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NFA 2027

Baroque Flute Artist

Recorded round (all ornamentation at your discretion)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Sonata in A Minor, Wq. 132

IMSLP/Any edition I. Poco Adagio III. Allegro (first repeat only)

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Premiere Suite in E minor, Op. 35

IMSLP/Any edition I. Prelude (first repeat only) III. Rondeau "Les Charites"

Anna Bon

Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 1 No. 4

IMSLP/Any edition II. Andante III. Allegro assai (all repeats)

Semifinal round (all ornamentation at your discretion)

Giovanni Benedetto Platti

Flute Sonata in A major Op. 3 No. 4

IMSLP/Any edition I. Grave e cantabile II. Allegro (all repeats)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita in A Minor BWV 1013

IMSLP/Any edition II. Corrente (all repeats)

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

Suite in G major Op. 2 No. 3

IMSLP/Any edition I. Allemande 'La Cascade de saint Cloud' IV. Rondeau Le Paintif VI. Gigue 'L'italienne' (all repeats)

Final round

Final Program

25 minute program of the finalists’ choice. See website for more details.

NFA 2027

Convention Performers

Recorded round

Başak Ersöz

Lament and Black Sea Dance for Solo Flute

Edition: Scherzo Editions

Matthew R. Durrant

Sonata for flute and piano

Edition: ALRY Movements 2 and 3

NFA 2027

High School Soloist

Recorded round

Joachim Andersen

Die Zauberflöte, Op. 45

Edition: Zimmermann

Adolphus Hailstork

Pied Piper of Harlem

Edition: International Opus I. Here Come De Piper….

Johannes Donjon

Offertoire, Op. 12

Edition: Billaudot OR Cavally

Final round

Frédéric Chopin

Variations on a Theme by Rossini

Edition: Schott

Eldin Burton

Sonatina

Edition: Carl Fischer I. Allegretto grazioso II. Andantino sognando III. Allegro giocoso: quasi fandango

Commissioned work

NFA 2027 newly commissioned work.

NFA 2027

Young Artist

Recorded round

Clara Schumann

Romances for violin and piano Op.22

Edition: Presser I. Andante Molto III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Malcolm Arnold

Fantasy for flute Op. 89

Edition: Faber Music

Quarterfinal round

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Suite in B minor Op.35

Urtext Edition: Schott or Peters Prelude (no repeats) Rondo Fantasie

Saverio Mercadante

Aria and Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni by Mozart for solo flute

Edition: Gerard Billaudot - 10 Arias

Semifinal round

Sofia Gubaidulina

Sounds of the Forest

Edition: Sikorski

Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Sinfonische Kanzone, Op. 114

Edition: Zimmermann

Commissioned work

NFA 2027 newly commissioned work.

Final round

Final program

A 25-minute program of the finalists' choice. See the NFA website for more details.

NFA 2027

Junior Soloist

Recorded round

Cécile Chaminade

Mignonne from Three Pieces

Record with piano (any edition)

Michel Blavet

Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 "La Vibray"

Any edition III. Gavotta "Les Caquets" (Please take the first repeat, do not take the second repeat)

Final round

Germaine Tailleferre

Forlane

Edition: Schott - Flute Music by Female Composers

Moritz Moszkowski

Spanish Dances, Op. 12

Edition: Kalmus No. 2, Moderato

NFA 2027

Adult Amateur Virtual Masterclass

Recorded round: Advanced Category

Albert Perilhou

Ballade for Flute and Piano

Edition: Schirmer, ed. Moyse

Recorded round: Intermediate Category

Marin Marais

Les Folies d’Espagne

Any edition*** Mvmts: I (theme), III, IV, VIII, XXIIII (recorded together in one unedited take) *** In E minor ONLY. Cross-reference this linked score for correct variation numbers: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/89/IMSLP17152-Marais_-_Les_Folies_d'Espa gne.pdf

