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SUMMARY:Harp Workshops with Michael Rooney at Belfast TradFest
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th February 2024 | 2p – 4:30pm | Ulster University\, York Street\, BT15 1ED \nMichael Rooney is a prolific composer and is widely regarded as one of the foremost players of the traditional Irish harp. \n\n Michael was awarded the TG4 Composer of the Year in 2017. Originally from Scotstown\, Co. Monaghan and now a long time resident of County Sligo\, Michael has composed 17 suites of music in the past 20 years\, including ‘ \nThe Ulster Suite’ (2022)\, ‘Clairseoireacht’ (2022)\, Constance (2020)\, The Famine Suite (2019)\, The Macalla Suite (2016)\, Boróimhe Suite (2014)\, The Second Coming (2014)\, De Cuellar Suite (2011) and Battle of the Books Suite (2007).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll classes are designed for intermediate to advanced (minimum 2 years instrument experience) adults and children over 6 years of age\, with the exception of Traditional Singing\, Set Dancing\, Sean Nós Dancing & Whistle & Sing\, which are pitched at beginner level while also facilitating the more experienced. \n\n\n\nBook your place here.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/harp-workshops-with-michael-rooney-at-belfast-tradfest/
LOCATION:Ulster University Belfast\, Belfast
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:RTÉ Radio One Folk Awards
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations to the harpers nominated for this year’s RTÉ Radio One Folk Awards!\nRTÉ has today announced the shortlist for the 6th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards which will celebrate the very best in Irish folk music from the past year in Vicar Street\, Dublin on Tuesday 27th February at 7.45pm and live on RTÉ Radio 1 from 8pm. \nRTÉ moved the Awards from November 2023 to February 2024 to better reflect the full calendar year of folk music and performances and to continue to honour our wonderful folk artists and musicians. \nHere is the shortlist for the 6th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards:  \nBEST ORIGINAL FOLK TRACK    \n\nAbigail (Tomhas Ghobnatan) – Emma Langford \nAnáil na hOíche – Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin \nGlory Days – Steo Wall \nNíl Aon Easpa Orm – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly \nNot Your Fight – The Henry Girls and Ríoghnach Connolly \nOld Note – Lisa O’Neill  \n\n(2022 winner: Now You See It – Susan O’Neill)  \nBEST TRADITIONAL FOLK TRACK   \n\nAmhrán Pheadar Breathnach – Diane Cannon \nEileanóir a Rún – Síle Denvir \nEileanór na Rún – Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta \nGo Dig My Grave – Lankum \nSeán Gabha – Piaras Ó Lorcáin and Bláth na hÓige  \n\n(2022 winner: Róisín Dubh – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and the Irish Chamber Orchestra)  \nBEST FOLK SINGER  \n\nAnna Mieke \nDaoirí Farrell \nDiane Cannon \nEoghan Ó Ceannabháin \nLisa O’Neill \nSíle Denvir  \n\n(2022 winner: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh)  \nBEST FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST   \n\nAoife Ní Bhriain \nDiarmuid Ó Meachair \nMichael McGoldrick \nMichelle Mulcahy \nSorcha Costello  \n\n(2022 winner – Cormac Begley)  \nBEST FOLK GROUP   \n\nBláth na hÓige \nGaradice \nLankum \nMartin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble \nThe Mary Wallopers \nØXN \n\n(2022 winner: the olllam)   \nBEST FOLK ALBUM   \n\nAll Of This Is Chance – Lisa O’Neill \nBláth na hÓige – Bláth na hÓige \nDouble You – Aoife Ní Bhriain and Catrin Finch \nFalse Lankum – Lankum \nLook Over The Wall\, See The Sky – John Francis Flynn  \n\n(2022 winner – Nine Waves – Ye Vagabonds (Pictured))  \nBEST EMERGING ARTIST   \n\nCinder Well \nDiarmuid Ó Meachair \nNiamh Bury \nPiaras Ó Lorcáin \nSéamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta \nSorcha Costello \n\n(2022 winner – Cathal Ó Curráin)  \nTickets available here.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/rte-radio-one-folk-awards/
LOCATION:Vicar Street\, Dublin\, 55-59 Thomas Street\, The Liberties\, Dublin 8\, Dublin\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Awards Ceremony
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SUMMARY:Bolero and Babies
