Education & Outreach
PIPEWORKS INTERNATIONAL ORGAN AND CHORAL FESTIVAL 2024 MASTERCLASSESS
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2024
1:30pm and 3:30pm masterclasses with Geoffrey Webber
St. Philip's Church, Temple Road, Milltown, Dublin 6
Geoffrey Webber, a renowned expert on Buxtehude and the North German style, will present a masterclass on German Baroque organ repertoire on the new mechanical-action Trevor Crowe organ of St Philip’s Church.
THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2024
3pm masterclass with Daniel Moult
St. Philip's Church, Temple Road, Milltown, Dublin 6
Fresh from taking the solo part in Whitlock’s Organ Symphony, Daniel leads the first of our masterclasses featuring festival artists. In addition to being an internationally renowned performer, Daniel enjoys a reputation as one of the leading organ educators in Europe, and is head of the thriving and dynamic organ department of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
SATURDAY 22 JUNE 2024
10am masterclass with (née Rozdestvenskyte)
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's), Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8
In advance of her performance at St Michael’s Church, Dún Laoghaire, virtuoso organist Mona will present a masterclass, open to organists of all standards. Young organists are particularly welcome to this class.
3pm masterclass with Edward Higginbottom
Public Theatre (Examination Hall), Trinity College, Dublin 2
Edward Higginbottom will bring this expertise on French Baroque music to bear in this masterclass on the Goetze and Gwynn organ of the Public Theatre, Trinity College.
Organists wishing to play in any of the Pipeworks masterclasses should contact David O’Shea at educationpipeworks@gmail.com
Admission free | Observers most welcome.
Study Day on French Classical Organ Music, with Dr David Ponsford
Saturday 11th May
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Pipeworks Education & Outreach looks forward to welcoming renowned expert in French Classical organ music, Dr David Ponsford, to Dublin for a day of workshops and events on Saturday 11th May.
ORGAN MASTERCLASS 10am–12.45pm
Franciscan Church of the Immaculate Conception, Merchant's Quay ('Adam and Eve's')
Organ masterclass, focusing on the works of Couperin, Marchand, de Grigny, Clérambault, and their contemporaries, followed by an illustrated talk on the music of Nicolas de Grigny. Organists of all levels of experience are invited to come to this masterclass, as players or observers. To book a place, please contact educationpipeworks@gmail.com.
PLAINCHANT WORKSHOP FOR SINGERS 4.30pm–5.30pm
Whitefriar Street Church
Plainchant workshop for singers, in preparation for a complete performance of the Couperin Messe pour les Paroisses that evening at 7pm. Choral singers and organists are most welcome to participate in this workshop and performance: please contact educationpipeworks@gmail.com to book a place.
DR DAVID PONSFORD PERFORMANCE 7pm
Whitefriar Street Church
A complete performance, by David Ponsford and participants in the plainchant workshop, of Francois Couperin's Messe pour les Paroisses . This is a rare opportunity to hear a complete performance of this monumental work—not to be missed! Admission to this event is free, but donations will be most welcome.
SUNDAY 12th MAY, 7pm
David Ponsford will perform a recital as part of the Whitefriar Street summer organ recital series.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY J.S.BACH
To celebrate J. S. Bach's birthday and Early Music Day, which falls on 21st March, Pipeworks Education and Outreach Officer, David O'Shea, will perform a series of recitals of some of Bach's most popular works in a number of churches in suburban Dublin.
These short programmes are an ideal introduction to the organ for anyone who has never before attended a recital.
2024 Organ Workshops with Pipeworks at NCH
20 February 2024 - David Adams
12 March 2024 - David Leigh
5.30 - 7.30pm
Numbers are limited, and so early booking is advised.
To reserve a place, please contact educationpipeworks@gmail.com
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20th February: Renaissance and Baroque Performance with David Adams - Well-known recitalist and teacher David Adams, Professor of Organ at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, will present a workshop on music composed between 1500 and 1800. The workshop will focus on questions of articulation, registration and general interpretation, and participants will benefit from David's expertise in the performance of early music. Organists of all levels are invited to participate, and are welcome to bring along copies of scores as samples for discussion, or simply to observe.
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12th March: Romantic and 20th-century Music Performance with David Leigh - David Leigh, Pipeworks Artistic Director, will present a workshop on organ music composed between 1800 and the present day. As a renowned exponent of the works of Reger, Vierne, Messiaen and many others from this period, David will offer valuable advice on stylistic issues and questions of registration. Organists of all levels are invited to participate, and are welcome to bring along copies of scores as samples for discussion. This is an informal workshop, and so participants are welcome either to play short excerpts or to observe.
WINDS AND PIPES is a fun music education programme aimed at primary and secondary schools co-developed by Pipeworks and Saint Patrick’s Cathedral featuring the WOOFYT (Wooden One-octave Organ For Young Technologists), a piece of equipment that includes a pump, blower, and several pipes.
It is interactive, whereby the children push on the pump and blowers, whilst creating music on the individual pipes. The WOOFYT allows the children to perform on this scaled down and simplified version of an organ and at the same time teaches them the science behind the mechanisms, uncovering some of the mysteries that lie behind the pipes of an organ. The workshops also include singing, bringing an awareness and focus to the physiology of the bellows function of the children's lungs.
These sessions can be described as workshops where science meets the arts and are a fun way of learning both.
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WOOFYT 2017-2020 & 2023 projects funded by Dublin City Council, The Arts Council of Ireland in partnership with St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
