January 10th 2024
Courses starting 3 February 2024: Easy harp melodies, Reconstructing Carolan, and An introduction to Scottish Gaelic
Easy harp melodies from 18th-century Irish sources Develop your technique, grow your repertory — and have more fun playing — with music from the early Irish harping tradition
Reconstructing Carolan: Play transcriptions of his music made from 18th-century Irish harpers Explore better and lesser known Carolan compositions, working with juicy pages from a unique Irish-harp-music manuscript of the late 1700s
An introduction to Scottish Gaelic for harpists and singers Be introduced to Scottish Gaelic language and pronunciation, and the historical tradition of Gaelic heroic ballads, and learn to sing an evocative Scottish Gaelic song
October 6th 2024
Join us ONLINE, Sunday, 20 October, 4–6 pm, Irish time for our Harpers' Gathering
September 11th 2024
Acadamh na gCláirseach–Academy of Early Irish Harp | Courses starting 12 October
Keep up to date with our activities, concerts, summer festival and all things early-Irish-harp.