Tionól Harp + Pipes 2023
Harp and uilleann pipes workshops and concerts with musicians from Music Generation programmes throughout Ireland and special guests.
November 3-5
Tionól Harp + Pipes 2023
November 3-5
Harp and uilleann pipes workshops and concerts with musicians from Music Generation programmes throughout Ireland and special guests.
Harp Workshops
Michael Rooney
Grainne Hambly
Colm McConigle
Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla
Rachel Hair
Jill Devlin
Siobhan Buckley
Eilís Lavelle
Pipes Workshops
Pádraig McGovern
Leonard Barry
Joseph Byrne
Alain Carroll
Programme
3.11.23 Friday
1pm-2pm Registration
2pm-4pm Harp + Pipes Workshops
4.11.23 Saturday
10am-1pm Harp + Pipes Workshops
1pm-2pm Lunch (students stay on campus unless they have permission to leave)
2pm-4pm Harp + Pipes Workshops
7pm Livestream concert premiering ‘The Tionól Suite’ by Ernestine Healy, from the Malthouse, Stradbally, Co. Laois
Free to view on the Music Generation Laois Facebook Page, not open to a live audience.
‘The Tionól Suite’ composed by Ernestine Healy, a large scale composition project, created for Tionól 2023 to mark 10 years of Music Generation Laois. Commissioned by Music Generation Laois and funded by the Music Generation/Arts Council Partnership Creativity and Collaboration Fund, ‘The Tionól Suite’ will be performed by young Tionól harpers and pipers and the Music Generation Laois Trad Orchestra
Also featuring performances by:
- Claasagh, directed by Rachel Hair. A youth harp ensemble from the Isle of Man
- Tionól Musician Educators
- Music Generation Laois Senior Harp Ensemble, launching ‘The Spirit of Laois Suite,’ an album featuring music composed by Michael Rooney for Music Generation Laois in 2017. The commissioning and recording of ‘The Spirit of Laois’ is supported by Creative Ireland Laois.
5.11.23 Sunday
10am-12.30pm Harp + Pipes Workshops
12.30pm-1.30pm Tionól Student Closing Party featuring Michael McGoldrick (flute/pipes), Andy Morrow (fiddle), Leonard Barry (uilleann pipes) & Shane McGowan (guitar). Dunamase College Campus, Tower Hill, R32 RR84. Free admission, all students to stay on and attend.
7pm Tionól Closing Party 2023, Andy Bergins, Portlaoise/Admission Free of Charge
Michael McGoldrick (flute/pipes), Andy Morrow (fiddle), Leonard Barry (uilleann pipes) & Shane McGowan (guitar).
Co-funded by the Music Generation/Arts Council Partnership Creativity and Collaboration Fund
057 8681782 mgl@loetb.ie
Dunamase College Campus, Tower Hill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois R32 RR84
Day Students, Fee €80, Age 7 upwards
Book workshops: mgl@loetb.ie 057 8681782
Standard: Recent Beginners to advanced
