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
Bass flute the first verse on bass flute, the second on alto, and the third on soprano. In electronic music, Jack Dangers has sometimes used bass flute as the leader of the Meat Beat Manifesto. A bass flute is heard throughout George Bruns' score for "The Jungle Book" and the original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Perhaps the best-known work to feature the bass flute is the album "Wave" by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Bass flute The bass flute is the tenor member of the flute family. It is in the key of C, pitched one octave below the concert flute. Because of