The American Harp Foundation
Lucile Lawrence Award
2026
Application Deadline: April 5, 2026.
Thanks to the generosity of recent donors, the Foundation is pleased to announce the Lucile Lawrence Award for 2026. This virtual competition will include a prize of $3000 for study of the harp at the undergraduate or graduate level. The deadline for applications and supporting materials is April 5, 2026.
The purpose of the Lucile Lawrence Award Fund is to provide scholarships for deserving harp students and to help fund worthwhile projects that honor and perpetuate Miss Lawrence’s legacy, and that promote the harp in the world.
Other Foundation Awards are described on the Scholarships page.
For those seeking to pay Competition Application Fees, please use this link:
2025 Required Repertoire
- Carlos Salzedo: Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien, Op 30 (including printed cut)
- Caplet: Deux Divertissements
- Salzedo: One of the Five Etudes in Modern Study of the Harp
Requirements:
In order to preserve and ensure the purpose and donor intent of The Lucile Lawrence Fund, the Fund shall be overseen and administered exclusively by the American Harp Foundation.
Criteria for awarding a scholarship from the Lucile Lawrence Fund:
- The applicant must be studying the harp at the undergraduate or graduate-school level of an accredited or otherwise approved college, university, or conservatory, and must present official proof of matriculation in such an institution and program of study.
- The applicant must demonstrate sufficient academic and/or musical merit and promise of benefit from receiving such an award from the Fund.
- A recipient may only receive one award per lifetime.
Please submit the following:
- A summary of current musical and/or academic accomplishments
- Certification of matriculation in an appropriate academic institution and program of study
- The recommendation of her/his teacher(s) or others with sufficient qualifications to evaluate the applicant on the applicable criteria
- Submit an application with resumé (View Application button) and both video and audio recordings, along with a non-refundable application fee of $45 (DONATE button or by check/money order) by April 5, 2026.
- Prescreen Instructions: Video recordings are to be sent via unpublished/private Youtube, and audio recordings are to be extracted and sent electronically along with the full application packet. Recordings do not have to be completed in one session for Prescreen, though they must be recorded uninterrupted for Final Round. No editing in either Prescreen or Final Rounds is allowed.
See full instructions on the application.
For further information:
American Harp Foundation Awards
c/o Carrie Kourkoumelis
28 Cargill Street
Melrose, MA 02176