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Registration

Review of the week's programme

Words and Music Workshop

Coffee with the Summer School participants

Workshop continues

Lunch and group photograph

Poetry and Performance – Introduction

Making Documentary Films – the view from behind the camera

(Jim Kelly, filmmaker (WCTV, Washburn University, Kansas, U.S.A.)
Summer School Grand Opening

Day programme finishes

Classical Concert with Soprano Celine Byrne, Winner of the Marie Callas Grand Prix. (Admission subject to seat availability - ask Derek)

Listen to Celine singing here

Bus leaves Monasterevin (subject to seat availability. Ask Derek)

Day programme finishes in Maynooth. Students must arrange their own transport home.

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4.30

Coffee

Students join main Summer School Programme – Readings & Lectures

(download the full 2007 Programme here for further details.)

5 poems Enrique Juncosa (Spain; Director, Irish Museum of Modern Art)
Hopkins and Patrick Kavanagh Sr. Una Agnew (Milltown Institute, Dublin)

Hopkins and Browning Patrick Murray (Athlone)

Break for lunch

Animation Workshop

Coffee
Workshop continues
Day programme finishes

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11.30

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17.00

Join main 2007 GM Hopkins Programme
(downloadable here)

Hopkins – A Native American Perspective Nancy Gillis (Norfolk, Virginia)

Hopkins and Mysticism Michael Clarke (Chicago)

An Approach to Poetry Part 2 Will Adamson ( University of Ulm)

Break for Lunch

Looking at Art – an Introduction. Incorporating a tour of the Summer School Art Exhibitions
Poetry – Composition and Performance Elaine Murphy, Licentiate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in association with International participants
Tree Planting in the Hopkins Garden

Day programme finishes

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20.00

Coffee

Workshop continues

Lunch

Hopkins & Ireland: Richard O'Rourke (President of the G.M. Hopkins Society)

An introduction to Hopkins and his Poetry: Conor Mahony ( Gaelcholáiste
Chill Dara)

The Artist Speaks Edward Navone(Professor of Art, Washburn University, Kansas)

Main 2007 GM Hopkins Programme – Reception and Launches

Bourke and Dwyer – new CD Malachy Bourke
A Book of Haikus Anatoly Kudriavitsky (Russia)

Classical Guitar Recital Conor Mahony and Ben Howard (New York)

Day programme finishes

Traditional Irish Music Concert Malachy Bourke Group (see 2007 GM Hopkins Programme)

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Life and Study at 3rd Level Group discussion with N.U.I. Maynooth Students
Coffee

An Approach to Poetry Part 3: Will Adamson (University of Ulm)

Lunch

The Profession of Poet: an informal discussion with Desmond Egan
Listen to Desmond reading his PEACE poem at Medellin Internatioal Festival of Poetry

Poetry and Performance

Day programme finishes

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Multilingual Translation Workshop Director: Aleksandra Kedzierska
(Marie Curie Univ. Poland)
(see2007 GM Hopkins Programme downloadable here)

Coffee

Workshop continues

Lunch

My Favourite Poem Exploring your own favourites poems in the company of an International panel

Poetry and Performance

Presentation of student awards and certificates

End of Youth Programme