Pan Journal July 2025

Cover of Pan Journal July 2025 issue - portrait of Lorna McGhee

The July 2025 journal features the following articles:

News & events

Notes from the Chair
An update from our Chair, Gavin Stewart

BFS News
Including:

  • Membership changes

  • Introducing our new Flute Days Near You programme, with Bristol Flute Day with Ian Mullin, Glasgow Flute Day with André Cebrián and Cambridge Flute Day with Tom Hancox

  • BFS Teachers’ event 2026

  • News from our German Area Rep

  • Celebrating Sir James Galway’s 85th birthday

  • Introducing our new Membership Secretary Stewart Inchliffe

  • Atarah Legacy Memorial Prize winner Catherine Li reflects on winning the prize and the role of music in her life

  • Announcing the Competitions 2026

Area Reps News
Meet Area Reps Andrea Kuypers, Michelle Krawiec and Joanna Price

Flute Choir News
Updates from Flutes Unlimited and Flute Cocktail; and a new piece for flute choir by composer Oliver Iredale Searle

News
Including:

  • upcoming events, courses and competitions

  • updates, announcements, prizes, concerts, new releases, opportunities and more from the flute community

  • Festive Flutes at 40

  • About the Royal Society of Musicians

  • 6th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute

  • Andrea Kuypers’ Flute Retreat

  • Remembering David Butt

  • Remembering Kathryn Lukas

Trade News
Updates from Eva Kingma, Wonderful Winds and Tetractys Publishing

Features

MUSICAL STORYTELLING: HONOURING OUR ROOTS

Lorna McGhee, Principal Flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, shares her lifelong journey to harness skills, experiences and passions in the service of music.

HOW DO YOU GET A JOB IN AN ORCHESTRA?

LSO Principal Flute Gareth Davies reveals the innermost secrets and tells it like it is.

REMEMBERING BOULEZ

In the centenary of the composer’s birth, Carla Rees reflects on what she learned from Boulez and examines his music for flute.

THE JOURNEY OF CREATING A METHOD: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO FLUTE FOR YOUNG BEGINNERS

Irena Mitevska Mileva has reimagined the way we introduce music to the youngest flute players.

INTRODUCING THE MARCEL MOYSE SOCIETY

Robert Cart explains how the legacy of the legendary French flute player and teacher is preserved and promoted in the 21st century.

CAPPADOCIA

A four-year motorcycle trip through the mysterious and ancient region of Cappadocia led composer Halit Turgay to create his latest album.

Reviews

Sheet Music for solo flute; flute and piano; alto flute and piano; two flutes

Sophie McGrath