World Harp Traditions International Conference. Programme

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World Harp Traditions International Conference Programme Friday 25th May 2018 1.30-2pm 1.

30 Session I Early Harps Chair: Siobhán Armstrong Karen Loomis (HHSI) & David Forsyth (National Museum of Scotland) Radiocarbon Dating the Queen Mary Harp 2-3.

1 World Harp Traditions International Conference Programme Friday 25th May pm pm Registration Conference Opening, Sandra Joyce Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, UL Session I Early Harps Chair: Siobhán Armstrong Karen Loomis (HHSI) & David Forsyth (National Museum of Scotland) Radiocarbon Dating the Queen Mary Harp Session II Harping in Ireland Chair: Eamonn Costello Thérèse Smith Global Influences on Irish Traditional Music and Harping Sandra Joyce Paul Dooley The Castle Otway Harp: A String Scale Analysis Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen Hortense Panum and the harps in North Western Europe pm Aibhlín McCrann Forging new directions: The Harp s awake Tea/Coffee Foyer, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance

2 Session III Lecture Recitals 19 th Century Harping in Ireland Chair: Helen Lawlor Mary O Donnell & Teresa O Donnell Harping in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century: The Egan Family of Dawson Street, Dublin Clare McCague Boleyne Reeves [ ], harpist and composer: 'A forgotten Cork worthy' Session IV Chair: Mel Mercier Mícheal Ó Suilleabháin & Nicholas Carolan, The Neal Collection pm Wine Reception Irish World Academy 7pm World Harp Traditions Evening Concert Paul Dooley Clíona Doris Saturday, 26 th May a.m. Session V - Harping in Europe & Burma, Chair: Thérèse Smith Michelle Mulcahy Bridging of Sounds: Exploring the artistic intellect and creativity in harp practice

3 Tristan Le Govic A trajectory of the modern Breton harp Caitriona Cannon The Viggianese Harp: An exploration of a musical diaspora and its parallels with the Irish tradition Tea/Coffee Music from the Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble Session VI Lecture Recitals, Chair: Colin Quigley Kathleen Loughnane My own selection for harp from the MSS of Patrick O Neill ( ) Thilo Viehrig Medieval Metal-Strung Lyres of Novogord, Russia and Danzig, Poland Stringing and Playing Technique Lunch Keynote Address Professor Paulla Ebron Music and Memory: West African Kora in the World of Harp Chair: Helen Lawlor Concert Michelle Mulcahy, Irish harp; Suntou Susso, Kora, pm Tea/Coffee Ger O'Neill, Luthier making of a handcrafted Belfast Harp (with Helen Lawlor) Chair: Una Hunt

4 pm Session VII 18 th & 19 th Century Harping, Chair: Sandra Joyce Una Hunt The Politicization of the Harp through Moore s Irish Melodies Stephen Rees Telyn Cefn Mably ( The Harp of Cefn Mably ): A Newly-Discovered Triple Harp by Bassett Jones from the Abergavenny Eisteddfod of Session VIII Lecture Recital Chair: Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh Nancy Thymm With our harps upon our backs The life and music of the 19 th c. itinerate Harfenmädchen (harp ladies) of Bohemia Haley Hodson Early Pedal Harps and Art History: A Focus on the Philharmonie de Paris Harp Collection Conference dinner, The Locke, Limerick City Sunday, 27 th May a.m. Session IX Developing the Irish Harp, Chair: Fiana Ní Chonaill Niall Keegan Eilís Lavelle Factors involved in the increased interest of the harping tradition in eighteenth century Ireland Fiachra Ó Corragáin The Irish Harp as a Dance Music Instrument: A Compositional Perspective Tea/Coffee Music by Cuisle Harp Ensemble directed by Fiana Ní Chonaill

5 p.m. Session X Perspectives on Harp History and Performance Chair: Paul Dooley Siobhán Armstrong What did the bass hand play? Towards a reconstruction of historical performance practice for Ireland s ancient harp. Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh Cia an saoi le seinntear an chruit? Helen Davies & Lia Lonnert When thy slender fingers go forth on the wire Adolf Sjödén and the Irish Harp Revival Festival of Concert: Aisling Lyons & Cathy Potter, Tristan Le Govic, 2pm Conference Close

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