Harp Column’s annual 30 Day Practice Challenge returns on January 1st! This year, we challenge you to Go For The Gold by practicing like an olympian. Need ideas for an Olympic-level piece? Scroll down for our recommendations of pieces from around the world that are sure to give a gold medal-worthy performance.
Titles marked with an * are playable on lever harp.
BEGINNER SOLOS

IRELAND
*Captain O’Kane by
Turlough O’Carolan

SPAIN
*Romance Anonimo
(Also known as Romance Espagnole, this melody is adapted from the guitar solo believed to be written in the 19th century)

CZECH REPUBLIC
*The Moldau by
Bedřich Smetana

SCOTLAND
*Wild Mountain Thyme
Traditional Scottish
INTERMEDIATE SOLOS

GERMANY
*Prelude in C by
Johann Sebastian Bach

BULGARIA
*The Summer White Boat by
Angela Madjarova

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
*Nataliana by
Deborah Henson-Conant

RUSSIA
The Lark by
Michail Glinka

ITALY
Quando m´en vo by
Giacomo Puccini
ADVANCED SOLOS

SPAIN
Suite Espagnol—No. 1 “Granada” by
Isaac Albeniz

CZECH REPUBLIC
Slavonic Dance No. 2 by
Antonín Dvořák

BELGIUM
Chanson de Mai, op. 40 by
Alphonse Hasselmans

RUSSIA
Theme from Swan Lake by
Pyotr Tchaikovsky

FRANCE
Clair de Lune by
Claude Debussy

GERMANY
La Source by
Albert Zabel