NFA News

Solo Competitions

Adult Amateur Competition
- Nathan Painter
- André Solomon
Winners will be featured in the Fall 2023 Virtual Event Series

Convention Performers Competition
- Alicia Kosack
- Emily Stanek
- Christina Webster

High School Soloist Competition
1st Place: Julin Cheung
2nd Place: Stephanie Kim
3rd Place: Sooah Jeon
Best Performance of the NFA Newly Commissioned Work: Julin Cheung

Junior Soloist Competition
1st Place: Yilin Zhang
2nd Place: Chujian Zhao
3rd Place: Nirujen Manoharan

Young Artist Competition
1st Place: David Silva
2nd Place: Elvin Schlanger
3rd Place: Claire Gunsbury
Best Performance of the NFA Newly Commissioned Work: Claire Gunsbury

Masterclass Competitions

Baroque Flute Masterclass Competition
- Stephanie Rempel
- Jessica Schury
- Leonor Snow

Jazz Flute Masterclass Competition
- Joaquin Bonilla
- Al Hunter Jr.
- Paige Jackson

Masterclass Performers Competition
- Ana Clark
- Caleb J. Estrada-Valentin
- Helen Freeman
- Genevieve Hahn
- Allyson Kreider
- Rachel Reyes

Orchestral Audition & Masterclass Competition
1st Place: Ivo Shin de Souza
2nd Place: Emily DeNucci
3rd Place: Angelina Lim

Piccolo Orchestral Audition & Masterclass Competition
1st Place: Erica Vogel
2nd Place: Lucy Song
3rd Place: Andrea Velasquez

Flute Choir Competitions

Collegiate Flute Choir Competition
- Paige Andree
- Katherine Beatty
- Sabrina Bleile
- Emily Edwards
- Stefany Flota
- Nikkie Galindo
- Araci Garcia 
- Aubrey Garretson 
- Charlie Grady 
- Olivia Guthier
- Stephanie Hernandez
- Alyssa Jones  
High School Flute Choir Competition
- Zea Boyle
- Yixuan (Vanessa) Chen
- Manami Chiba
- Charlotte Choi
- Ryder Day
- Serena Gao
- Lilia Gawinski
- Rachel Guhathakurta
- Maya Harris
- Abigail Johnson
- Abhilash Katuru
- Vishal Kumar
- Lina Lin
- Lila Lindeen
- Lydia Liu
- Marley Logan
- Yvonne Miceler
- Dominic Perry
- Mahati Ramakrishnan
- Jacob Rubin
- Sara Srinivasan
- Meiya Xiong
- Andy Yin
- Sophie Zhang

Jazz Flute Big Band Audition
- Michael Abresch
- Alexandra Aguirre
- Iona Aibel
- Shelley Atchison
- Nathaniel Berman
- Elizabeth Blackledge
- Marie-Véronique Bourque
- Susan Crane
- Dayna Dawson
- Judy Diez d'Aux
- Haruna Fukazawa
- Michele Gordon
- Lynda Harman
- Frida Hidalgo Mancillas
- Elaine Hochheiser
- Gwyn E. Jones
- Ruth Kasckow
- Norma Kelsey
- Yuki Kitazawa
- Melvin Lam
- Lawrence H. Liggins
- Mary E. Longsdorf
- Alex Lui
- Jane M Hahn
- Carol Mellis
- Alice Mullins
- Bianca Najera
- Nancy Newman
- Kenneth Powell
- Matt Riley
- Donna Sevcovic
- Mahoko Tsukamoto
- Betty Whyte

Professional Flute Choir Competition
- Linda Bailey
- Laura Benning
- Traci Bluhm
- Bonnie Cochran
- Rachel L. Decker
- Joanne Gaul
- Debbie Gilbert
- Laura Gustavsen
- Lynda Harman
- Alexandra Hine
- Alycia Hugo
- Hal Ide
- Elizabeth Jolly
- Stephanie J. Kolokotroni Jones
- Julie McDonald
- Dorli McWayne
- Donna Moore
- Miriam Nussbaum
- Belen Palos-Tuley
- Stephanie Pizza
- Debra C. Schild
- Hilary Shepard
- Diana Sipes
- Nancy S. Sowers
- Linda Watkins
- Tony Watson

Non-Performance Competitions

Flute Choir Call for Scores Competition
Winner: Phoebe Pylant, Caged Birds
Honorable Mention: Brian Story, Tellus Aves

Graduate Research Competition 
- Mehrdad Gholami, Iranian Contemporary Flute Music: An Analysis of Kouchyar Shahroudi’s Dances Mystiques (2017) and Kiawasch SahebNassagh’s Amusie (2018) for flute and piano
- Jillian Storey, Social Practice Methods in the Applied Flute Studio

Newly Published Music Competition (by Category)
CONCERTOS:
Concerto by Amanda Harberg, Theodore Presser
Mnicakmun Sounds of Water by William Linthicum-Blackhorse, ALRY Publications

FLUTE AND PIANO:
En el Centro del Mundo y el Tiempo by Leonardo Cárdenas Palacios, Cayambis Music Press
Hiraeth by Peter Senchuk, Forest Glade Music Publishing

FLUTE AND ELECTRONICS:
Glass Ceilings by Claudia Anderson, ALRY Publications

SOLO FLUTE
Flight by Adolphus Hailstork, Theodore Presser
Don’t Forget to Write by Amanda Harberg, Theodore Presser

PICCOLO
Fever Dreams for three piccolos and piano by Amanda Harberg, Theodore Presser
Flammerole for piccolo and piano by Sophie Dufeutrelle, ALRY Publications

FLUTE DUOS/TRIOS
Archangels for three flutes by Stacy Garrop, Theodore Presser
Intuition for two flutes by Samuel Zyman, Theodore Presser

FLUTE DUO WITH PIANO
Fresh Air for flute, violin and piano by Gary Schocker, ALRY Publications
Have Flute, Will Travel for two flutes and piano by Gary Schocker,  ALRY Publications

FLUTE QUARTETS
Summer Breeze by Katrina Emtage, Tetractys Publishing

FLUTE CHOIR:
A Bird’s Tale on a Saturday by Anže Rozman, ALRY Publications
Flights of Passage by Judy Nishimura, ALRY Publications

LOW FLUTE ENSEMBLE
Subduction by Jonathan Cohen, Tetractys Publishing

WOODWIND QUARTETS/QUINTETS
Five by Five by Geoff Warren, Forton Music

FLUTE MIXED DUET
Key West Suite for flute and guitar by Jose Manuel Lezcano, ALRY Publications

LOW FLUTE MIXED DUET
Staring at Stars for alto flute and bassoon by David Bennett Thomas, Tetractys Publishing

MIXED SMALL CHAMBER
Estavrosan for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano by Sungji Hong, Tectractys Publishing

PEDAGOGY
The Electric Flute by Melissa Keeling, Honeyheart Music