Commissions

The National Flute Association is a significant national and international player in the commissioning of new works. Since commissioning its first works in the 1980s, the NFA has sheparded more than 65 new works into the musical world. Commissioned composers include winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the Prix de Rome, the Naumberg, Guggenheim, and many other national and international awards. They have been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Order of Canada, and other prestigious organizations. The NFA has offered opportunities for “emerging” composers as well as those for leading composers of the world.

The NFA has inspired the creation of many new pieces by providing an appropriate venue for premieres, primarily its annual convention and its competitions. Many new pieces have come into being by the inspiration and entrepreneurship of flutists desiring to honor former teachers, mentors, and friends, and for special occasions.

Young Artist Competition

Year

Composer

Title

Instrumentation

2011

George Tsontakis

Imagine

solo flute

2010

Kristin P. Kuster

Perpetual Afternoon

flute and piano

2009

Lisa Bielawa

Gargoyles

solo flute

2008

Wayne Horvitz

Inside Morning

flute and piano

2007

Toshio Hosokawa

Lied

flute and piano

2006

Paul Dresher

Waterfall

flute and piano

2005

Bun-Ching Lam

Loin d'Ici

flute and piano

2004

Harold Meltzer

Giraffes

flute and piano

2003

Robert Dick

everyone@universe.existence

flute and pre-recorded sounds

2002

Dan Welcher

Florestan's Falcon

flute and piano

2001

Oliver Schneller

Soleil

flute and piano

2000

Sebastian Currier

Variations on "Time and Time Again"

flute and piano

1999

Rand Steiger

bb

solo flute

1998

Dean Drummond

Precious Metals

solo flute

1997

Arthur V. Kreiger

Close Encounters

flute and pre-recorded sounds

1996

Stephen M. Gryc

Shadowdance

flute and piano

1995

Donald Grantham

Solitaire

solo flute

1994

Laura Clayton

Standing in a Field of Stars

flute and piano

1993

Paul Koonce

On the Bias

flute and piano

1992

Lenny Pickett

Blue Rondo

flute and piano

1991

Kathryn Alexander

As Once the Winged Energy of Delight

solo flute

1990

Robert Morris

Traces

flute and piano

1989

Harry T. Bulow

Inventions

flute and piano

1988

Shulamit Ran

East Wind

solo flute

1987

Chester Biscardi

Traverso

flute and piano

1986

John Anthony Lennon

Echolalia

solo flute

High School Soloist Competition

Year

Composer

Title

Instrumentation

2011

Greg Pattillo

Three Beats for Beatbox Flute

solo flute

2010

Jane Rigler

InterPresence

solo flute

2009

John Savage

Impromptu

solo flute

2008

Derek Charke

WARNING! Gustnados Ahead

flute and pre-recorded sounds

2007

Marcos Granados

Two Venezuelan Etudes for Solo Flute

solo flute

2006

Lydia Ayers

Times's Graffiti: Lucky Calligraphy

flute and pre-recorded sounds

2005

Matthias Ziegler

Morceau de Concours

solo flute

2004

Maggi Payne

Reflections

solo flute

2003

Janice Misurell-Mitchell

Sometimes the City Is Silent

solo flute

2002

Geoffrey Kidde

Night Flight

solo flute

2001

Robert Cronin

Off the Wall

flute and piano

2000

Elizabeth Brown

Trillium

solo flute

1999

Gary Schocker

Short Stories

solo flute

1998

Alejandro Escuer

Jade Nocturno

solo flute

1997

Cynthia Folio

Arca Sacra

solo flute

1996

John Fonville

Venus Noodles

solo flute

1995

Jennifer Higdon

Song

solo flute

1994

John Heiss

Fantasia Appassionata, Episode IV

solo flute

1993

Michael Colquhoun

Charanga

solo flute

1992

Anne LaBerge

Revamper

solo flute

1991

Janice Misurell-Mitchell

Uncommon Time

solo flute

1990

Charles DeLaney

"…and the strange unknown flowers"

solo flute

1989

Robert Dick

Lookout

solo flute

Piccolo Artist Competition

Year

Composer

Title

Instrumentation

2011

Jean-Michel Damase

For Piccolo

piccolo and piano

2009

Paul Schoenfield

Psychobird: A Sonatina

piccolo and piano

2007

Robert Dick

Gravity's Ghost

solo piccolo

2004

Katherine Hoover

Sketches

piccolo and piano

NFA Piccolo Committee Projects

Year

Composer

Title

Instrumentation

1993

John La Montaine

Sonata, Op. 61

piccolo and piccolo

1989

Marylin Bliss

Rima

piccolo and piano

1989

Thea Musgrave

Piccolo Play

piccolo and piano

Special Projects

Year

Composer

Title

Instrumentation

2009

Martin Bresnick

Pan Penseroso

flute and orchestra

2008

Giya Kancheli

Ninna Nanna Per Anna

flute, two violins, viola, cello

2007

Ricardo Lorenz

Pefiles Sospechosos

flute, cello, percussion

2005

Robert Aitken

Tsunami and Solesmes

flute orchestra

2001

David Maslanka

Song Book

flute and wind ensemble

2000

Shulamit Ran

Voices

flute and orchestra

1998

James DeMars

Big Two-Hearted River

alto flute and orchestra

1998

Meyer Kupferman

Concerto Brevis

flute and orchestra

1997

Kenneth Laufer

Flute for Thought, A Celebration of Flute Music

six flutes and piano

1996

Lowell Liebermann

Piccolo Concerto

piccolo and orchestra

1987

Mario Davidovsky

Quartetto

flute, violin, viola, cello