Harp Curriculum
Harp Syllabus
Ms. Elizabeth Ojeda
Eastman Community Music School
Studio Goals:
Safe and excellent harp technique and musicianship, and fun, supportive music making.
Beginner Harp
Goals:
Focused on learning string names; lever or pedal names and function; healthy hand position and technique; beginning rhythm and reading, as well as the basics of tuning.
Method Book(s):
Method for Harp (Grossi, M.) Ricordi.
Solos: (Lever or Pedal Harp)
Old Tunes for New Harpists (Dilling, M.) T. Presser.
30 Little Classics (Dilling, M.) T. Presser.
Suzuki Harp Vol. 1 (Suzuki, S.) Alfred Publishing.
First Grade Pieces for the Harp (Grandjany, M. – Weidensaul, J.) Carl Fischer.
Fun From the First Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Milligan, S.) Lyon and Healy.
Lovely Levers Vol. 1 (Reit, A.) Grey Lake.
Intermediate Harp
Goals:
Focused on maintaining healthy hand position and technique; developing aspects of advanced technique including scales and arpeggios; furthering knowledge of rhythm and reading, as well as beginning to develop aural skills in relation to best tuning practices.
Method Book(s):
Method for Harp (Grossi, M.) Ricordi.
Studies of Medium Difficulty (Pozzoli, E.) Ricordi.
Solos: (Lever Harp)
Trois Pieces Faciles (Grandjany, M.) Marks.
Angelus (Renie, H. – Grandjany, M.) Marks.
Ground in F (Purcell, H. – Thompson) Barclay & Barclay.
Chaconne in C (Handel, G. – Loye) Lemoine.
Air Varie (Handel, G. – Milligan, S.) Lyon and Healy
Lovely Levers Vol. 2 (Reit, A.) Grey Lake
Solos: (Pedal Harp)
Solfeggietto (Bach, C.P.E.)
Two French Folk Songs (Grandjany, M.) Durand
Le Bon Petit Roi D’Yvetot (Grandjany, M.) Durand
Pavane et Bransles (Francisque, A.)
Epices (Andres,B.) Durand
Le Source (Hasselmans, A.)
Vers la Source Dans le Bois (Tournier, M.)
Advanced Harp
Goals:
Focused on maintaining healthy hand position and technique; advancing technical mastery (including sight reading, scales in all keys both major and minor, arpeggios in all keys both major and miner, glisses in enharmonic keys and modulations) mastering rhythm and reading, as well as a development of aural skills in relation to tuning.
Method Book(s):
Studies of Medium Difficulty (Pozzoli, E.) Ricordi.
Etudes (Bach – Grandjany, M.)
Exercises (LaReviere)
Complete Methods (Bochsa)
Solos: (Pedal Harp)
Colorado Trail (Grandjany, M.)
Sonate (Hindemith, P.)
Introduction et Allegro (Ravel, M.)
Granada (Albeniz, I.)
Danses (Debussy, C.) Durand.
Premiere Arabesque (Debussy, C.) Durand
Divertissements (Caplet, A.) Durand.
Orchestral Excerpts: (Pedal Harp)
Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky, P.)
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky, P.)
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky, P.)
Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky, P.)
Lucia de Lammermoor (Donizetti, D.)
Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov, N.)
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov, N.)
Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy, C.)
La Mer (Debussy, C.)
Daphnis et. Chloe (Ravel, M.)
Adagietto, Symphony no. 5 (Mahler, G.)
All harpists at all levels will be encouraged to choose repertoire that is both from this standardized repertoire list, and from the world around them that they enjoy and love.