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Scottish
Harp Competition...
The
Houston Highland Games and Celtic Festival...
2008 competition not held
Registration
Application: [Download]
Harp
Judge - Kelly Stewart (Atlanta, GA)
SOLO
HARP CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS BY SKILL LEVEL
(please refer to handbook at www.shsa.org
for styles of music and details.)
1.
RANK BEGINNER: Play one (1) Scottish tune, either
with or without music,
so that the melody is recognizable.
2.
NOVICE: Play two (2) Scottish tunes, either with
or without music, from
two different tune categories so that each melody is recognizable.
3.
APPRENTICE: Play two (2) Scottish tunes: an air and
a tune of
contrasting style.
4.
JOURNEYMAN: Play a 4-7 minute program of three Scottish
selections in
any order: a strathspey, a choice of an air or short Theme
and Variations (T/V),
and a third contrasting tune.
5.
MASTER: Play a 6-10 minute program: first an air,
then the choice of
March-Strathspey-Reel (MSR) set played as a medley without
pause, OR
Theme with at least three Variations (T/V).
SPECIAL
CATEGORIES –
Please refer to handbook for styles of music and details.
Each entry is limited to 6 minutes.
1.
VOCAL: Traditional Scottish singing, self-accompanied
by harp.
Two contrasting songs may be sung in English or Scots Gaelic.
2.
SPOKEN WORD: Ossianic bardic poetry or Scots story-telling
self-accompanied by harp. Performance must be in English;
dialect is allowed.
3.
ENSEMBLE: advanced or beginner group prominently
featuring at least one harp. An advanced ensemble (no regard
to age) will perform a medley of three (3) Scottish tunes
or songs or one Theme and Variations (T/V) to display contrasting
tempi and styles. A beginner ensemble (no regard to age) will
perform one slow and one quick Scottish tune or song.
4.
EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING FORMS: harp soloist or ensemble
with harp performing music outside the traditional skills
categories but firmly rooted in historical or traditional
Scottish music, such as jazz, new age, Scottish world fusion,
classical, or early Scottish music.
5.
NON-GRADED: a harper who wishes to perform Celtic
music of any type and receive an evaluation from the judge(s),
but who does not wish to compete.
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