DESCRIPTION:Bolero and Babies\nWednesday 28th February\, 11am\nRoyal Irish Academy of Music\nBolero for Babies provides a space for parents/guardians with babies and/or small children to enjoy a concert of well-known classical music repertoire at a time that fits the new life schedule that accompanies new arrivals\, when attending an evening concert clashes with bedtime routines and involves arranging babysitters. Babies and young children are free to make noise or even crawl around to explore this new environment to some extent! \n€15 tickets include access for one adult and up to 2 children under 3 years. \nFanfare for St. Edmundsbury by Britten\nGermans Almaine for 3 trumpets\nDutch Dance for 3 trumpets\nCanon K328 Mozart\nApres un Reve Faure arr violin and harp\nEntr’acte Ibert violin and harp\nUne chatelaine in sa tour Faure\nSibelius Duo for Violin and viola\nCPE Bach 3 trumpets and timpani\nBolero Ravel….. and more! \nPerformers:\nJack O’Reilly\, trumpet\nAoife Garry\, trumpet\nGrace Taite\, trumpet\nGiulio Bryant\, harp\nJasmin Gallagher\, violin\nKatie Ni Mhaolain\, viola\nDerek Fu\, percussion
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/bolero-and-babies/
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy of Music\, 36-38 Westland Row\, Dublin 2\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 WY89\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Marja Gaynor\, Aoife Nic Athlaoich and Siobhán Armstrong @ Ortús Chamber Music Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:Marja Gaynor\, Aoife Nic Athlaoich and Siobhán Armstrong @ Ortús Chamber Music Festival 2024\nSunday 3rd March\, 11am\nSt. Peter’s Cork\nSiobhán Armstrong (baroque harp)\, Marja Gaynor (baroque violin) and Aoife Nic Athlaoich (baroque cello and 5 string piccolo cello)will perform a selection of 17th and 18th century works including: \nWilliam Byrd (c. 1540–1623) Callino Casturame\nGeorge Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia No. 2 in D Major\nGiovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640–1708) Scocca pur\nSylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) Chaconne in g minor\nDario Castello (1602 – 1631) Sonata Seconda\nFrancesco Rognoni Taeggio Divisions on “Susanne un jour’ (1620)\nThomas Tollett (c. 1630-1696) Tollett’s Ground (From Division-Flute)\nTurlough Carolan (1670–1738) Pléaráca na Ruarcach with divisions by Lorenzo Bocchi (J & W Neal\, A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes\, 1724)\nGeorg Friederich Händel (1685–1759) Let me wander not unseen \nTickets available here  and are also available at Pro Musica\, 20 Oliver Plunkett St\, Centre\, Cork\, T12 AW84.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/marja-gaynor-aoife-nic-athlaoich-and-siobhan-armstrong-ortus-chamber-music-festival-2024/
LOCATION:St. Peter’s Cork\, Church Hill\, Carrigrohane\, Cork\, T12 TX89\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Launch of Harp Studies II: World Harp Traditions
DESCRIPTION:Irish World Academy Special Event: Launch of Harp Studies II: World Harp Traditions\nMonday 4th March\, 5pm\nIrish World Academy\, Theatre 2\nHelen Lawlor and Sandra Joyce\, co-editors\, are launching the 2nd\nvolume in the Harp Studies series\, World Harp Traditions\, on March\n4th\, 5pm\, Tower Theatre\, Irish World Academy building. The launch\nwill feature performances by a number of the contributors to both\nvolumes of Harp Studies\, including Helen and Sandra\, Paul Dooley\,\nCormac De Barra\, Niall Keegan\, the Cuisle Harp Ensemble directed\nby Fiana Ní Chonaill\, and a host of other performers. \nPublished by Four Courts Press\, Dublin\, this book situates harping\nactivity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the\nworld. Contributors include Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin); Sandra\nJoyce (UL); Niall Keegan (UL); Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (MU); Helen\nDavies (ind.); Lia Lonnert (Linnaeus U.); Mary Louise O’Donnell\n(ind.); Cormac De Barra (DkIT); Catriona Cannon (NUIG); Tristan\nLe Govic (Rennes 2 U.); Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire\nof Scotland); Paulla Ebron (Stanford U.); Rémy Jadinon (Royal\nMuseum for Central Africa); Sylvie Le Bomin (Sorbonne University) and Salomé Strauch\n(Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle); Lucie Rault (Muséum national d’Histoire\nnaturelle); Haley Hodson (ind.); Benjamin Fairfield (University of\nHawai‘i at Manoa); Suwichan Phattanaphraiwan (Bodhivijjalaya\nCollege); Susanne Fürniss (CNRS. The National Center for Scientific\nResearch); Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen (ind.). \nHelen Lawlor is a Lecturer in Music at TU Dublin. Sandra Joyce is\nExecutive Dean\, Faculty of Arts\, Humanities and Social Sciences\,\nUL. \nAdmission is free and all are welcome.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/launch-of-harp-studies-ii-world-harp-traditions/
