Revealing the Competitions 2023 prizes
We’re delighted to announce the prizes for the BFS Competitions 2023 - 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, vouchers from ALRY Publications, All Flutes Plus, Just Flutes, and more!
This year, we’re also honoured to introduce the Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize - an award up to the value of £500 to support one promising player from any category, honouring the wishes of Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE.
We hope the prizes inspire you to enter - thank you to all our sponsors for their generosity, and to everyone who has donated to Atarah’s Legacy Fund to make this prize possible.
The deadline for signing up for the Competitions is Saturday February 11 at 11:59 PM - click below to enter:
School Performer
1st Prize - £125 Just Flutes voucher & the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - £50 June Emerson Wind Music voucher
3rd Prize - £25 ALRY Publications voucher
Yamaha Prize - Yamaha YFL-372GL Flute
Selected by the adjudication panel, this prize will be awarded to a competitor in this category.
Young Performer
1st Prize - ALRY Prize - £150 ALRY Publications voucher & a £25 voucher to spend at Just Flutes, £100 All Flutes Plus voucher & the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - Newmoon Insurance Prize - £125 voucher to spend at Just Flutes
3rd Prize - £30 Wonderful Winds voucher, £25 All Flutes Plus voucher
Pearl Prize - Pearl PFP-105E/OM piccolo
Selected by the adjudication panel, this prize will be awarded to a competitor in this category.
Young Artist
1st Prize - £150 All Flutes Plus voucher, ALRY Prize - £150 ALRY Publications voucher and a £50 voucher to spend at Just Flutes & the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - 50E Furore Verlag voucher, £100 ALRY Publications voucher
3rd Prize - £50 Tetractys Publishing voucher, £25 All Flutes Plus voucher
Musician’s Answering Service Prize - One year’s free subscription to the Musician’s Answering Service
Selected by the adjudication panel, this prize will be awarded to a UK-based competitor in this category. The Musician’s Answering Service is the leading UK diary service for orchestral and session musicians. You can find out more about them at https://maslink.co.uk.
Adult Amateur
1st Prize - Benslow Music Prize - a complimentary place on a Benslow course of the winner’s choice - and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - Newmoon Insurance Prize - £125 voucher to spend at All Flutes Plus
3rd Prize - £50 Forton Music voucher
Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize
Atarah’s Legacy Fund was established shortly before her death, and according to her wishes, to support the musical education of entrants to the annual BFS competitions through the award of one cash prize for a candidate of sufficient merit and musical integrity and potential. The recipient will not necessarily be one of the prize winners in the competition, but will be chosen by the Council and from names offered by the adjudication panel in each category. There will only be one winner each year for as long as the funds are solvent.
Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize is available to the value of £500. The funds will be paid directly to the chosen course, lesson or activity by the BFS Treasurer. Correspondence between the prize winner and the BFS may happen at any time after the competition provided that the funds are used within 12 months.
Entrants wishing to be considered for the Prize should make their application using the BFS entry form (which will be sent to all competitors shortly), indicating how they would use the Prize to further their musical education through lessons, music courses or other educational activities.
Musical integrity is something Atarah particularly wished to encourage, so adjudicators will be looking for a core musicality which is sensitive to and observant of stylistic differences, rather than a display of virtuosity.
The BFS Council will be responsible for awarding the Prize.
Winners will be required to write a report for Pan the BFS Magazine on the benefit they received.
