The Lyon & Healy Awards will be held June 18-19, 2011 in Denton, Texas at the University of North Texas College of Music.  Rules are listed below.  To download an application, click on the link at the bottom of the page.

Winners of the  2009 Lyon & Healy Awards held June 26-27, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah at Westminister College were Sadie Turner, Elizabeth White and Danyi Xia.

Lyon & Healy AwardsRules of the Competition

  • The Awards are open to all harpists who have not passed their 35th birthday by June 1, 2011.      
    *Participants must be a member of the American Harp Society. (An application for membership to the American Harp Society is included with the Lyon & Healy Awards application, below.)
  • Auditions will be open to the public. Contestants will not be interrupted during performance.
  • Repertoire must be played from memory.

Applications must be accompanied by

1. Copy of identification that indicates birth date.

2. One teacher recommendation stating that the applicant knows the required repertoire.

3. A non-refundable registration fee of US $25 payable to “Lyon & Healy.”

Applications must be postmarked by Friday, April 15, 2011 and sent to:

Lyon & Healy Awards
168 N. Ogden Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607

Harps

Harps will be available for those participants who are unable to bring their own instrument.

 

Awards

The Lyon & Healy Awards will determine three (3) Award Winners, each receiving:

  • $2,000 in cash to be used to further education
  • $500 gift certificate from Lyon & Healy Harps

Repertoire

Participants will play each of the following pieces:

Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie pour la Harpe
     (Available at www.harp.com and Lyon & Healy West, item #702830-700, $19.00)
Henriette Renié: Legende
     (Available at www.harp.com and Lyon & Healy West, item #707960-400, $20.25)

Click here to download the Application Form (PDF)