Commissioned works by the National Flute Association Piccolo Artist Competition from 2004 to 2018

The National Flute Association Piccolo Artist Competition commissioning component has served an important role in providing new solo repertoire for the piccolo. The competition has helped the piccolo, which has traditionally been seen as an auxiliary instrument, be viewed as a solo instrument. The works that have been commissioned by the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition since 2004 include Three Sketches by Katherine Hoover (2004), Gravity’s Ghost by Robert Dick (2007), Psychobird: A Sonatina by Paul Schoenfeld (2009), For Piccolo by Jean-Michel Damase (2011), Two Pieces for Piccolo and Harp by Michael Gandolfi (2014), Paradise by Stephen Hough (2016), Dawn Birds by Augusta Read Thomas (2018), and Say Can You by Allison Loggins-Hull (2020). These pieces have provided more variety within the piccolo repertoire. This paper provides biographical information on each composer, performance suggestions, stylistic analysis, and interviews with composers and performers commissioned by the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition between 2004 and 2018.