Play-along online
5:00pm Meet the Harpmakers
8:00pm Oscail an Doras with Maria-Christina Cleary (harp) and Emily Cullen (poet)
Monday 28 June
11:00 am Workshop. Meet your tutor
1:00 pm Tholsel Interlude with Louth Music Generation Harp Ensemble
2:00 pm Re-discovering Old Irish Harp Music and Traditions with Simon Chadwick
2:45 pm Would the ‘Real' Carolan’s Concerto please stand up? with Siobhán Armstrong
(in association with the Historical Harp Society of Ireland)
3.30 pm Songs and their Stories with Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich
4.30 pm Seinn Linn: Play-along with Gráinne Hambly
8:00 pm Tradition Live with Úna Monaghan (harp and electronics) Anne-Marie O’Farrell, Cormac de Barra (harps) and Éamonn de Barra (flute)
Tuesday 29 June
11:00 am Workshop
1:00 pm Tholsel Interlude with The Triad Trio; Fiona Gryson, Rachel Duffy and Síofra Ní Dhubhghaill
2:00 pm Two Harper Brothers with Kathleen Loughnane
3.30 pm Songs and their Stories with Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich
4.30 pm Seinn Linn: Workshop and Play-along with Deirdre Granville
8:00 pm Radharc Siar, The Drogheda Harp School Story narrated by Dr Teresa O’Donnell with harpers Cormac de Barra, Deirdre Granville, Úna Ní Fhlannagáin, Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla, Anne-Marie O’Farrell and Gerry O’Connor (fiddle)
Wednesday 30 June
11:00 am Workshop Lá na nÓg | Ensemble Day
2:00 pm Fadó, Fadó: The Harp Journey with Gráinne Hambly
3.00 pm A Welshman from Where? with Helen Davies
3.45 pm Seinn Linn: Workshop and Play-along with Helen Davies
5:00 pm Tionól na Féile – a unique collaboration performed by young harpers countrywide
8:00 pm Réalta ó Thuaidh, Stars Align with Eilis Lavelle (harp) Zoe Conway (fiddle) and John McIntyre (guitar)
Thursday 1 July
11:00 am Workshop
1:00 pm Tholsel Interlude with Clann Uí Scolaí
2:00 pm 60 Bliain ag Fás: The Cairde na Cruite Story with Áine Ní Dhubhghaill
3.30 pm Songs and their Stories with Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich
4.30 pm Seinn Linn: Workshop and Play-along with Anne-Marie O’Farrell
8:00 pm Ceolchoirm na Féile with Siobhán Armstrong (early harp), Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde (singer) (in association with HHSI) Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp) and Chris Newman (guitar)
Friday 2 July
11:00 am Workshop
12:30 pm Slán Abhaile: Final open session with a selection from the week’s workshops as tutors
and students perform together.