Franklin, N.C. Harp Competition - June 2011
For more information, visit the Taste of Scotland Festival.
The National Scottish Harp Championship of America - 2010
Scottish
Harp Society of America
Welcomes The Clan Currie Society as Title Sponsor of the National Scottish Harp
Championship of America
International
Clan Society Commits to Five-Year Program
(August 24, 2010) - The Scottish Harp Society of America
(SHSA) is pleased to welcome the Clan Currie Society as Title Sponsor of the
National Scottish Harp Championship of America.
The Clan Currie has made a five-year commitment to act as Title Sponsor
for the Championships through 2014.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have the Clan Currie
Society make such a generous and long-term gift,” said SHSA President Jen
McGovern Narkevicius. “Part of the success of our National Championship depends
upon generous donors like the Clan Currie to ensure we have sufficient funding
in place to produce a first class competition. It is especially rewarding when
that support comes from a clan with such an ancient and distinguished history
of Gaelic poets and musicians.”
According to Robert Currie, president of the Clan Currie
Society, this partnership is a perfect fit. “The founders of our Clan were the
celebrated MacMhuirich bards of Medieval Scotland and the instrument of the
Bard was the clarsach. Over the past several years Clan Currie has sharpened
its focus on the arts with our concerts, special events and scholarship
program. In addition to sponsoring this prestigious championship, we have also
established an annual harp scholarship at the Royal
Scottish Academy
of Music and Drama in Glasgow,
Scotland. We
look forward to becoming involved in more of these types of programs in the
future.”
The 2010 National Scottish Harp Championship of America
will be hosted at The Meadow Highland Games outside Richmond, Virginia
and is open to all SHSA members. The
adjudicators for the competition are the renowned Sue Richards and SHSA
President Jen McGovern Narkevicius.
Rules and categories are available on www.shsa.org.
For more information on the 2010 Championship, visit www.meadowceltic.com.
Scholarship Information
Somerset Harp Festival Scholarship
If you play traditional Irish or Scottish music, you have the
opportunity to earn a scholarship to the festival.
The first scholarship will be awarded to the first place
amateur level winner in the harp competition at the Southern
Maryland Celtic Festival on April 24 in
Prince Frederick, MD. It is adjudicated by the Scottish
Harp Society of America. Two scholarships will be awarded at the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheoil in Pearl River
NY on May 22 to the first place winners in the 12-15
and 15-18 age category. The competition is adjudicated by Comhaltas
Ceoltoiri Eireann. A second Scottish Games, later in the year, at Stone
Mountain will receive a scholarship toward the 2011 festival. Somerset Harp Festival is offering these scholarships as an additional incentive
to younger players to continue to play traditional music. Check the festival
websites for rules governing the competitions and other details.
St. Andrew's Society of Pittsburgh Scholarship
Check out the
scholarship page for more information.
Herbert P. MacNeal Travel Scholarship
Applications must be postmarked by
May 26th, 2010. Check out the
scholarship page for more information.