Harp Competitions

The North London Festival would like to thank the UKHA – United Kingdom Harp Association  for its generous sponsorship of the harp competitions at the North London Festival in 2022 and 2023.

Adjudicators: tbc.

Harp Classes 602 to 606 will precede the final of the United Kingdom Harp Competition on on Monday 1st May. These are recital competitions  in which entrants play two contrasting pieces.

Download a copy of the Harp Syllabus – 2023 Harp Syllabus.

The harp competitions will be held in North Bank Rooms, Muswell Hill Methodist Church, Pages Lane, Muswell Hill, N10 1PP

Entrants for any of the harp competitions should be studying or resident in the United Kingdom or Ireland and must provide the adjudicator with a clean copy of the music for each work to be performed.

In the recital classes, where a grade is specified, the own choice repertoire is not limited to pieces from graded exam syllabi but should be of equivalent standard.

Classes are open to lever and pedal harpists.

If an entrant has been a pupil of the Adjudicator in the year prior to the Festival or is well-known to the Adjudicator, they should contact the Section Head before entering.

Enter online via the Festival’s website – Closing Date – Friday 7th April

Harpists are eligible to enter some string competitions 2023 String Syllabus and may be interested in performing their own compositions.

Harp chamber ensemble competitions will this year be combined with string chamber music competitions. Non-classical harpists should look at the folk music classes, 514 and 515. Both these competitions can be found in the Chamber Music, Ensemble and Folk Music Syllabus.

In 2021 we introduced a new system for entries. Please click on the link below for how to apply. The first time that you use the new entry system, you will need to register. 

The closing date for harp classes will be Friday 7th April 2023

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Until 2021, CAMAC Harps sponsored the harp competitions of the North London Festival.

We had to cancel our harp competitions in London in May 2020 because of the Covid-19 crisis – but offered a video competition instead. This is the first time we have run such a contest, and it went viral in more than one sense of the word! With over 170 entries across the board, we have been thrilled by the response. Huge thanks go to our jurors, Caryl Thomas and Sally Pryce, who have certainly been kept busy! Click on the ‘Read More’ button for full results.

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