{"id":8123,"date":"2022-04-21T15:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod-creativeireland.zestydev.com\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:04:41","slug":"voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices &#038; Pipes the Story of the Rossmores\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>This is a 3-year project that will culminate in 2020 with a Voices and Uilleann Pipes Festival in Rossmore Park.\u00a0\u00a0<span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Uilleann pipes have recently been inscribed on the UNESCO list of the intangible heritage of humanity.\u00a0 An important group of local musicians focus on the uilleann pipes has contributed to this listing and to maintaining this tradition through the Armagh Pipers Club and Kennedy Pipe School.\u00a0\u00a0<span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The Rossmores were uilleann pipers, and one of the tunes on the Dear Dark Sky CD is Lord Rossmore\u2019s jig. Henry Robert Westenra (1792-1860), otherwise 3rd Baron Rossmore, was known as an excellent piper. The Rossmore family had an interest in the Irish pipes for at least two generations. The 2nd Baron, Warner William Westenra (1765-1842) was a noted performer as was his brother Lieutenant Colonel Henry Westenra (b. 1770).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Additionally, Hayley Westenra, an internationally acclaimed classical soprano is a direct descendant of the Rossmore Westenras. She performs in the National Concert Hall, Dublin as part of her European tours. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Year 1 (2018): Conserve Lord Rossmore Uilleann Pipes which are held in the collection of the MCM; <span><span><span><span>Choose an executive producer\/curator\/director for the festival.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Year 2 (2019): Develop quality festival programming; Develop small exhibition for Museum <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Year 3 (2020): Hold festival at Rossmore<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8123","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Voices &amp; Pipes the Story of the Rossmores\u2019 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is a 3-year project that will culminate in 2020 with a Voices and Uilleann Pipes Festival in Rossmore Park.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voices &amp; Pipes the Story of the Rossmores\u2019 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a 3-year project that will culminate in 2020 with a Voices and Uilleann Pipes Festival in Rossmore Park.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uilleann pipes have recently been inscribed on the UNESCO list of the intangible heritage of humanity.\u00a0 An important group of local musicians focus on the uilleann pipes has contributed to this listing and to maintaining [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/\",\"name\":\"Voices & Pipes the Story of the Rossmores\u2019 - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-21T14:04:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/voices-pipes-the-story-of-the-rossmores\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Voices &#038; Pipes the Story of the Rossmores\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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