Cécile Chaminade

Serenade aux Etoiles, Op. 142

Any edition

Recorded round: Novice category

Katherine Hoover

Kokopeli

Edition: Papagena Press

Emile Pessard

Andalouse for flute and piano, Op. 20

Any edition

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Jazz Flute Masterclass

Recorded round

Freddie Hubbard

"Up Jumped Spring"

from Freddie Hubbard, Volume 60 (Edition: Jamey Aebersold Jazz)

Charlie Parker

"Blues for Alice"

from Four & More, Volume 65 (Edition: Jamey Aebersold Jazz)

Wayne Shorter

"Black Nile"

from Wayne Shorter, Volume 33 (Edition: Jamey Aebersold Jazz)

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Masterclass Performers

Recorded round

Leanna Keith

"Home" for solo flute

Edition: ALRY - 21st Century Masterworks

Alfredo Casella

Barcarola et Scherzo, Op. 4

Edition: Salabert/IMSLP

NFA 2027

Orchestral Audition & Masterclass

Recorded round

Excerpts are found in Orchestral Excerpts for Flute and Orchestral Excerpts for Flute: Volume 2.

JS Bach

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

Part IV, No. 24, Benedictus, bars 1-12

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 10

Mvt. V, bars 27-45

Sergei Prokofiev

Peter and the Wolf

Rehearsal [2] to Rehearsal [4] Rehearsal [8] to Rehearsal [9]

Maurice Rável

Bolero

Flute 1, bars 5-21

Igor Stravinsky

Chant du Rossignol

Rehearsal [38] to 8 bars after rehearsal [39]

NFA 2027

Piccolo Orchestral Audition & Masterclass

Recorded round

Excerpts are found in Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo edited by Wellbaum.

Francis Poulenc

Flute Sonata

Mvt II “Cantilena”, beginning through measure 34 This is to be played on piccolo, no piano accompaniment

Hector Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique

Mvt. V “Witches Sabbath”, Rehearsal 63-rehearsal 65

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

Procession of the Sardar from Caucasian Sketches

Opening through letter B

Dmitri Shostakovich

Symphony No. 6

Mvt. I, 3 measures after 8 through first bar of 10

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Junior Flute Choir

C flute required work

Enrique Granados

4 Spanish Cameos

Edition: Southern Music Co. Mvts 1 and 2

Piccolo required work

Eugene Damare

Tarantelle Op. 391

Edition: Billaudot

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High School Flute Choir

Piccolo required work

Antonio Vivaldi

Piccolo Concerto in C Major RV 443

Any edition Mvt. 2 Largo (take all repeats, ornamentation optional)

C flute required work

Also required for all piccolo applicants.

Alto, bass, and contrabass flute required work

Nicole Chamberlain

Imperial Topaz

Edition: Spotted Rocket

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Collegiate Flute Choir

Piccolo required work

C flute required work

Also required for all piccolo applicants.

Alto flute required work

Arturo Rodríguez

Metamorphosis Suite

Edition: ALRY Mvt. 6 “Sleep”

Bass flute required work

Contrabass flute required work

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Professional Flute Choir

Piccolo required work

Thomas J. Dempster

pentes:grammes for solo piccolo

Potenza Music Mvts 2 and 3

C flute required work

Jovana Damnjanović

“Mayka” 10 Concert Etudes for Flute

Edition: Presser Etude 4 Čoček Etude 6 Svila

Alto flute required work

Carlos Simon

Move It for solo alto flute

Edition: CSJr. Music

Bass flute required work

Contrabass flute required work

G.F. Telemann

Fantasia for solo flute in A minor

Any edition Grave - no repeats Allegro - no repeats

NFA 2027

Jazz Flute Big Band Audition

Recorded round

Freddie Hubbard

"Up Jumped Spring"

from Freddie Hubbard, Volume 60 (Edition: Jamey Aebersold Jazz)

Charlie Parker

"Blues for Alice"

from Four & More, Volume 65 (Edition: Jamey Aebersold Jazz)

Wayne Shorter

"Black Nile"

from Wayne Shorter, Volume 33 (Edition: Jamey Aebersold Jazz)