The New Zealand
Harp Performance Competition
It's that time of the year again ...
Are you ready for the New Zealand Harp Performance Competition Holiday Harp Music Competition??
We can't wait to see the entries this year!
Closing date 8pm, 1 December 2024
Are you ready for the New Zealand Harp Performance Competition Holiday Harp Music Competition??
We can't wait to see the entries this year!
Closing date 8pm, 1 December 2024
Here are the details for 2024!
This is a PERFORMANCE competition – the PERFORMANCE aspect is really important!
* You must be a student harpist and living in New Zealand. You cannot be entered by a teacher, only the harpist, or a parent is able to give us the permission to put this video on YouTube.
* Please introduce yourself and your piece on the video. Please play something that you can link to the Christmas and holiday season.
* Your performance is to be one piece only. To play an excerpt from a longer piece, or a medley is acceptable. It must be filmed in one take, with the audio (no over dubbing) otherwise it will not be eligible to be entered. The introduction of yourself can be in a separate take from your actual performance, but needs to be edited to make one file. Your audio and video cannot be compiled separately – it must be the same performance – if it was not good – video it all again!
* There is no set length for the duration of the piece for this competition, but remember if you only give the listener 30 seconds of music to listen to, you’re not giving yourself much time to be ‘remembered’.
* There are also no classes or grades - everyone is competing against each other so aim to produce a really lovely, musical and entertaining video performance to win the audience's vote.
* The entry fee is $20, and you can either submit your entry and details on this link.
* One entry per harpist/email address, and you will receive a response to acknowledge your entry if it has been submitted correctly.
* Please name the video with the harpist's name (not the parent’s name) – it must be in landscape position, not portrait. Note that videos that are not labelled correctly, or have not paid the entry fee, do not meet the competition standards and may not be accepted.
* All entries will be posted on the NZ Harp Performance YouTube Channel.
* All entrants will have their email address added to the Harps Aotearoa database so we can keep you up with competition and other news. The winners must agree to provide a recent photo with their harp, and a short bio.
* To find the prize winners, we turn it over to the harp community – the performers, and the Harps Aotearoa Foundation subscribers who will vote on their favourite performances.
Payment: please pay $20 into Harps Aotearoa Foundation: 02 0108 0562275 000
Particulars - your harpists name
Code -
Reference - Harp Comp 24
No late entries will be accepted. Performance entries close 8pm 1 December, 2024.
Voting will close on 20 December 2024. Two prizes of $100 each will be awarded.
Any questions, please contact Anna [email protected]
This is a PERFORMANCE competition – the PERFORMANCE aspect is really important!
* You must be a student harpist and living in New Zealand. You cannot be entered by a teacher, only the harpist, or a parent is able to give us the permission to put this video on YouTube.
* Please introduce yourself and your piece on the video. Please play something that you can link to the Christmas and holiday season.
* Your performance is to be one piece only. To play an excerpt from a longer piece, or a medley is acceptable. It must be filmed in one take, with the audio (no over dubbing) otherwise it will not be eligible to be entered. The introduction of yourself can be in a separate take from your actual performance, but needs to be edited to make one file. Your audio and video cannot be compiled separately – it must be the same performance – if it was not good – video it all again!
* There is no set length for the duration of the piece for this competition, but remember if you only give the listener 30 seconds of music to listen to, you’re not giving yourself much time to be ‘remembered’.
* There are also no classes or grades - everyone is competing against each other so aim to produce a really lovely, musical and entertaining video performance to win the audience's vote.
* The entry fee is $20, and you can either submit your entry and details on this link.
* One entry per harpist/email address, and you will receive a response to acknowledge your entry if it has been submitted correctly.
* Please name the video with the harpist's name (not the parent’s name) – it must be in landscape position, not portrait. Note that videos that are not labelled correctly, or have not paid the entry fee, do not meet the competition standards and may not be accepted.
* All entries will be posted on the NZ Harp Performance YouTube Channel.
* All entrants will have their email address added to the Harps Aotearoa database so we can keep you up with competition and other news. The winners must agree to provide a recent photo with their harp, and a short bio.
* To find the prize winners, we turn it over to the harp community – the performers, and the Harps Aotearoa Foundation subscribers who will vote on their favourite performances.
Payment: please pay $20 into Harps Aotearoa Foundation: 02 0108 0562275 000
Particulars - your harpists name
Code -
Reference - Harp Comp 24
No late entries will be accepted. Performance entries close 8pm 1 December, 2024.
Voting will close on 20 December 2024. Two prizes of $100 each will be awarded.
Any questions, please contact Anna [email protected]
