National Flute Association flute choir, and masterclass categories and four non-performance competitions, which highlight new flute music, research, and entrepreneurship. The NFA commissions original compositions for all members of the flute family. The New Music Advisory Committee, established in 1985, works with the NFA Board to create opportunities for flutists to interact with contemporary composers by playing their music and ensuring today's composers create substantial repertoire for flute players. The NFA has commissioned more than 70 new works for both flute and piccolo. Beginning in 1986, the NFA has commissioned a new piece to be used as repertoire in the Young Artist Competition
Smallest organisms that lives between sand grains on the coast of India. Its maximum length is only 4 mm. The smallest sea urchin, "Echinocyamus scaber", has a test only 6 mm across. "Patiriella parvivipara" is the smallest starfish, at only 5 mm across. The smallest vertebrates (and smallest amphibians) known are "Paedophryne amauensis" frogs from Papua New Guinea, which range in length from , and average . Previously, the title of smallest vertebrate was held by members of the fish genus "Paedocypris" of Indonesia. The one of world's smallest fish based on the minimum size at maturity is "Paedocypris progenetica" from Indonesia,