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)

  1. Wooden-Shoe Dance from First Harp Book by Betty Paret
  2. Free Choice (2 minute time limit)

DIVISION II  (grades 3-4)

  1. I Hear a Harp by Betty Paret
  2. Free Choice (4 minute time limit)

DIVISION III  (grades 5-6)

  1. El Número Uno from First-Grade Pieces for Harp by Marcel Grandjany and Jane Weidensaul
  2. Free Choice (5 minute time limit)

DIVISION IV  (grades 7-8)

  1. Siciliana from Petite Suite Classique by Marcel Grandjany
  2. Free Choice (7 minute time limit)

DIVISION V  (grades 9-10) 

  1. Cadenza from IV. Scena e canto gitano from Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (any edition)
  2. Free Choice (7 minute time limit)

DIVISION VI  (grades 11-12) 

  1. Cadenza from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten
  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)