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!
In addition, entrants from all categories can put themselves forward for the Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize of up to £500 to spend on their musical education - which will be awarded to a player who shows a core musicality, and will not necessarily be a category prize winner.
The deadline for signing up for the Competitions is Sunday January 14 at 11:59 PM - click below to enter:
School Performer
1st Prize - William Bennett Prize of £500, and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - £125 Just Flutes voucher
3rd Prize - £50 June Emerson Wind Music voucher
The Pearl Prize of a Pearl PFP-105E piccolo
Young Performer
1st Prize - William Bennett Prize of £1000, and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - £200 All Flutes Plus voucher & the Newmoon Insurance Prize - £125 voucher to spend at Just Flutes
3rd Prize - £50 Forton Music voucher & £30 Wonderful Winds voucher
Pearl Prize
Pearl PFP-105E piccolo. Selected by the adjudication panel, this prize will be awarded to a competitor in the BFS 2024 Competitions Young Performer category.
Young Artist
1st Prize - William Bennett Prize of £2000, and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - The ALRY Prize - a selection of flute goodies - and the Newmoon Insurance Prize - £125 voucher to spend at All Flutes Plus
3rd Prize - £50 Tetractys Publishing voucher & 50E Furore Verlag 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 the BFS 2024 Competitions Young Artist 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.
Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize
Atarah’s Legacy Fund was established shortly before her death, 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, musical integrity, and potential. Musical integrity is something Atarah particularly wished to encourage, so the panel will be looking for a core musicality, rather than a display of virtuosity. The BFS Council will be responsible for awarding the Prize each year, and the Prize will be available to the value of £500.
The recipient will not necessarily be one of the prize winners in the competition, and will be chosen by the competition adjudicators and BFS Council, where possible supported by members of the Fund Advisory Group. There will be one winner each year for as long as the funds are solvent.
Entrants wishing to be considered for the Prize should make their application using the BFS entry form (which will be sent to all competitors once they have made their entry), indicating how they would use the Prize to further their musical education, for example through lessons, music courses or other educational activities.
Winners will be required to write a report for Pan, the BFS Magazine, on the benefit they received from being awarded the Prize.
About the William Bennett Prize
The BFS are honoured to award the William Bennett Prize at the BFS Competitions for the first time this year (as the first prize for each category, to the amount of £500, £1000 and £2000). We are incredibly grateful to Michie Bennett for entrusting us with this legacy, which will enable us to award this prize for a number of years. As one of the founding members of the BFS, and our President for many years, we cannot think of a better way to commemorate Wibb’s extraordinary life and his profound impact on the flute world.
