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SUMMARY:Symposium 2026 | Teaching with Impact
DESCRIPTION:What makes teaching truly impactful? How can we grow as teachers as well as musicians?\nJoin us for our 2026 symposium\, a day exploring the art and craft of teaching. Our keynote speaker is Dr Liz Doherty\, traditional musician\, educator\, researcher and Founder of I Teach Trad. The day brings together teachers\, performers and learners to share ideas and practice and to reflect on how we pass on our music. \nFull programme \nRegistration: 9.45am \nFáilte Isteach: 10.15am \nDenise Kelly\nFrom the Classroom to the Concert: Lessons learned along the Way\nDenise Kelly\, one of our most revered and renowned harper composers\, and for many years lecturer in Harp Studies in TU Dublin\, shares her experiences and insights from throughout her career. \nGeraldine O’Doherty\, Principal Harpist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra\nPracticing with Purpose: How to give students a structured approach to practice in order to maximise their individual potential.\nA critically acclaimed performer\, chamber musician and teacher at the Royal Irish Academy of Music\, Geraldine has enjoyed an outstanding career at the forefront of harp performance and education. Alongside her orchestral work\, she has premiered and recorded works by many of Ireland’s leading composers and is passionate about expanding the harp repertoire. Geraldine will share practical tools and techniques to help students build productive practice habits. Drawing on her extensive experience as both performer and educator\, she will offer insights for teachers working with beginners\, improvers and advanced harpers alike. \nAlyth McCormack\nBeing in the Moment – Let go of Doing and just Be\nMaintaining and increasing flexibility is an important component for harpers and their teachers in every aspect of their practice. Alyth McCormack\, singer and yoga teacher speaks about stress relief\, and shares the benefits of yoga to reconnect with ourselves so that we can perform more fully. \nKeynote Address: The Teaching Musician\nDr Liz Doherty\nTeaching is an art\, a craft\, a science and a profession\, yet it is something many of us simply find ourselves doing\, drawing instinctively on what we know and how we ourselves were taught. Liz Doherty invites us to think more deeply about the teaching musician: to explore the knowledge we already carry\, to become curious about how and why we teach as we do\, and to consider our development as teachers as an equally rich and lifelong journey. \nMy Practice: My Story – Brídín\, Conor O’Brien\, Alannah Thornburgh\n\nHear how a new generation of harpers from a diverse range of harping backgrounds and styles reflects on and develops their future practice. All three harpers will share key elements of their artistic practice in performance. Facilitated discussion with Aibhlín McCrann. \n\nDr Liz Doherty (Keynote Speaker)\nDr Liz Doherty is a traditional musician\, educator and researcher from Buncrana\, Co. Donegal. An experienced fiddle teacher\, she has spent over 30 years teaching traditional music in Ireland and internationally\, alongside an extensive career in higher education\, where she taught and developed curricula in traditional music and music education. A National Teaching Fellow\, she holds a PhD in Cape Breton fiddle music and is author of The Cape Breton Fiddle Companion. Liz is Founder and Director of I Teach Trad\, developing training\, courses and resources for traditional music teachers\, including Read Music the TRAD Way\, her innovative approach to teaching music literacy in the traditional music context. She is also a performer\, arts consultant and television music producer. \n\nDate: Sunday 15 November\nTime: 9.45am – 4.30pm (lunch will be served)\nVenue: Vernon Studio\, Royal Irish Academy of Music\nTickets: €20/€15\, Registration Essential Register Here
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/teaching-with-impact-symposium-2026/
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy of Music\, 36-38 Westland Row\, Dublin 2\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 WY89\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Symposium
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SUMMARY:Hidden Tunes for the Irish Harp: Discoveries in the Early Collections
DESCRIPTION:Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland Annual Lecture: Hidden Tunes for the Irish Harp: Discoveries in the Early Collections \nNicholas Carolan and Dr Mary-Louise O’Donnell\nSunday 15th November\nVernon Studio\, Royal Irish Academy of Music\, 5.30pm \nJoin us for Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland’s Annual Lecture 2026\, Hidden Tunes for the Irish Harp: Discoveries in the Early Collections\, presented by Nicholas Carolan\, Director Emeritus of the Irish Traditional Music Archive\, with harper Dr Mary Louise O’Donnell. \nRefreshments will be served \nAdmission Free: Fáilte roimh Chách \nReserve your tickets at Eventbrite
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/hidden-tunes-for-the-irish-harp-discoveries-in-the-early-collections/
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy of Music\, 36-38 Westland Row\, Dublin 2\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 WY89\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Ceiliúradh | Celebrating Harps Gala Concert 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland for Ceiliúradh | Celebrating Harps\, our annual Gala Concert\, in the beautiful Whyte Recital Hall at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. This highlight of the harping year brings together an outstanding line-up of harpers\, singers and musicians for an evening celebrating the richness and range of Irish harping today. \nAt the heart of the evening is the world premiere of An Dalladh Dubh | All but Blind a Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland commission\, composed by Neil Martin\, and performed by the All Island Harp Ensemble. \nThe evening’s MC\, Ellen Cranitch\, will guide you through a programme featuring Tríona Marshall\, Stephen Rea\, Cormac De Barra\, Aisling Ennis\, Gráinne Meyer\, Aisling Lyons\, Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta\, Maria Ryan\, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh\, Michael Rooney\, Mick O’Brien\, Becky Ní Éallaithe and Dónal O’Connor. \nDon’t miss this celebration of one of Ireland’s oldest musical traditions\, as vibrant and innovative today as ever. \nDate: Sunday 29 November 2026\nTime: 5pm\nVenue: Whyte Recital Hall\, Royal Irish Academy of Music\, 36–38 Westland Row\, Dublin 2\nTickets: €25 | Concessions €20 – Book Here
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/ceiliuradh-celebrating-harps-gala-concert-2026/
LOCATION:The Whyte Recital Hall\, 36-38 Westland Row\, Dublin\, D02 WY89
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Harp Sessions at The Sugar Club | Aisling Lyons\, Becky Ní Eallaithe & Muireann Ní Shé
DESCRIPTION:Three exceptional artists working at the forefront of the Irish folk tradition: harper\, concertina player and composer Aisling Lyons\, sean-nós dancer\, singer and concertina player Becky Ní Éallaithe\, and uilleann piper and singer Muireann Ní Shé. Drawing on the rich traditions of their homeplaces – Cork\, Connemara\, and Clare\, this newly formed trio presents a programme of traditional music\, song and dance that honours Ireland’s living oral tradition while embracing fresh creative perspectives. Themes of the feminine voice\, place\, and the natural world emerge in a programme developed through an ongoing artistic collaboration. Bí Liom Bí weaves together music\, song and dance in performances that are both deeply rooted in tradition and unmistakably contemporary\, featuring newly composed works by Lyons\, Ní Shé and Ní Éallaithe. This performance is a celebration of tradition as a living\, breathing artform\, grounded in authenticity while driven by curiosity. \nDate: Saturday\, 6 February\nTime: 8pm (doors 7:30pm)\nVenue: The Sugar Club\, Leeson Street Lower\, St Kevins\, Dublin\nTickets: Book Here
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/harp-sessions-at-the-sugar-club-aisling-lyons-becky-ni-eallaithe-muireann-ni-she/
LOCATION:The Sugar Club\, 8 Leeson Street Lower\, Dublin\, D02 ET97\, Ireland
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