Adult Amateur Virtual Masterclass Competition

The Adult Amateur Competition is open to any person who engages in the pursuit of flute playing on an unpaid basis and who is not currently enrolled as a student at a university. Three winners (one from each category of repertoire) will be selected to perform in an online masterclass for a prominent teacher. The purpose is to engage a broader range of the amateur flutist population in the NFA.

Applicants may enter one category per year.  Winners in the Novice and Intermediate categories may enter a more difficult category in the future, but winners of any category are ineligible to compete in that category again.

The 2026 winners--Dante Dullas, Kathleen Herb, and Morgan Mongold--will perform for Chelsea Tanner on January 10, 2027. This event is sponsored by Flute Specialists, Inc. Learn More Here

Recorded Round Repertoire

Each piece should be uploaded as a separate file. All uploaded files must be audio recordings. No videos are allowed. All Recorded Round repertoire must be recorded WITH accompaniment.

Novice Category

• Katherine Hoover, Kokopeli (Papagena Press)
• Emile Pessard, Andalouse for flute and piano, Op. 20 (any edition)

Intermediate Category

• Marin Marais, Les Folies d’Espagne, Mvmts: I (theme), III, IV, VIII, XXIIII (any edition***)
  • Movements should be recorded together in one unedited take
  • ***In the key of 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'Espagne.pdf
• Cécile Chaminade, Serenade aux Etoiles, Op. 142 (any edition)
  

Advanced Category

• Raimundo Pineda, El Bachiano (https://raimundopineda.wixsite.com/updated/el-bachiano-soloflute)
• Albert Perilhou, Ballade for Flute and Piano (Edition: Schirmer, ed. Moyse)