We’re delighted to announce the prizes for the BFS Competitions 2025 - including the William Bennett Prize of £2000, £1000 and £500 for solo category winners, a Pearl PFP-105E piccolo, the BFS Prize of £350 of support to a flute ensemble for putting on a performance, a year’s subscription to the Musician’s Answering Service, flute cases from Wiseman and Funky Flutes, the Newmoon and ALRY Prizes, 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 Wednesday January 1 at 11:59 PM GMT - click below to enter:

ENTER THE COMPETITIONS

School Performer

1st Prize - William Bennett Prize of £500, and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - Funky Flute Cases flute case
3rd Prize - £50 of vouchers

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 - The ALRY Prize of £300 of vouchers`
3rd Prize - €50 Furore Verlag voucher

Pearl Prize

A Pearl PFP-105E piccolo. Selected by the adjudication panel, this prize will be awarded to a competitor in the BFS 2025 Competitions Young Performer category.

Young Artist

1st Prize - William Bennett Prize of £2000, and a 45-minute performance at the Just Flutes Festival
2nd Prize - A Wiseman traditional flute case of your choice, and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
3rd Prize - The ALRY Prize of £200 of vouchers

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 Young Artist category. The Musician’s Answering Service is the leading UK diary service for orchestral and session musicians - find out more about them at https://maslink.co.uk.

Flute Ensemble

1st Prize - The BFS prize of £350 of support towards putting on a performance, and the opportunity to perform at a BFS event
2nd Prize - The Newmoon Insurance Prize of £200 of vouchers
3rd Prize - £50 Tetractys Publishing voucher

Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize

Atarah’s Legacy Fund was established according to the wishes of Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE to support the musical education of entrants to the Competitions through the award of one cash prize for a candidate of sufficient merit, musical integrity, and potential. The Prize is an award of up to £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. 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.

Entrants wishing to be considered can put themselves forward using the Prize 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 journal, 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 second 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.

Revealing the Competitions 2025 prizes