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

BFS News
Including:

BFS Competitions 2026 Results
Meet the new members of the BFS Council Janna Hüneke and Yvonne McIlwaine
Flute Days including Maidenhead Flute Day with Wissam Boustany, Kent Flute Day with Karen Jones, Hampshire Flute Day with Eliza Marshall, and the North of England Flute Choir Festival

Meet the Area Reps
Meet our Area Reps Joanne Conquest, Sarah Desbruslais and Andrea Charles

Flute Choir News
Updates from Flutes Unlimited, Birmingham Flute Choir, Dorking and Croydon Flutes and news of a new flute choir being set up

Trade News
International Low Flutes Festival news

THE DIVA WHO PLAYED THE FLUTE: REDISCOVERING KATHERINE SCHINDLER, VIENNA’S FORGOTTEN FEMALE FLAUTIST, COMPOSER AND PRIMA DONNA

How an obscure advertisement led Rikki A. Wolpowitz to uncover an eighteenth-century female musical network

EMPOWER: WOMEN CHANGING MUSIC

In three years at music college Sinéad Walsh didn’t play a single piece by a woman. She decided it was time to take action.

ETERNAL BIRTH

Eliza Marshall reflects on seizing opportunities, being a workaholic and creating her new album.

40 YEARS OF OXFORD FLUTE SUMMER SCHOOL

It started without so much as a timetable. Katie Bycroft explains how it has flourished for four decades.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER WEBB A MEMOIR

Stephen Wessel celebrates the long life of his friend and erstwhile colleague, the artist craftsman and headjoint maker.

THIRTY YEARS OF THE SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL FLUTE SUMMER SCHOOL

Yvonne Robertson talks to Ruth Morley about what spectacular projects a lunch can lead to.

Books from LEONARD GARRISON and CHRISTIANE & KATHARINA MARTINI. Sheet Music for flute and electronics; flute and piano; solo piccolo

Pan Journal March 2026