Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Grade 8 Sight-Reading
ABRSM Pedal Harp Scales & Arpeggios, Grades 6-8
ABRSM Specimen sight reading tests, all Harps Grades 1-8

Grade 8 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8 (book and CD)

Additional Resources such as scales and arpeggios

Grade 8 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C:
Books marked ♭ may be unavailable in the U.K. Please contact us by email for more information

LIST A
1 S. Dussek, The Garland of Love, trans. Shaljean (Blue Crescent Music)
2 Handel, Air and Variations ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’, arr. Bouchaud Pièces Classiques, Book 6 for Celtic Harp (Billaudot)
3 Handel, Andante allegro and Larghetto, 1st and 2nd movts from Concerto for Harp in B♭, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294 (unaccompanied) Handel: Concerto in B♭ for Celtic Harp (Billaudot)
4 Anne-Marie O’Farrell, The Knappogue Medley (O’Farrell)
5 arr. Hannah Phillips, The Spanish Ladie and The Butterfly (observing repeat as needed) The Scottish Harp Anthology, Vol. 3: Advanced (Pentland Publishing) ♭
6 Bonnie Shaljean, Fantasia on a Sonata by Cardon, (Blue Crescent Music)

LIST B
1 Debussy, Première arabesque, trans. Brundage (Seaside Press) ♭
2 Anne Macdearmid, Sea Rapture (Macdearmid) (Limited availability)
3 D. McNulty, Fantasia and Rondo, Pp. 163–5 and 168–71 from The Irish Harp Book (Carysfort Press) ♭
4 Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, Milonga para amar (advanced version) P. 52 from The International Rhythmic Collection, Vol. 2 (AROY Music)
5 Bonnie Shaljean, Slow Train (Blue Crescent Music)
6 Victory, Grazioso and Lento assai, Nos. 1 and 2 from Three Pieces for the Irish Harp, Pp. 135–137 and 138–1 from The Irish Harp Book (Carysfort Press) ♭

LIST C
1 J. S. Bach, Prelude, from Lute Suite, BWV 1006a, trans. O’Farrell (O’Farrell) ♭
2 Beethoven, Mandolin Sonatina in C, trans. Shaljean, Beethoven for Harp (Blue Crescent Music)
3 Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, Theme from Suite to Luzma, Latin American Harps History, Music and Techniques (AROY Music) ♭
4 Kim Robertson, Boundless, Treasures of the Celtic Harp (Mel Bay)
5 Bonnie Shaljean, Prelude in D minor, from 12 Preludes for Concert or Celtic Harp (Blue Crescent Music)
6 Bonnie Shaljean, Prelude in F, from 12 Preludes for Concert or Celtic Harp (Blue Crescent Music)

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