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Spotlight on the Three New Commissions for the NFA 2024 San Antonio Convention Competitions

Each year, the National Flute Associationโ€™s New Music Advisory Committee (NMA) is responsible for commissioning…

Working with Composers: The Joy of Collaboration

Collaboration lies at the heart of my professional life. It all started for me in…

By Sirirak Boonruangjak-907274
Dancing Air: The 2023 NFA Commissions

Each year the New Music Advisory Committee is tasked with commissioning two to three composers…

The Wider World of Flute Repertoire

Increasingly, the historical practice of separating ethnomusicology from the study of traditional European music is…

By Pawel Czerwinski
Sing-And-Play: More Than Just a Buzzy Sound

That buzzy, strange flute tone that you can sometimes hear on 21st-century works or jazz…

How to Improve Your Glissando Technique

Flute glissandi are not as versatile or reliable as vocal or string glissandi. They are…

Meet a Few More of 2022โ€™s Commissioned Composers

Each year, the New Music Advisory Committee assists in commissioning composers to write new works…

Graphic Notation for the 21st-Century Flutist

Modern graphic notation is a varied beast, eclectic in manifestation, built on (and conflicting with)…