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Orchestral Audition & Masterclass Competition

     

The Orchestral Audition & Masterclass Competition will select three finalists to perform a mock audition and perform in a masterclass for an orchestral flutist and pedagogue at the 2025 NFA Convention in Atlanta. Cash prizes of $1,000, $750, and $400 will be awarded. Previous first-place winners of this competition are ineligible to compete. Excerpts for the live mock audition will be chosen by the masterclass clinician and distributed to finalists. 

>The Application Portal will close at 11:59pm CT on February 12th, 2025<

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Competition Requirements*

  • AGE REQUIREMENT: is open to flutists who will be 30 years of age or younger by the last day of the convention (born on or after August 11, 1994). Entrants may be required to show proof of age. 
  • All flutists must be current NFA members at the time the entry is submitted. If chosen to perform or present during the convention, flutists must also be current members at the time of the convention and register for the convention by July 1, 2025. To join or renew, go to nfaonline.org/signup.
  • Completed entry
  • Uploaded files
  • $65 entry fee (paid during submission process)

All entrants must submit their entry, upload recordings/supplemental materials, and pay competition and membership fees by 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time, Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Recorded Round Repertoire

Each piece should be uploaded as a separate file in the following order. All uploaded files must be audio recordings. No videos are allowed.

  • 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

All Recorded Round repertoire for this event must be recorded WITHOUT any form of accompaniment.

* Competitions are subject to all rules and regulations on this page as well as the General Competition Information and Rules and Regulations. Incomplete entries will be subject to disqualification.

Coordinator

Hannah Chiasson
hannahleffler@gmail.com

Those entering this competition may also may also be eligible to apply for the Frances Blaisdell Scholarship, which provides $1500 toward NFA convention expenses.