Andrew Lawrence-King teaching a class
Ann Heymann teaching the class
How should our harp be named? Simon Chadwick's talk on terminology
Ann Heymann joins in
Siobhán Armstrong class on Bunting manuscripts
Róisín Elsafty teaching a séan nós song to Scoil na gCláirseach students
Sean Donnely giving a talk
Jimmy O'Brien-Moran illustrating his talk with uillean pipes music
Siobhán Armstrong at the tutor concert
Andrew Lawrence-King used all sorts of historical harps for his seminars. Bray harp...
...and Italian arpa doppia. At the seminar on improvising over Ranaissanse ground bass.
Sylvia trying her hands on Siobhán's harp
The audience improvises
...and lstening...
...and improvising again...
Jane enjoys the class
Students had opportunity to express their ideas at discussions
All day harps exhibition
Discussing features of the exhibited harps
Brendan Ring trying a new Lamont harp made by David Kortier. Another Lamont - Paul Dooley's - being tried in the background
Brendan Ring trying Paul Doyle's Trinity College harp
Paul Dooley playing a tune on one of his exhibition items
Comparing different Trinity replicas
Other instruments contemporaneous to early Irish harp
Vincent Wilkin giving a talk about african harp - Kora
After which everyone could try to play a tune on it
Vicente Le Camera Marino tries an african harp
Before the concert in the Rothe House, Kilkenny
Simon Chadwick announcing the public concert in Rothe House, Kilkenny
Ann Heymann in Rothe House
Andrew Lawrence-King in Rothe House
At the break the Rothe House audience had a chance to have a closer look at historical harps
Siobhán Armstrong and Róisín Elsafty performing in Rothe House
The final bow
At the final reception
Andrew Lawrence-King inspired everyones interest to the psaltery which he played at the tutor concert. The next day as a miracle a student psaltery appeared at the school. Paul Best and Mario Giardini discussing psaltery tuning.
Ann playing a tune on the psaltery
Mari Takahama trying psaltery
Andrew Lawrence-King playing a gold strung harp by Claude Bioley
Fred Johnston and Jim Johnston
The last session in the Harp pub
At the field trip to Dublin museums. In Collins Barracks
Natalie Surina, Paul Best and Mario Giardini are sharing their observations about the harps seen in the museum
All cameras are on the real Downhill - in Guinness Store house museum
...so are all the eyes
They even climbed under the glass cabinet!!
Barbara Karlik
Vicente le Camera Marino
Celestine Doedens
Karen Loomis
Orla Fitzgerald
Jane Carter
Donna Mac Donnel and Jane Karter at Ann's class
Donna Mac Donnel
Colleen Politi
Mario Giardini
Neil Hudson
Sylvia Crawford
Maura Ui Chróinín
Mari Takahama
Brendan Ring
Trish Cosford
Clare Dunne
Jim Johnston
Dimitri Boekhoorn
Eimear O Hea
Micheál Ó Geallabháin
Astrid Adler
Brenda Malloy
Natalie Surina
Siobhán announcing the begginning of the concert in St. Anne's church, Dawson st, Dublin