The National Flute Association holds 20 competitions to reward outstanding performers, composers, publishers, scholars, and entrepreneurs. Among these are 16 performance competitions to select outstanding flutists to perform at the NFA convention.

Repertoire for each category of the 2021 NFA Convention Competitions, to be held in Washington, DC, is listed below.

If no edition is listed then there is only one edition of the piece. If any edition is listed then any edition is permissible; we merely list our recommended edition. If a specific edition is listed then only that edition is acceptable.

Young Artist Competition

Recorded round repertoire:

• Anna Bon di Venezia: Sonata in D Major, Op. 1, No. 4 (any edition)
• Philippe Gaubert: Sonata No. 3
• Walter Piston: Sonata for Flute and Piano

Quarterfinal round repertoire:

• Friedrich Kuhlau: Fantasie in D Major (Bärenreiter)
• Philippe Hurel: Loops I

Semifinal round repertoire:

• NFA commissioned work to be sent to finalists no later than June 1
• J.G. Müthel: Flute Sonata in D Major
• Guillaume Connession: Le rire de Saraï

Recorded Round			Quarterfinal Round		Semifinal Round

Piccolo Artist Competition

High School Soloist Competition

Recorded round repertoire:

• Howard Hanson: Serenade
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in D Major (any edition)

Final round repertoire:

• NFA commissioned work to be sent to finalists no later than June 1
• Daniel S. Wood: Valse-Caprice
• Francis Poulenc: Sonate

Recorded Round		Final Round

Junior Soloist Competition

Recorded round repertoire:

• George Frideric Handel: Sonata in C Major, Op. 1, No. 7, HWV 365 (Bärenreiter)
• Philippe Gaubert: Madrigal for Flute and Piano (any edition)

Final round repertoire:

• Georges Brun: Romance, Op. 41 (Rubank / Hal Leonard)
• Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 1a (any edition)

 

Recorded Round		Final Round

Convention Performers Competition

• Daniel Dorff: Concertino
• Antonín Dvorák: American Suite in A Major, Op. 98 (Carl Fischer)

 

Masterclass Performers Competition

• CPE Bach: Sonata in G Major, Wq. 123 / H. 550 (Musica Rara, now Breitkopf)
• Paul Jeanjean: Etudes Modernes pour Flute: #9 Andantino
• Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces

Orchestral Audition and Masterclass Competition

In Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Vol. 1:

• Georges Bizet: Entr'acte from Carmen
• Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
• Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

In Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Vol. 2:

• Richard Strauss: Don Juan

Baroque Flute Masterclass Competition

Recorded Round			Final Round

Professional Flute Choir Competition

Recorded round repertoire for all applicants:

• C Flute - Valerie Coleman: Danza de la Mariposa

Recorded round repertoire if applicant wishes to perform on piccolo, alto, bass, or contrabass:

• Piccolo - Carla Rees: Nightsong
• Alto Flute - Phyllis Avidan Louke: As the Clouds Parted
• Bass Flute - Rob Keeley: Low Life I
• Contrabass Flute - Nichole Chamberlain: Imperial Topaz

C Flute	Piccolo	Alto Flute	Bass Flute	Contrabass Flute

Collegiate Flute Choir Competition

Recorded round repertoire for all applicants:

• C Flute - Georges Hue: Fantaisie pour flute et piano (Billaudot)

Recorded round repertoire if applicant wishes to perform on piccolo, alto, bass, or contrabass:

• Piccolo - Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Solo Piccolo (Parable XII), op. 125
• Alto, Bass, and Contrabass Flute - Valerie Coleman: Legends

C Flute	Piccolo	Alto/Bass/Contrabass Flute

High School Flute Choir Competition

Recorded round repertoire for all applicants:

• C Flute - Georges Enesco: Cantabile et Presto (G. Schirmer, edited Moyse)

Recorded round repertoire if applicant wishes to perform on piccolo, alto, bass, or contrabass:

• Piccolo - Gordon Jacob: The Pied Piper
• Alto, Bass, and Contrabass - Excerpts from David Wilborn's Dance of the Sagin' Cajun, to be made available on the NFA website

C Flute	Piccolo	Alto, Bass, and Contrabass