LOCATION:Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick\, Limerick\, V94 NCF8\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Launch
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SUMMARY:Finding a Voice presents: Amerghin – Wind on Sea
DESCRIPTION:Finding a Voice presents: Amerghin – Wind on Sea\nSunday 10th March\, 1pm\nMain Guard\, Clonmel\n€8/€5\n  \nAmerghin: Wind on Sea\nAnne Marie O Farrell (harp)\nAingeala De Búrca (violin)\nTim Doyle (whistles\, pipes)\nBrian Fleming (bodhrán\, bones\, percussion) \nBetween them they have played with artists from Led Zeppelin to the Chieftains\, Elvis Costello\, In Tua Nua\, Riverdance\, and Mamady Keita\, and in concert\, chamber and baroque orchestras around the world\, on more than 150 albums\, in more than 50 countries. They have played every style of venue and festival in Ireland from music bars to concert halls and stadia\, and from fleadhs and baroque festivals to Electric Picnics. Their combined experience as professional musicians spans 150 years. \nBOOK NOW \nThe four members of Amerghin combine that experience to create stunning new compositions and improvisations\, which co-exist on their set list with music that is older than most nations.  Whether it is music from the seventeenth century or new music being improvised into existence in front of your ears\, Amerghin breathe new life into everything they play. \nFor Finding a Voice 2024\, Amerghin perform music by Máire Breatnach\, Irish American fiddler Liz Carroll\, Italian baroque composer Isabella Leonarda\, French baroque composer Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre\, West African kora player and composer Sona Jobarte\, and composer and harpist Anne-Marie O’Farrell. \nSong of Amergin (Irish mythology; date unknown)\n“Am gáeth I mmuir ar domni\nAm tond trethan i tír\nAm fúaim na mara”\n“I am the wind on the sea\nI am the wave on the land\nI am the sound of the sea”
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/finding-a-voice-presents-amerghin-wind-on-sea/
LOCATION:Main Guard\, Clonmel\, Sarsfield Street\, Burgagery-Lands West\, Clonmel\, Co. Tipperary\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:The Singing Harps
DESCRIPTION:The Singing Harps\nSunday 10th March 2024\, 3pm\nDún Laoghaire Lexicon Library\nClaire Roche will sing accompanied by harp\, a compilation of well loved Irish songs\, including ‘The Spinning Wheel’\, ‘ Danny Boy’ etc. \nIncluded in her programme will be a selection of W.B Yeats’s poems set to music . \nShe will also present some of her original songs with harp accompaniment: these were inspired by her childhood home\, once a miniature farm . \nConcert length 90 minutes with interval .Tea/ Coffee and biscuits served after performance . \nTickets available here.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/the-singing-harps/
LOCATION:LexIcon Library and Cultural Centre\, Queen's Rd\, Dún Laoghaire\, Dublin\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240315T213000
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SUMMARY:Irish Harp Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
DESCRIPTION:Irish Harp Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries\nFriday 15th March\, 7.30pm\nRathfarnham Castle\nThis concert features some of Ireland’s leading musicians in Irish and Early Music\, together recreating sounds from the Irish Baroque era. \nExperience the beautiful and haunting music of Irish Harpers arranged from the original Irish and Scottish sources and played on historic and modern instruments: Irish Harp\, Lute\, Bandora\, Baroque Guitar\, Guitars\, Susato Whistle\, Viola da Gamba. \nMusicians: Cormac Breatnach (whistles)\, Steve Cooney (guitars)\, Aisling Ennis (harp)\, Malachy Robinson (viola da gamba) Eamon Sweeney (lute\, baroque guitar\, bandora). \nBooking essential. Tickets available here (€20)
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/15008/
LOCATION:Rathfarnham Castle\, Dublin\, D14 K3T6
