2023 Required Repertoire
2023 MILDRED MILLIGAN SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER of the AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY
Saturday, April 29th, 2023 | Stephen F. Austin High School
MUSIC REQUIREMENTS
All pieces must be played from memory
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)
- Wooden-Shoe Dance from First Harp Book by Betty Paret
- Free Choice (2 minute time limit)
DIVISION II (grades 3-4)
- I Hear a Harp by Betty Paret
- Free Choice (4 minute time limit)
DIVISION III (grades 5-6)
- El Número Uno from First-Grade Pieces for Harp by Marcel Grandjany and Jane Weidensaul
- Free Choice (5 minute time limit)
DIVISION IV (grades 7-8)
- Siciliana from Petite Suite Classique by Marcel Grandjany
- Free Choice (7 minute time limit)
DIVISION V (grades 9-10)
- Cadenza from IV. Scena e canto gitano from Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (any edition)
- Free Choice (7 minute time limit)
DIVISION VI (grades 11-12)
- Cadenza from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten
- Free Choice (7 minute time limit)
DIVISION VII (College: must be enrolled in a collegiate undergraduate or Master’s degree program)
- Free Choice – one orchestral excerpt from the standard repertoire (2-3 minute time limit)
- Free Choice – one solo work or movement (8 minute time limit)