All Stages; Classes, Concerts, Sessions from age 10 upwards
(Residents: July 18 – 24)
Please send your completed application form to info@janetharbisonharp.com
All Ages, All Stages; Classes, Concerts, Sessions
This course is for harp players of all standards and musical backgrounds.
Adults: 9.30am–3.30 pm, Monday to Friday (Classes, workshops & evening events)
Teens (13-18 yrs): 9.30am–3.30 pm, Monday to Friday (Classes, workshops & evening events)
Pre-teens (10–13 yrs): 10am–12.30pm, Monday to Friday (Morning classes
and evening events)
Workshops 5–6pm: Monday: Illustrated lecture - The history of the Irish harp: the icon and its music. Tuesday: Lecture-recital: Exploring the Magic of Carolan. Thursday: Masterclass: Ornamentation, Variation and ‘Dressing the Music’.
Evening events (8.30pm)
Monday: Concert - Recital with Janet: ‘4 centuries of Irish harp’
Tuesday: Workshop - Introduction to ‘The Session’ with guest musician
Wednesday: Concert - Local ‘Seisiún’ concert in in the Old Library €5
Thursday: Concert - Templecrone Church featuring ‘Janet and Friends’
Friday: Session - Dinner at Danny Minnie’s (famous local restaurant) with a great session afterwards
Tuition is in large and small group classes – and in ‘practice periods’ there is lots of individual assistance from the teachers on the teacher’s course (which runs alongside the summer school).
Course fee (Accommodation or catering not included)
Adults (over 18): €600 (Full days; all workshops and concerts)
Teens (13–18): €290 (Full days; all workshops and concerts)
Pre-Teen (10-13): €140 (Mornings: Monday – Friday and concerts)
Bring your own harp or Harp Hire (at the venue during classes and practice periods, and elsewhere by special arrangement) €80
Lunches x5 (soup/salads : booked for the week, available to residents and non residents) €80
Residential Option
ROOM (6 nights) Twin or Double bedroom + breakfast supplies (self-serve) €650
PLUS ONES sharing your room + starting breakfast supplies (Or, partners may share at €500 each). May join us for lunches as above €350
SHARED Twin Room (with self-serve breakfasts) recommended for teens * €400
*Rooms are not en-suite : but 2 rooms share 1 bathroom.
Maghery Beach Cottages are a little village complex of six traditional cottages, just a few steps from the magnificent beach of Maghery with a village pub, coffee shop, ice-cream parlour, camping ground and community centre (with a café and fish‘n’chip shop in the summer months).
Our local town just 5 miles east, is Dungloe (Na Clochán Liath in Irish) offering superb shopping, pub culture, historic buildings and the ‘mystical riverside walk’. In the background sits the magestic Mount Errigal, Donegal's most spectacular mountain that is a favourite for climbers (mid level). At its foot is the Glenveigh National Park which comprises a vast area of magnificently beautiful bog wilderness, wonderful for walkers - and Glenveigh Castle and Gardens for those interested in the history of the area. The Wednesday afternoon trip out offers the choice of a sea-trip to Arranmore Island, Glenveagh Castle and Park, or beautiful Dunlewey by Mount Errigal with the ‘lost town of Glentorin’
FLY into Dublin Airport, and take another flight from Dublin airport to Donegal with Aer Lingus. This takes 35 minutes, costs €40 but there are 2 flights every day at 11.40 and 18.50hrs. The airport is just a short drive from our Centre and we will pick you up.
Come by BUS from Dublin Airport or ‘Busarus’ (Dublin City Bus Centre) to Donegal town centre and there is a connecting bus for Dungloe. This is a 5 hour journey with a comfort break of 10 minutes in Cavan (midway) – very scenic but long!
Or, come by CAR taking time to explore more of our wonderful country along the Wild Atlantic Way! Your destination is the Maghery Beach Cottages, Maghery, Donegal, Ireland. F94F883.
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