Education & Outreach
PIPEWORKS 2026 FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS & WORKSHOP SERIES
THURSDAY 11 JUNE
MASTERCLASS WITH STEPHEN FARR
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's)
Time: 6pm
Open to repertoire of any style and era; British repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries particularly encouraged
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
SATURDAY 13 JUNE
MASTERCLASS WITH MARTIN SCHMEDING
Venue: Trinity College, Dublin Exam Hall
Time: 3pm
‘Johann Sebastian Bach and his musical roots’
Participants should bring along works by any relevant composers: such as Frescobaldi, Froberger, Buxtehude, Bruhns, de Grigny and J. S. Bach
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
MONDAY 15 JUNE
CHANT WORKSHOP
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's)
Time: 6pm
Explore the sound world of plain chant and sing through a range of repertoire spanning the liturgical year, with insight into the history, notation, artistic, and vocal dimensions of this vast repertory, with material drawn from the Gregorian and insular Irish traditions.
€10 per participant (free for observers)
SATURDAY 20 JUNE
MASTERCLASS WITH SARAH KIM
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's)
Time: 3pm
With a particular focus on French repertoire and transcriptions.
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
ORGANISTS/SINGERS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE MASTERCLASSES/ WORKSHOP PLEASE CONTACT DAVID O'SHEA: educationpipeworks@gmail.com
Pipeworks Festival is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Festival partners include RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College Dublin, St Michael’s Church and Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts, Sandford Parish Church and St Philip’s Milltown and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's).