2024 was a wonderful year as I’ve watched our community grow to include many more adult pupils enjoying classes and community together. Currently, there are 3 adult classes who meet monthly in the picturesque coastal village of Portballintrae to learn and play harp together. There is also a new beginners’ weekly class which runs onContinueContinue reading “Causeway Harp School 2024”
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Music of the Harpers at Mussenden Temple
Mussenden Temple, Downhill When Claire O’Kane from Mussenden Sea Salt invited me to provide harp music for bespoke dining experiences at A Taste of Mussenden, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit the breathtaking Mussenden Temple with my harp. My particular area of interest is the music of the old Irish harpers, as collected byContinueContinue reading “Music of the Harpers at Mussenden Temple”
Lá na Cruite/ Harp Day 2022
Causeway Harp Ensemble Each year on the 15th October, Ireland’s national body, Cruit Éireann/Harp Ireland heralds a national and worldwide celebration of Ireland’s harp, its music, players and makers. https://videopress.com/v/1WJog16h?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Causeway Harp School, Lá na Cruite/ Harp Day 2022 Part of the celebrations include a ‘Harpers’ Call’, inviting harp players to contribute a video performanceContinueContinue reading “Lá na Cruite/ Harp Day 2022”
Harpmaker’s Workshop at Shankill Rd Library
As part of Harps Alive/ An Cruit Bheo Festival 2022, Turmennan Harps delivered a Workshop on harpmaking at the Shankill Road Library in Belfast. Photo Credit: Michael Knan, Harps Alive Festival 2022 Photo Credit: Michael Knan, Harps Alive Festival 2022 Almost all of my pupils and I play harps made by Belfast’s Brian Waugh andContinueContinue reading “Harpmaker’s Workshop at Shankill Rd Library”
Harp Summer School, Portballintrae
Harp Summer School, Portballintrae 2022 Harp pupils from Dunseverick Primary School took time out this summer to gather together, learn some new tunes, play some old ones and have fun together in sunny Portballintrae. Practising outside with a sea view The fine weather enticed us outside and many visitors to the area were treated toContinueContinue reading “Harp Summer School, Portballintrae”
Harps Alive/ An Cruit Bheo Festival 2022
230 years ago, the last of the great harpers in Ireland gathered in Belfast for the Belfast Harp Assembly; a bid to preserve and revive the dying aural tradition of Irish harping. Only eleven harpers turned up. Seven were blind. The eldest was Denis Hempson, 97, from County Derry. A young Edward Bunting, aged justContinueContinue reading “Harps Alive/ An Cruit Bheo Festival 2022”
Causeway Harp School 