Report on the Harping Tradition in Ireland

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Two hundred years on The bicentenary of the 1792 Belfast Harpers’ Assembly was marked by a World Harp Festival in Belfast organised by Harbison, as well as by the publication of The Harp of Ireland: The Belfast Harpers’ Festival, 1792 and the saving of Ireland’s harp music by Edward Bunting by Gráinne Yeats. In 1994, Yeats also released a recording of the music of the 1792 harp festival performed on wire-strung harp. Laoise Kelly from Mayo, who specialised in Irish traditional dance music, raised the profile of the instrument further when she appeared in the BBC series River of Sound (1995), and in 2001, Máire Ní Chathasaigh was the first harper to be awarded the TG4 Gradam Ceoil, the premier traditional music award. This was followed in 2006 by harper Michelle Mulcahy receiving Ceoltóir Óg na Bliana (‘Young Musician of the Year’), also the first harper to do so. Borradh The Historical Harp Society of Ireland was founded in 2003 by harper and early music specialist Siobhán Armstrong, the Irish Harp Centre was established by Janet Harbison in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, in 2002, and in 2008, in its 35th year, Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, one of the largest traditional music festivals, introduced harp lessons at the school for the very first time. In 2010, Nicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, could write: ‘Is léir d’éinne a d’fhreasail ar chruinnithe de chruitirí na hÉireann le blianta beaga anuas go bhfuil borradh taghta ar shaol na cruite…’ 2 (‘It is clear to anyone who has attended gatherings of Irish harpers in recent years that there has been a resurgence in harping…’) In the context of the outline presented above, the meeting of harpers in the Arts Council in October 2013 was the latest historic step in an extraordinary journey for the instrument. 24 2. Carolan, Nicholas, ‘Foreword’ in Rogha na gCruitirí – Harpers’ Choice: 100 traditional tunes for the Irish harp (Dublin: Cairde na Cruite, 2010), p. v.
Mary Bergin, Antoinette McKenna and Joe McKenna at Liberty Hall for the ‘Ace and Deuce of Piping’ 2011. Photo by Johnny Savage 25
Page 1 and 2: Report on the Harp
Page 3 and 4: VOICES OF IRISH HARPERS ‘I am pro
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary 7 Introduction 11
Page 7 and 8: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over several cent
Page 9 and 10: • the unsuitability of some Arts
Page 11 and 12: INTRODUCTION At the beginning of Ju
Page 13 and 14: As the reader will see from this re
Page 15 and 16: Kavan Donohue, Claire O’Donnell,
Page 17 and 18: Methodology The methodology for thi
Page 19 and 20: title Denis O’Hempsey - who parti
Page 21 and 22: Four days in Belfast By c. 1750 in
Page 23: Pioneering As Irish traditional mus
Page 27 and 28: Harps on the Liffey - the launch of
Page 29 and 30: 3.2 Location Ninety per cent of res
Page 31 and 32: An issue that did not appear in any
Page 33 and 34: Irish lever harp The modern Irish l
Page 35 and 36: There was some concern expressed in
Page 37 and 38: 3.7 Musical background The growth i
Page 39 and 40: Graded examinations are a significa
Page 41 and 42: 3.8 Performance Traditional Irish m
Page 43 and 44: Chris Stout, Séamus Ó Beaglaoich
Page 45 and 46: Group playing Harpers perform as pa
Page 47 and 48: Enda Bates, Clíona Doris and Linda
Page 49 and 50: Number of Pieces Arranged for Harp
Page 51 and 52: The type of organisations or groups
Page 53 and 54: 3.11 Tuition Based on the informati
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Page 57 and 58: Map 2: Harp tuition detail: Norther
Page 59 and 60: Harp Tuition at Summer Schools and
Page 61 and 62: Ann Heymann (USA) teaching a class
Page 63 and 64: 3.13 Organisations The Irish harp s
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Page 67 and 68: The Irish Harp Centre Founded by Ja
Page 69 and 70: 3.14 Resources Given the historical
Page 71 and 72: Harpers also use a range of online
Page 73 and 74: 3.15 Harp-making Harp ownership Nin
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• harp festivals and events are e
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Fifty-five respondents had accessed
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Muckross Harp Trail 2015 Photo by V
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4. RECOMMENDATIONS At the beginning
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The Irish Harp Centre is an excelle
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Muckross Harp Trail 2015 Photo by V
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4.6 Composition and Commissions Com
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Natalie Surina of Ériú Harps insp
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Edinburgh International Harp Festiv
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4.10 Harp-making A comprehensive da
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Aodán Ó Dubhghaill and Áine Ní
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