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Young Harpers' Gathering | Cruinniú na gCruitirí
DESCRIPTION:Young Harpers’ Gathering | Cruinniú na gCruitirí\nSaturday 23rd March\, 11-4pm\nAn Grianán\, Termonfechin\, Co. Louth\nDo you want to get together with other harpers your age to learn tunes\, tips on accompaniment and have some fun? \nJoin us for a harp-filled day of music-making and collaboration with other young harpers as part of our first ever Young Harpers’ Gathering\, organised by CÉHI’s Fóram Cruite na nÓg. \nTickets are €20\, and will include a two course lunch\, harp workshops with a mystery guest harpers\, a harpers’ session and lots of fun! \nA limited number of tickets are available here. \nBígí linn! \n\n 
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/young-harpers-gathering-cruinniu-na-gcruitiri/
LOCATION:An Grianán\, Termonfechin\, Louth
CATEGORIES:Concert,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Cuimhní Rúnda | Hidden Memories
DESCRIPTION:Cuimhní Rúnda | Hidden Memories\nSaturday 23rd March\, 8pm\nRoe Valley Arts Centre \, Limavady\nIt’s as life-affirming as it is a lament for what’s lost and what’s hidden beyond our imagination..- Irish News \nCUIMHNÍ RÚNDA | HIDDEN MEMORIES\nNodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh and guest musicians\nSaturday 23 March | 8pm\nTickets: £15 full\, £12 concession available here\nIt’s as life-affirming as it is a lament for what’s lost and what’s hidden beyond our imagination..- Robert McMillen\, Irish News \nCuimhní rúnda celebrates the launch of new music and songs composed by local singer and musician\, Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh. \nIt is a journey through the times and places that have inspired her music and reflects her classical and traditional training and influences. From the memories hidden in the depths of Lough Swilly to the strains of the ancient harp in the Roe Valley that echo in Gaelic Scotland\, to the emigrants leaving their mark at the top of the Carn\, to the artistic reimagining of Narnia at CS Lewis Square. \nThis compilation of original works hopes to enhance our understanding of place and heritage and entice the listener to visit and experience for themselves these places of scenic beauty\, mystery and lore. \nNodlaig is joined by talented musicians from across the North West – Martin O’Kane (fiddle)\, Paul Gillespie (Cello/ Uileann pipes) Lasairfhíona Nic Ruairí (Fiddle/ whistles) & Carra Nic an Bhaird (Harp).
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/cuimhni-runda-hidden-memories/
LOCATION:Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre\, 24 Main Street\, Limavady\, Derry\, BT49 0FJ\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:The Henry Girls at The Sugar Club Harp Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Experience a new ‘take’ on Irish harping from some of our foremost young harpers. Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland’s Sugar Club Harp Sessions continue throughout 2024 and feature innovative\, cutting-edge Irish harp performances from a variety of players\, pushing the boundaries of the tradition in new and exciting ways. \nOur second concert on Thursday 28th March features Irish harper Joleen McLaughlin joined by her sisters\, Karen and Lorna in the Irish folk trio The Henry Girls. Renowned for their enchanting melodies and captivating harmonies\, and with harp as their signature instrument\, they evoke the soul of Celtic tradition while infusing it with a modern edge. Their new album A Time to Grow bridges the gap between the past and the present\, and their recent track with Ríoghnach Connolly\, Not your fight has been nominated as ‘Best Original Folk Track’ at this year’s RTÉ Radio One Folk Awards. \n“A Time To Grow is enchanting\, it’s enticing\, and it captivates the listener from \nthe beginning” Irish Music Magazine \n“The Henry Girls do not cleave to any narrow definitions of folk or tradition\, \ntheir expansive world view is a rich source of nourishment” The Irish Times \nBook here for their Dublin performance on Thursday 28th March 2024. \n 
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/the-henry-girls-at-the-sugar-club-harp-sessions/
LOCATION:The Sugar Club\, 8 Leeson Street Lower\, Dublin\, D02 ET97\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Concert
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