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Muckross Harp Trail 2015<br />
Photo by Valerie O’Sullivan<br />
(iii) One-off harp-related projects <strong>in</strong>clude <strong>the</strong> commissi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of new work by a harper,<br />
two films focus<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> harp, and workshops, festivals and tours that employed<br />
harpers. The total was €74,308 (an average of €14,862 per year).<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />
One-off harp projects 25,000 0 33,136 13,000 3,172<br />
Table 5<br />
(iv) The Arts Council also supports twelve of <strong>the</strong> twenty-<strong>on</strong>e Irish festivals/summerschools<br />
that provide harp tuiti<strong>on</strong>; <strong>the</strong> Galway Early Music Festival, which regularly<br />
<strong>in</strong>cludes Irish harp <strong>in</strong> its programm<strong>in</strong>g; and many o<strong>the</strong>r festivals, venues and promoters<br />
that employ Irish harpers.<br />
This detail <strong>on</strong> fund<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>cludes <strong>the</strong> results of <strong>the</strong> Survey of Harpers. The next secti<strong>on</strong><br />
of <strong>the</strong> report focuses <strong>on</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s for future development.<br />
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