National Flute Association 2025 Competition Repertoire

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 2025 NFA Convention Competitions, to be held in Atlanta, GA, 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.


2025 NFA Competitions Repertoire



Adult Amateur



Novice category:




Intermediate category:




Advanced category: 





Convention Performers






High School Soloist



Recorded round: 




Final round: 


  • Carl Philipp Stamitz, Concerto in G Major, Op. 29 (International) – Allegro cut in orchestral exposition and cadenza provided (play with cadenza provided)
  • Mary Watkins, Braziltown (Self-published, https://marydwatkins.com/product/braziltown-usa-for-flute-and-piano/)
  • Commissioned Work to be sent to finalists by June 1, 2025. 




Junior Soloist



Recorded round: 




Final round: 


  • Reinhold Gliere, Melody and Waltz, Op. 35, II. Waltz (Fall House Press)
  • Adolphus Hailstork, Flute Set, Mvt. II (Theodore Presser)




Low Flute Artist



Recorded round (Select 10-12 minutes of music from the following repertoire):



Required piece:


  • Catherine McMichael, Baikal Journey, II. Ancient Friend for alto flute and piano



Select two pieces from the following list:


  • Tyson Davis, Absolute Zero for solo alto flute (Self-published, https://tysongholsdaviscomposer.com/product/absolute-zero-for-solo-alto-flute-2017/)
  • Kristen Stoner, Elegy for solo alto flute
  • Gary Schocker, Sonata for a Lost Planet for alto flute and piano, I. Above, IV. Float
  • Catherine McMichael, Baikal Journey, I. Sacred Cauldon for bass flute and piano


Final Round (Create a program of 13-15 minutes from the following repertoire):



Required piece:


  • Amanda Harberg, Firefly Triptych, III. Midnight Jam for alto flute and piano (Theodore Presser, available November 1, 2024)

      


Select two or three pieces/movements from the following list:




Young Artist



Recorded round: 




Quarterfinal (solo flute only) round: 


  • David Biedenbender, Detroit Steel for solo flute
  • Jacques Ibert, Piece for solo flute (Leduc)
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in A minor for solo flute (Wq. 132, H 562), I. Poco Adagio (Henle Verlag or Wiener Urtext)



Semifinal round: 


  • Nina Shekhar, Bedtime Stories for flute and piano (Self-published, https://www.ninashekhar.com/product/bedtime-stories)
  • Arthur Foote, A Night Piece for flute and piano (Southern Music)
  • NFA Newly Commissioned Work (to be distributed to all quarterfinalists no later than June 1, 2025)



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



Masterclass Performers



  • Adolphus Hailstork, Yuhwa for solo flute
  • Francis Poulenc, Sonata for flute and piano, III. Presto giocoso (Any edition)



Jazz Flute Masterclass





Orchestral Audition and Masterclass



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



  • Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1947 Version), First Part, beginning to rehearsal number 7
  • Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1947 Version), First Part, solo cadenza, rehearsal 60 to 61
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3, beginning to measure 37
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3, measure 279-360
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo: 12 before P to end



Final round: Chosen by the masterclass clinician. 



Piccolo Orchestral Audition and Masterclass



Recorded round (all selections found in Practice Book for the Piccolo): 



  • Berlioz Damnation de Faust, Op 24, 1st piccolo part Beginning to No. 2, Presto e leggiero – entire
  • Maurice Ravel, Bolero, 2nd flute part where piccolo begins on a high E, 3 measures after 8 until 9
  • Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to “La Gaza Ladra” mm 188 through to letter E
  • Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, Op. 93 Movement 1, 69 until 15 after 70



Final round: Chosen by the masterclass clinician. 



 Collegiate Flute Choir



High School Flute Choir






Professional Flute Choir



  • C Flute (Required for C Flute and Piccolo applicants): Valerie Coleman, Wish for flute and piano (Presser)
  • Piccolo: Amanda Harberg, Sonata for piccolo and piano, I. Allegro, Flowing (Theodore Presser)
  • Alto: Lisa Neher, Seal Mother for solo alto flute
  • Bass: Daniel Dorff, Sonata (Spirit of the Hudson) for bass flute and piano, I & II (Theodore Presser)
  • Contrabass: CPE Bach, Sonata in A minor, I. Poco Adagio plus choose one of the Allegro movements (Any edition – No repeats)



Jazz Flute Big Band