Online Courses starting October 11th

Enrollment is open for our autumn courses

All courses meet online on six Saturdays

Early-bird offer: enroll for €99 / course and save 24% off the full price of €130. Offer ends 1 October, 2025

Sacred Mediaeval Music from Scotland

Explore the soundworld of sacred music from mediaeval Scotland through three important manuscripts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Participants will learn to interpret and perform pieces from each, offering a unique glimpse into mediaeval Scottish devotional life and musical practices. 

James Ruff, Carolin Margraf, Dr Siobhán Armstrong

 

Introduction to a Reconstructed Method of Playing: 24 playing techniques for the wire-strung Irish harp

Develop your understanding of the traditional playing techniques for the wire-strung Irish harp with Sylvia Crawford's historically informed method of playing, and learn to use these techniques to play three eighteenth-century Irish harp tunes.

Sylvia Crawford, Alessia Bianchi

 

The Craft of Pibroch: playing with the pattern 11O1 OO1O

The Craft of Pibroch makes the classical music of the Highland bagpipe accessible to harp players of all levels. You will be guided down pathways for practising, memorising, understanding, and composing that breathe life into an ancient tradition.

Barnaby Brown, Bill Taylor

What you get with each course:

• six 75-minute online group classes taught by experts
• downloadable class materials to help you practice and learn
• access to recordings of all your classes
• a personalized web page with all your course materials and videos
• access to your course videos until the start of the next term, or for as long as you are enrolled in ANY Acadamh na gCláirseach course

Learn and discover with us this autumn!