Competitions 2024 - Meet the Adjudicators!

We’re thrilled to announce our Competitions 2024 adjudicators, who will be judging all selected performances and providing individual feedback: Susan Torke, Jane Spiers-Keelan, Fraser Gordon, Vourneen Ryan, Gareth Davies and Eliza Marshall - as well our Adult Amateur Flautists’ Workshop leader Carla Rees and our brilliant accompanists

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Sophie McGrath
Revealing the Competitions 2024 prizes

We’re delighted to announce the prizes for the BFS Competitions 2024 - including the William Bennett Prize of £2000, £1000 and £500 for category winners, a Pearl PFP-105E piccolo, a year’s subscription to the Musician’s Answering Service, vouchers from ALRY Publications, All Flutes Plus, Just Flutes, and more!

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Sophie McGrath
Announcing our Competitions 2024

We’re thrilled to announce that entry to our 2024 Competitions is open! The annual Competitions are a chance for flute players to showcase their talent, receive feedback from top judges, connect with other musicians and win brilliant prizes. The 2024 edition take places on Saturday February 17 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - enter by January 14!

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Sophie McGrath
Exploring the Lizzo Effect

It’s been thrilling to see Lizzo raising the profile of the flute in pop culture and bring its magic to new audiences. We recently ran a survey about her influence on our flute-playing community - read on to find out more about what we discovered!

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Sophie McGrath
Revealing the Competitions 2023 prizes

Enter by February 11 for a chance to win prizes including a Pearl PFP-105E piccolo, Yamaha YFL-372GL flute, a year’s subscription to the Musician’s Answering Service, a course with Benslow Music, and vouchers from ALRY Publications, All Flutes Plus, Just Flutes! This year, we’re also honoured to introduce the Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize - an award up to £500 to support one promising player from any category.

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Sophie McGrath
Announcing our Competitions 2023

We’re thrilled to announce that entry to our 2023 Competitions is open. Held annually, the Competitions are a chance for flute players to showcase their talent, receive feedback from top judges, and win brilliant prizes. In 2023, the Competitions will be held live over two events in Loughborough and Birmingham.

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Sophie McGrath
New President and Vice President

With the greatest respect for all the support and initiative Wibb gave to the BFS, the Council decided to approach two artists to take over the positions of President and Vice President. We introduce them here, and share details of our Christmas Party hosted by the new President.

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Sophie McGrath