2025 Required Repertoire

2025 MILDRED MILLIGAN SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER of the AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY

Saturday, April 5th, 2025 | Elkins High School

MUSIC REQUIREMENTS

All pieces must be played from memory with the exception of Division V cadenza and Divisions VI & VII orchestral excerpts.

Please note: if an entire free choice piece does not fit within the time limit for their division, a contestant should choose a portion of that work to perform, and will not be penalized in any way. 

DIVISION I  (grades 1-2)

1. Waltz from Fun From the First, Vol. I by Samuel Milligan
2. Free Choice (2 minute time limit)

DIVISION II  (grades 3-4)

1. Moonlight from Harp Solos: Graded Recital Pieces, Vol. I by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood
2. Free Choice (4 minute time limit)

DIVISION III  (grades 5-6)

1. Seguidilla by Carlos Salzedo from Suzuki Harp School, Volume 2 
2. Free Choice (5 minute time limit)

DIVISION IV  (grades 7-8)

1. Petite Berceuse by Alphonse Hasselmans
2. Free Choice (7 minute time limit)

DIVISION V  (grades 9-10) 

1. Harp Cadenza from Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83, by Maurice Ravel (any edition)
2. Free Choice (7 minute time limit)

DIVISION VI  (grades 11-12) 

1. Harp Excerpt, IV. Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123 by Béla Bartók
2. Free Choice (7 minute time limit)

DIVISION VII  (College: must be enrolled in a collegiate undergraduate or Master’s degree program)

1. Free Choice – one orchestral excerpt from the standard repertoire (2-3 minute time limit)
2. Free Choice – one solo work or movement (8 minute time limit)