Join us at one of our HHSI Discovery Days around Ireland, where you can meet us, hear this rare instrument played in concert, have your questions answered at an illustrated talk, and – if you sign up early enough! – take one of up to eight places in a hands-on Beginners’ workshop.
HHSI Discovery Days are suitable for adults and children over the ages of ten. They have three components:
Hear the rare, exquisite sound of the early Irish harp’s brass-wire strings in evocative original repertory: preludes, laments, song airs and more from the 18th century back to perhaps the late Middle Ages.
Play the early Irish harp in a workshop for absolute beginners. Harps copied from medieval to 18th-century originals will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join a 75-minute, hands-on workshop for absolute-beginners. Harps copied from medieval to 18th-century originals will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Friday, 20th September
Join the Historical Harp Society of Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin on Culture Night, where we will celebrate Ireland’s illustrious, ancient (wire-strung) harp.
FREE ADMISSION
Level: No harp experience required
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2, D02 YK38
Contact: To reserve a place in the HAVE A GO workshop, please contact info@irishharp.org
Harps copied from medieval to 18th-century originals will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.