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Sign me up for the ‘duelling harps’ session

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With a name like Termonfeckin, how could you not go? Thanks to alumna Nonie Gaynor for passing this on.

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An Chúirt Chruitireachta
Cairde na Cruite Harp Festival
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth

12th June 2008

Download full programme (pdf)

The Cairde na Cruite annual Harp Festival, An Chúirt Chruitireachta will take place from 29 June to 4 July 2008 at An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth.

This residential harp festival has been running for 26 years to date and we are looking forward to yet another world class event in 2008. The festival is a celebration of the tradition of the Irish Harp and the harping tradition in Ireland. It also provides links with other harping traditions, specifically the Breton tradition in 2008.

The festival consists of tuition sessions for the harpers with internationally renowned harpers and a Sean Nós singer-in-residence Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, who will incorporate workshops with the harpers. The event also features a series of evening concerts featuring musicians / ensembles including amongst others: Siobhán Armstrong, Liadán, Dordán, Cormac de Barra, Noel Hill and Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich.

The opening concert on 29th June will take place in Beaulieu House, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth. All other concerts will be held in An Grianán, Arts Centre, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth.

For further information or tickets please contact:
Áibhlín McCrann – Festival Director (087) 2800390
Email: mccranna@eircom.net
Karan Thompson – PR & Marketing (086) 2550291
Email: harpfestival@ktcl.ie

National Youth Orchestra Summer Proms 2008

From MA alumna Aisling Ennis:

Belmullet to Berne! National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (NYOI) presents

Summer Proms 2008

NYOI Summer Proms 2008 will bring 170 young Irish musicians from the far reaches of Belmullet on the west coast of Ireland, to Bern, the capital of Switzerland. This year NYOI welcomes back two former members Gwendolyn Masin and Clíodhna Ni Aodáin to perform as soloists with NYOI.

Two soloists? That’s right. This summer NYOI is proud to present two touring orchestras. NYOI Junior Orchestra with members aged 12 – 18, and NYOI Symphony Orchestra with members aged 18 – 24.

NYOI Junior Orchestra National tour

Under the baton of Gearóid Grant, and in the electrifying hands of soloist, Gwendolyn Masin NYOI Junior Orchestra present a musical collage of a selection of Bizet’s Carmen Suites, the sonorous tones of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Dvorak’s Symphony no.8.

Their musical adventure begins in Waterford, with a performance in Belmullet, before returning to Dublin to perform at The Helix.

Concert Date & Venue

3rd July 2008 8pm College Street Chapel, Waterford

5th July 2008 8pm Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co Mayo

6th July 2008 8pm The Mahony Hall, The Helix, Dublin

NYOI Symphony Orchestra tour to Switzerland

This summer, NYOI Symphony Orchestra is delighted to have been specially invited to perform in a festival of youth ensembles in Switzerland to mark the 150th anniversary of the Bern Conservatory of Music. Under the baton of Atso Almila, and with soloist and former NYOI player, Clíodhna Ní Aodáin, the orchestra will unite with all other youth ensembles in the festival to perform an open-air joint programme in the centre of Bern.

Date & Venue Programme

31st July Interlaken Concert Hall Mussorgsky-Rimsky Night on a Bald Mountain

Schumann Cello Concerto

Scriabin Le Poeme de l’Extase

Pictures are available on request. For more information on the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland please see website www.nyoi.ie or Tel: (01) 6169642/6169638

For further media information contact Aisling at the NYOI office

Tel: (01) 616 9642 Email: marketing@nyoi.ie

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NYOI acknowledges with great appreciation its funders and supporters

The Department of Education and Science, TOYOTA IRELAND,

The Arts Council of Ireland, Culture Ireland and the Musicians Benevolent Fund

NYOI in addition acknowledges the valuable promotional support of

The Irish Times and RTÉ lyric fm

Conference – Global Ireland: New Perspectives

All are welcome to attend this upcoming half day conference:

Global Ireland: New Perspectives is co-organised by the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland and the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, ITT.

Venue: Newman House, 86 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

Date: Friday, 16 May 2008

Session 1 – 9.15 a.m.

Chair: Dr Marc Caball (HII)

Professor Grace Neville (UCC): Tackling the Underbelly of the Celtic Tiger: A French Perspective on the Impact of Globalisation

Dr Patrick Lonergan (NUIG): Irish Theatre and Globalisation: A Faustian Pact?

Professor Michael Cronin (DCU): The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Place in Global Ireland

Session 2 – 11.30 a.m.

Chair: Dr Eamon Maher (NCFIS)

Dr Eugene O’Brien (MIC Limerick): I Google, Therefore I am

Professor Tom Inglis (UCD): The Global is Personal

International Symposium on “Sharing Our Heritages: New Challenges for Site Conservation, Protection and Tourism Management”

Coming up in early Feb, this conference takes place in Valencia, Spain and addresses a wide spectrum of heritage issues.

Themes for discussion include:

  • Globalization and Challenges for World Heritage;
  • Public/private partnership: A concept for efficient conservation policies?
  • Conflicting visions between donors and conservationists (natural heritage)
  • Conflicting visions between donors and conservationists (cultural heritage);
  • How can conflicting interests between international conventions strategies and local communities’ policies be resolved?
  • How may sustainability match strategies for World Heritage sites commercialization?
  • Preventive conservation: an innovative strategy for sustainability?
  • The limits of Heritage interpretation for visitors.

New Science Gallery launches with ‘Lightwave’ festival

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The long-anticipated new Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin will be launching in early February with the fantastic programme Lightwave (click here to download a programme pdf), running from 2-9 February. The festival offers a wide range of exhibitions and event on the theme of light, blurring the boundaries of science and art. Offerings include a fashion show, interactive games, films, a Volkswagon beetle covered with thousands of lights that will be patrolling Dublin city centre, and other happenings.. too many to list here! DO check out the schedule– this is something very unique that hasn’t been done in Ireland before, and it’s sure to be fantastic!