Create Louth » termonfeckin http://www.createlouth.ie the home of the arts in County Louth Ireland Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Harp Festival An Chuirt Chruitireachta http://www.createlouth.ie/harp-festival-an-chuirt-chruitireachta http://www.createlouth.ie/harp-festival-an-chuirt-chruitireachta#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:15:02 +0000 admin http://www.createlouth.ie/?p=1389 An Chuirt Chruitireachta the International Festival of Irish Harp is celebrating its 25th anniversary. 

An Chuirt Chruitireachta the International Festival of Irish Harp takes place at An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, from 27th June to 1 July 2010 and incorporates a full programme of tuition, a series of public evening concerts, a number of outreach events, a Jubilee Symposium and a Keynote Address which will be given by Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, Mary Hanafin T.D.

Concert Programme 2010

Sunday 27 June
Fáilte Isteach

Harper Laoise Kelly will launch the festivities, performing with harper Gráinne Hambley and Scottish harper William Jackson. The Festival welcome will be given by the Chair of The Arts Council, An Chomhairle Ealaíon Pat Moylan.
Venue: Beaulieu House, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

Time:    8.00pm
Monday 28 June
Teach lán na gCruitirí

Kathleen Loughnane, harp, will be joined by seannós singer Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich and Janet Harbison, harp with her harp orchestra. This will be followed by a late night traditional harp session.

Venue: An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

Time:    8.30pm
Tuesday 29 June
‘The Irish Harp: Future directions?’

Join us at our Jubilee Symposium, when harpers from all over Ireland and abroad will gather to discuss their vision for the Irish harp. The session will be facilitated by Nicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive and will be prefaced by a talk from music historian, Seán Donnelly on the Irish harp and its origins.

Venue: An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

Time:    3.00pm

‘Téada agus Scéalta’

Welsh and Irish harp traditions will intertwine in a concert with Paul Dooley, early Irish harper and Welsh triple harper Robin Huw Bowen. This will be followed by a late night storytelling session with storyteller Nuala Hayes and harper Anne-Marie O’Farrell.

Venue: An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

Time:    8.30pm
Wednesday 30 June
Keynote address from the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Mary Hanafin T.D. followed by ‘The Musical Feast’

Local musicians Gerry O’Connor, fiddle, Fintan Vallelly, flute, singer Gerry Cullin and members of the Drogheda Singing Club will take the floor together with harper Dearbhail Finnegan and harper duo, Anne Marie O’ Farrell and Cormac De Barra.

Venue: An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

Time:    8.30pm
This concert will be recorded by RTÉ Lyric FM.
Thursday 1 July
‘Old Friends’

Cairde na Cruite presents its Gala Festival concert featuring harper, Máire Ní Chathasaigh, harper, Helen Davies and sean nós singer Pádraigín Ní Uallachain, Liam Ó Floinn, uilleann pipes, Paddy Glackin, fiddle and Mel Mercier, bodhrán.

They will be joined by the Festival harp tutors with specially arranged harpers’ music celebrating 25 years of An Chúirt Chruitireachta.

Venue: An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

Time:    8.30pm

All concerts and workshops are open to the public.

Admission €15, Concessions €10

]]> http://www.createlouth.ie/harp-festival-an-chuirt-chruitireachta/feed 0 An Chúirt Chruitireachta http://www.createlouth.ie/an-chuirt-chruitireachta http://www.createlouth.ie/an-chuirt-chruitireachta#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 14:56:47 +0000 admin http://www.createlouth.ie/?p=1293 As you may be aware, 2010 marks the 50th year of Cairde na Cruite, Friends of the Irish Harp and An Chúirt Chruitireachta, the International Festival for Irish Harp, is also 25 years old. The Irish harp landscape has evolved dramatically since the foundation of Cairde na Cruite and the society has delivered substantially on the original objectives set out by its founding members in 1960.

While these objectives espoused the provision of expert tuition, the publication of music and the establishment of a festival for the Irish harp, the society’s mission has continued to evolve and it has made a significant contribution to the development of a vibrant dynamic role for the Irish harp in Ireland and abroad.

It’s within this context, and bearing in mind the increased levels of interest in the Irish harp nationally and internationally as well as the growing numbers of harp players, that we believe it is timely to ask where we would like to see the Irish harp positioning itself in the immediate and longer term and how Cairde na Cruite could facilitate any future development.  As part of the programme for An Chúirt Chruitireachta 2010, we propose  hosting  a symposium  ‘The Irish harp – future directions ’  facilitated by Nicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, on Tuesday June 29 at 2.30 – 5 pm. in An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co Louth.  We hope that this initiative will provide an opportunity for everybody interested in the Irish harp to contribute to a strategy for its future.

We value your opinion and would be delighted if you could join us in An Grianán for this very important discussion.  If you would like to reserve a place at the symposium, you can RSVP your acceptance to info@communique.ie.   (Please respond in any event.) Admission is free.

We have an exciting programme of events planned for our 25th international festival. Please click here to view the attached concert programme for the festival week.

Best wishes,

Aibhlín McCrann

Director

An Chúirt Chruitireachta

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