LAUNCHING 1st MAY 2026

PoppyHarp Performance Awards celebrate students’ skills and progress without the pressure of formal examinations. The award levels act as stepping stones between graded exams, offering a motivating and engaging alternative, or complement, to examination pathways as students work towards their next goal.

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Difficulty levels:

• Seedling Harpist: Absolute beginner
• Fledgling Harpist: Up to Grade 1.5 standard
• ​​Harmony Harpist: Grades 2.5 Standard
• Budding Harpist: Around Grade 3.5 Standard
• ​​Blossoming Harpists: ​Grade 4.5 ​Standard
• Blooming Harpists: ​Grade 5.5 ​Standard
• ​Flying Harpists: Grade 6.5 ​Standard
• ​Soaring Harpists: ​Grade 7.5 ​ Standard

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Requirements:

1. Choose three pieces from the repertoire list. 
2. Learn to play them. Many have tutorials if you do not have a teacher to help you. ​

3. Record a video of you playing your chosen three pieces. These should be recorded in one continuous video to simulate a short recital. 
- You do not need any specialist equipment. A phone recoding is absolutely fine.
- Your video should be recorded horizontally (see right)
- Perform all three pieces in one video, one after another. 
- each video should have at least head and hands in the video. Ideally the entire harp where possible.
- ensure the background where possible is plain.
- announce your piece and name before you start as you would playing a performance. 
- (helpful hints! make sure you tune your harp and damp at the end! :))

3. Send in your video using: ​WeTransfer your video to us https://wetransfer.com ([email protected]) OR WhatsApp your video to +447713907808. 
4. Pay the submission fee - ​By paying the application fee you are consenting to our Terms and Conditions.
5. You will receive a confirmation of payment within 48 hours during PoppyHarp Opening Hours (Monday - Friday, please check PoppyHarp Opening times/closures).​

Terms and Conditions: 
If you are under the age of 18 you must get a parent or carer to submit your application for you.
Your video will be retained by PoppyHarp for a maximum of three months after your application has been submitted after this your video.

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After your video has been submitted

• Your video will be reviewed by our qualified specialist harp teachers within 14 working days (excluding periods when PoppyHarp is closed).
• You will receive your feedback sheet, certificate, and medal within three weeks. Performance Awards are not marked examinations and no numerical grades are given; results are awarded on a pass/fail basis. Certificates and feedback sheets are sent via 1st Class Royal Mail.
  
• If you have any questions, comments, celebrations, or concerns regarding your feedback, please contact us at [email protected].​
  

• We love to post congratulations to students for their successful awards on our social media. This post includes first names only. E.g. Congratulations Emily for achieving your Harmony Harpist Award. No videos, faces, marks, feedback or personal details other than stated above are included in this. Please opt. out when you apply for your exam if you would not like this information on social media. You can see an example post here:

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