Harp Festivals and Competitions

I love searching for new things to work on and pursue for either myself or my students so I figured I would post a list of upcoming festivals and competitions that I find information about online.

Competitions

AHS Competitions 

• Lyon & Healy Awards:  http://www.harpsociety.org/CompetitionsAwards/LyonHealyAwards.asp 
• Music: Grandjany Rhapsodie and Renie Legande 
• Awards: $2000 + $500 Gift Cert. to L&H
• Date/Location: June 18-19, 2011 in Denton, Texas
• Review: I did this competition last year and loved it.  It was a great one to enter!  The rep is small which is nice, and there is no pre-screening CD for people to cheat with.  They pick three winners but don't rank them.
• AHS Nationals: http://www.harpsociety.org/CompetitionsAwards/NationalCompetition.asp
• Music: Varies between levels
• Awards: 6 prizes per level between $100 - $1500
• Date/Location: June 19-23, 2011 at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX
• Review:  I did this competition several times as a youth.  It is very competitive and stressful for me.  The competition is held every other year at various locations and you do have a pre-screening CD.   (I have a difficult time with these because even though you are told NOT to edit the CD everyone does and so those of us who refuse to cheat have a tough time making it past the CD round.  I am not bitter, I did make it to the competition one year, with out editing, and I was very proud of my accomplishments!  I am just stating the fact and letting you know as it is something to consider.  While it was a good lesson in Honesty for me as a youth, it was also VERY difficult every year to get a letter of regret after putting in so much work and not even getting to officially compete.)

Youth Competitions

• Young Artist's Harp Competition http://www.harpcompetition.com/ 
• Midwest Harp Festival/Competition http://www.midwestharpfestival.org/

International Harp Competitions

• Israel: www.harpcontest-israel.org 
• Lilly Laskine in France: http://lilylaskine.online.fr/
• USA: www.usaihc.org
• Arpista Ludovico in Spain: http://www.arlu.org/arlu.html 
• Golden Harp in Russia: http://www.goldenharp.ru/
• Netherlands: http://harpcompetition.nl/
• Soka City in Japan: www.harp-japan.com/english.pdf
• Hungary: http://www.harpcompetition.eu/home.html
• Cite des Arts in France: http://www.harpcompetition-citedesarts.com/
• Wales: http://www.wales-harp-festival.com/pages/competitions/1_chief_musician.html
• Goddefroid Competition in France: http://www.harpemosane.be/en/reglement.php

 Feel Free to link up to let everyone know about other competitions!!