The 52nd annual Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy takes place from 6 to 14 July in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.

The programme includes daily tuition across a range of traditional music instruments as well as in traditional singing and dance, plus workshops, lectures, tributes and concerts.

On Monday 8 July at 8pm, the Fiddle Recital will take place at Community Centre, presented by John Kelly.

See the full programme below. 

For further details, visit www.scoilsamhraidhwillieclancy.com.

52nd Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy / Annual Willie Clancy Summer School
6–14 July 2024

Saturday, 6th July
3pm–6pm: Information Desk - Students can meet administrative staff at Community Centre, Miltown Malbay.
8.00pm: Official Opening by Peter Browne, piper, documentary maker and former producer/presenter with RTÉ Radio.
8.30pm: Breandán Breathnach Memorial Lecture - Uilleann pipers and piping in Clare and Dublin 1930-1973, presented by Gay McKeon and Emmett Gill.
9.30pm: Céilithe at Mill Marquee, GAA grounds, Miltown Malbay.

Sunday, 7th July
12.15pm: Mass in Irish at St Joseph’s Church, Miltown Malbay.
3.00pm: Musical Tribute at Willie Clancy’s Grave, Ballard Cemetery, Miltown Malbay.
5.00pm - 7.30pm: Information Desk at Community Centre.
8.00pm: Céiliúradh Ceoil - Concert broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta featuring TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award Winners and guest performers.

Monday, 8th July
9am - 10am: Tutors & Students Assemble at various venues.
10am-1pm: Classes & Workshops.
2.30pm - 4pm: Workshop - Irish Roots to Appalachian Branches - The Musical Connections, presented by the Scuffletown Trio at Mill Marquee.
3.00pm: Lecture - An exploration of the social and artistic context of Irish traditional music in early 20th century New York City, presented by Chelsey Zimmerman.
5pm - 7pm: Harp Recital at Mill Marquee, presented by Kathleen Loughnane.
8.00pm: Fiddle Recital at Community Centre, presented by John Kelly.

Tuesday, 9th July
10am-1pm: Classes and Workshops.
3.00pm: Tribute to Tulla Céilí Band, presented by Paula Carroll.
5pm - 7pm: Ceolchoirm Idirnáisiúnta at Mill Marquee.
8.00pm: Whistle and Flute Recital at Community Centre, presented by Mick O’Connor and Paul McGrattan.

Wednesday, 10th July
10am-1pm: Classes and Workshops.
2.30pm - 4pm: Workshop - Québecois Traditional Fiddling, presented by the Gairloch Trio at Mill Marquee.
3.00pm: Lecture - Ireland and Québec, Connections and intersections through traditional music, presented by Professor Kate Bevan-Baker.
5pm-7pm: Banjo Recital at Mill Marquee, presented by Muireann Banks and Theresa O’Grady.
8.00pm: Piping Recital at Community Centre.

Thursday, 11th July
10am-1pm: Classes and Workshops.
2.30pm - 4pm: Workshop - Sea Shanty Singing, presented by Gairloch.
2.30pm: Lecture - “With the banjo on my side”: The life and times of Margaret Barry, presented by Alan Woods.
4.30pm: Button Accordion & Melodeon Recital at Community Centre, presented by Anne Conroy Burke and Jackie Daly.
8.00pm: Old-Style Step Dancing, Set Dancing and Conamara Sean-Nós Dancing Exhibition at Community Centre, presented by Mary Friel.

Friday, 12th July
10am-1pm: Classes and Workshops.
3pm: Traditional Singing Recital at Community Centre, presented by Brian Mullen & Ciarán Ó Gealbháin.
5pm-7pm: Harmonica Recital at Mill Marquee, presented by Mick Kinsella & Rick Epping.
8.00pm: Concertina Recital at Community Centre, presented by Noel Hill.

Saturday, 13th July
10am-1pm: Classes and Workshops.
2.30pm: Music and song in Miltown Malbay: Sound recordings from the 1960s, presented by Peter Shepheard and Jimmy Hutchison.
7pm: Memorial Concert, presented by Muireann Ní Dhuigneáin.

Sunday, 14th July
12.15pm: Mass in Irish with Coolea Choir at St Joseph’s Church, Miltown Malbay.