National Flute Association 2024

The National Flute Association holds 22 competitions to reward outstanding performers, composers, publishers, scholars, and entrepreneurs. Among these are 18 performance competitions to select outstanding flutists to perform at the NFA convention.

Repertoire for each category of the 2024 NFA Convention Competitions, to be held in San Antonio, TX, is listed below.

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National Flute Association 2024 Competition Repertoire

Adult Amateur

Novice category:

• Ernest Bloch, Suite Modale, I. Moderato (Broude Brothers)
• Germaine Tailleferre, Forlane (any edition)

Intermediate category:

• Mélanie Bonis, Pièce Op. 189 (Schott)
• Otar Taktakishvili, Sonata, I. Allegro cantabile (Associated Music Publishers)

Advanced category: 

• Required piece: Bohuslav Martinů, First Sonata, H. 306, I. Allegro moderato (Associated Music Publishers) 

Choose one of the following:

• Amanda Harberg, Feathers and Wax (Theodore Presser)
• Shulamit Ran, Birds of Paradise (Theodore Presser)

Baroque Flute Artist

Recorded round:

• Georg Tromlitz, Partita No. VI, I Allegro, II. Andante molto, and VI. Polonaise (any edition) – IMSLP.org 
• Antoine Dornel, Première Suite from 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Flute Suites, Op. 2, Prelude, Allemande La Bellône, and Le Zephir (any edition). Take all repeats. 
• Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Sonata No. VI from 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 2, I. Largo and II. Allegro (any edition)

Semifinal round: 

• Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Sonata No. 2 in D Major from Sonates Pour le Violon et pour le Clavecin, I. Presto, II. Adagio, and III. Presto (any edition) 
• Johann Joachim Quantz, Sonata no. 273 in G Major QV 1:109, I. Presto ma fiero and II. Grave (any edition) – IMSLP.org
• Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Quatriéme Concert from 6 Concerts for flute and continuo, I. La mélancolique, II. La Joyeuse, and V. La Ténébreuse (IMSLP.org / public domain)

Final round: Chosen by applicants at the time of recorded round entry, 25 minute maximum. 

Convention Performers

• Alvin Singleton, Argoru III (Schott)
• Allison Loggins-Hull, Homeland (Flutronix.com)

High School Soloist

Recorded round: 

• Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata in D Major Op. 94, I. Moderato (International). Take no repeats. 
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Sonata A’La Baroque, I. Allegro and III. Gigue Rondo (Lauren Keiser Music Publishing)

Final round: 

• Philippe Gaubert, Ballade (Heugel & Cie) 
• Matheus André Reichert, The Encore Solo (Southern) 
• Commissioned Work to be sent to finalists by June 1, 2024.

Jazz Artist

Recorded round: 

All selections may be found in The Real Book, 6th ed. (Hal Leonard):

• Charlie Parker, Dexterity
• Chick Corea, Windows 
• Antonio Carlos Jobim, Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)

Final round: Chosen by applicants at the time of recorded round entry, 25 minute maximum. 

Junior Soloist

Recorded round: 

• Lili Boulanger, Nocturne (any edition; can be found in Schott, Flute Music By Female Composers) 
• Johann Joachim Quantz, Alla Francese (Peters, Die Soloflote [The Solo Flute], Vol. 1: Baroque)

Final round: 

• Leopoldine Blahetka, Variationen Op. 39 (Schott, Flute Music By Female Composers). Take all repeats. 
• Phyllis Avidan Louke, Spirit of the Stallion, I. Warm Springs Serenade (Theodore Presser) 

Piccolo Artist

Recorded round: 

• Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major, RV 444, I. Allegro non molto and II. Largo (any edition) 
• Amanda Harberg, Hall of Ghosts (Theodore Presser)

Semifinal round: 

• Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major, RV 444, III. Allegro molto (any edition) 
• Thea Musgrave, Piccolo Play, I. L’Enchanteresse, III. La Pateline, VI. Le Bruit de Guerre, and VII. Le Turbulent (Novello) 
• Commissioned work to be sent to semifinalists by June 1, 2024.

Final round: Chosen by applicants at the time of recorded round entry, 25 minute maximum. 

Young Artist

Recorded round: 

• Darius Milhaud, Sonatine (Durand) 
• Olivier Messiaen, Le Merle Noir (Alphonse Leduc) 
• Nicolas Chédevelle (att. Antonio Vivaldi), Sonata in G Minor, Op. 13, No. 6 “Il Pastor Fido”, III. Largo and IV. Allegro ma non presto (any edition)

Quarterfinal (solo flute only) round: 

• Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita in A Minor BWV 1013, II. Corrente and III. Sarabande (any edition). Take no repeats in either movement; ornament as desired in the Sarabande. 
• Chen Yi, Memory for Solo Flute (Theodore Presser) 
• Miklós Rózsa, Sonata Op. 39 for solo flute, I. Allegro Risoluto (Faber)

Semifinal round: 

• Roberto Sierra, Sonata for flute and piano, III. With Gusto (Subito) 
• Valerie Coleman, Wish Sonatine for flute and piano (Theodore Presser). 
• Commissioned work to be sent to all applicants who advance out of the recorded round by June 1, 2024. 

Final round: Chosen by applicants at the time of recorded round entry, 25 minute maximum. 

Masterclass Performers

• Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano, III. Lively, with bounce (any edition)
• Nicole Chamberlain, Asphyxia (Spotted Rocket) 

Orchestral Audition and Masterclass

Recorded round (all selections found in Orchestral Excerpts for Flute and Orchestral Excerpts for Flute: Volume 2): 

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 4, m. 172 - 200 
• Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919 Version), Variation de L’oiseau de feu, complete variation 
• Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4, m. 89 - 105 
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1, rehearsal 39 to measure 2 of rehearsal 41 
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 2, one beat before rehearsal 59 through measure 8 of rehearsal 60

Final round: Chosen by the masterclass clinician. 

Collegiate Flute Choir

• C Flute: Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Poem, A.93 (any edition)
• Piccolo: Amanda Harberg, Sonata for Piccolo and Piano, I. Allegro, flowing (Theodore Presser)
• Alto: Nicole Chamberlain, Flexion (Spotted Rocket)
• Bass: David Gunn, Lunar Mural 2 (Westleaf Edition). Record with electronic track.
• Contrabass: Jonathan Cohen, Albisiphonics, I. Early Morning Departure (Nourse Wind Publications)

High School Flute Choir

• C flute (required for all applicants): Carl Reinecke, Sonata “Undine”, Op. 167, I. Allegro (any edition). Take the repeat. 
• Piccolo: Amanda Harberg, Sonata for Piccolo, II. Moderato, Dreamy (Theodore Presser) 
• Alto: Pierre Octave Ferroud, Trois Pieces, II. Jade (any edition) 
• Bass: Gary Schocker, What’s Old Is New, I. Serieusement (Theodore Presser) 
• Contrabass: Georg Philipp Telemann, Fantasia No. 6 in D Minor TWV 40:7, I. Dolce (any edition). Take both repeats.

Professional Flute Choir

• C Flute: Herman Beeftink, Fantasia for Flute Solo “Flamenco” (www.hermanbeeftink.com) 
• Piccolo: Tilmann Dehnhard, Zweisitzer [Twoseater] (Universal) 
• Alto: David Bennett Thomas, You Can Dance If You Want To (Tetractys). Select any two movements. 
• Bass: Tilmann Dehnhard, Basilica Deserta (Universal) 
• Contrabass: Adrienne Albert, Winter’s Breath (www.adriennealbert.com)