CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Tuesday 12th February
13:30
Christ Church Cathedral
Registration
15:00
Christ Church Cathedral; St Patrick's Cathedral
Tour of the cathedrals
15:00 Group 1 - Christ Church Cathedral tour
Group 2 - St Patrick's Cathedral tour
16:00 Group 1 - St Patrick's Cathedral tour
Group 2 - Christ Church Cathedral tour
18:00
Christ Church Cathedral
18:00 Choral Evensong
(everyone invited to robe)
18:45 Photo call
19:00 Opening of Conference
Lecture. Cathedral Music: A Gateway to God Michael Burrows
20:00 Dinner in the crypt
Wednesday 13th February
09:00
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Choral Matins
10:00
Wood Quay Venue
Morning Session (chaired by Jean Finch)
10:00 Lecture. The First Collection of Irish Music
Dublin 1724 Nicholas Carolan
Musical Performance Mark Redmond
11:15 Coffee
11:30 Group Discussion 1 - on lectures by Michael Burrows and Nicholas
Carolan
12:00 Plenary Session
Feedback from Group Discussion 1
12:40
Christ Church Cathedral
12:40 Carbon-offset tree planting in the grounds
12:45 Lunch in the crypt
13:45 Experiential Liturgy in the nave
15:00
Wood Quay Venue
Afternoon Session (chaired by David Bremner)
15:00 Coffee
15:15 Lecture. The Devising and Composition of Today’s Experiential
Liturgy David Bremner
15:45 Lecture. Instilling the Word: Music at the Origins of Christian
Worship Margaret Daly-Denton
16:30 Group Discussion 2 – on lectures by David Bremner and Margaret
Daly-Denton
17:00
Break
18:00
Christ Church Cathedral
Experiential Liturgy in the nave
19:00
Archbishop's Reception
Introduction to the library's collection
Self-guided gallery tour
Drinks and canapés
Thursday 14th February
09:00
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Choral Eucharist
10:30
Wood Quay Venue
Morning Session (chaired by Eric Finch)
10:30 Lecture. Handel’s Messiah: The First Coming or the Second Coming?
Kerry Houston
11:15 Coffee
11:30 Group Discussion 3 – on lecture by Kerry Houston
12:00
Christ Church Cathedral
Lunch in the crypt
13:30
Jameson Distillery
13:30 Group 1 Tour
14:00 Group 2 Tour
15:00
Break
17:30
St Patrick's Cathedral
17:30 Bell Ringing
18:00 Choral Evensong
Including excerpts from Handel’s Messiah sung by the combined choirs
of Christ Church and St Patrick’s Cathedrals.
20:00
Christ Church Cathedral
Conference Gala Dinner in the nave
Friday 15th February
09:00
Wood Quay Venue
Morning Session (chaired by Alan McCormack and Lars Astrand)
09:00 Service of the Word
09:15 Lecture. Through Music Towards God: The Way Forward
Alan McCormack
10:00 Plenary Session - Feedback from Group Discussions 2 and 3
10:45 Coffee
11:00 Conference Plenary Session Chaired by Lars Astrand, NECC
International Steering Committee
12:00
Christ Church Cathedral
12:00 Closing Service
13:00 Lunch in the crypt
14:00
End of Conference
