symbol to show that you should bring your flute to the session Provisional Programme
Unfortunately due to the recent security alerts and restrictions at UK airports many flights to the UK have been cancelled. This means that Gary Schocker, Mimi Stillman and Robert Dick are unable to appear at the Convention. We are pleased to announce that their places have been taken by the British composer/performer Mike Mower, who will play a selection of his own works, and the distinguished British soloist, Philippa Davies.The online programme has been changed to reflect the revised schedule.
Note: The BFS reserves the right to alter the schedule of events and artists appearing without prior notification
| The Thursday sessions until 19:00 (Highlighted in GREEN) are FREE to Teachers To attend the rest of the Convention, you must have an appropriate entrance ticket |
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Individual tickets are available to members of the public for all Evening Concerts and |
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Flute Repertoire Private Classes: |
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Thursday |
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| Time | Event |
| 14.30 | Arrivals, Registration and settle in. |
15.00 – 17.30 |
Teacher’s Clinic. Speakers, Sandra Howard and Carolyn Kelly with an Intermission recital of exam pieces from the AB List performed by Emma Williams with Richard Shaw. Ian McLauchlan will talk about on-the-spot repairs and solutions to teachers faced with urgent repair problems. Trevor Wye will talk on The Advantages of Memory in Daily Exercises. Concerts Lumiere will demonstrate what can be achieved with flute ensembles. Emma Williams on Trinity and ABRSM repertoire. Mark Parkinson presents ABRSM jazz syllabus. The afternoon is followed by a Question and Answer Session to a panel of experts. |
18.00 - 18.30 |
Trade Time: Repertoire experts from the Trade Stands will talk about the latest flute and piccolo publications. |
| 18.30 | BFS Teachers Reception |
| 18.45 | Supper |
19.30 – 20.30 |
Convention Opening by Chairman, Atarah Ben Tovim. Then Tutti "C" Flutes, followed by a Quiz. |
| 20:45 - 22.00 Concert Hall |
The Burning of Jan Palach, a Mini-Opera by Alan Ridout. Rehearsed and performed by the audience. Directed by Trevor Wye with Melissa Morris and Richard Shaw, pianos. |
Friday |
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| Time | Event |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Upper Concourse |
Yoga with Liz Taylor |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Studio Three |
Body Mapping with Lea Pearson. Each day will be repeated but with a different emphasis. Day 1: Balance and Support (sitting and standing) |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Studio Four |
Warm Up with Wissam Boustany |
| 08.00 | Breakfast |
| 08.30 - 09.10 Choices! Studio Two |
Flute Choir with Julie Wright |
| 08.30 - 09.10 Choices! Studio Four |
Flute Choir with Yvonne McIlwaine |
08.30 – 09.45 Choices! |
Performance Anxiety from the Inside Out. (1st session) Helen Spielman |
| 08.30 – 09.45 Choices! Studio One |
Keith Pettway. Sight Reading Workshop Studio One (1st session: this will be repeated tomorrow) |
| 08.45 – 09.45 Choices! Opera Theatre |
A talk By Stuart Scott on the Halle Orchestra, based in Manchester, with recordings. |
| 09.15 – 09.50 Choices! Studio Two |
A Morning Warm-up: Paul Bagshaw |
| 09.15 – 09.50 Choices! Studio Four |
A Morning Hot-up. Alexa Still |
| 09.15 – 09.50 Choices! Studio Five |
Teacher’s Clinic. Speakers: Sandra Howard, Julie Wright. Sponsored by Dawson's Music, Manchester |
| 10.10 -10 50 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Recital: Rhonda Larson |
11.10 - 12.00 Choices! |
Susan Milan talks on commissioning new works from composers. |
| 11.10 - 12.00 Choices! Studio Two |
Ian Clarke demonstrates and explains extended techniques. Bring your flute. |
| 11.10 - 12.00 Choices! Studio Three |
Ian McLauchlan: Simple Flute Repairing for Teachers and Students (1) (repeated tomorrow) Bring your flute. |
| 11.10 - 12.00 Choices! |
Flute Repertoire Class. Selected players have the chance to perform repertoire with a professional pianist and receive advice. |
| 12.10 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Recital: Matthias Ziegler. Contrabasics Matthias Ziegler plays his own works |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch |
| 13:15 Concert Hall |
Flutes & Co |
| 14.30- 15.20 Opera Theatre |
Celebrity Recital: Alexa Still. Music from New Zealand. |
| 15.30 - 16.20 Choices! Studio Four |
Flute Orchestra with Atarah Ben Tovim |
| 15.30 - 16.20 Choices! Studio Five |
Flute Orchestra with Robin Soldan |
| 15.30 - 16.20 Choices! Concert Hall |
Jamie Baum: Jazz Flute Concert. Sponsored by ABRSM jazz |
15.30 - 16.20 Choices! |
Marcel Moyse his Life and Legacy - Nancy Andrew |
15.30 - 16.20 Choices! |
Flute Repertoire Class. Selected players have the chance to perform repertoire with a professional pianist and receive advice. |
| 16.30 – 17.20 Opera Theatre |
Celebrity Recital: Jean-Louis Beaumadier, piccolo and Laetitia Bougnol, piano |
| 17.30- 18.15 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Concert: Susan Milan flute and Siu Chui Li Piano. Four works, One Century |
| 18.45 | Supper |
| 20.15 – 22.30 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Concert. Emily Beynon and Andrew West, piano Wissam Boustany with Aleksander Szram Lorna McGhee and Heidi Krutzen, harp |
| 22.40 Studio One, Two and Three |
Meet Today’s Speakers: A chance to talk to today’s speakers and ask questions. |
| 22.40 Concert Hall |
Music At Night. London Flutes: Detta Danford, Heledd Francis, Amanda Moore and Hattie Webster |
Saturday |
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| Time | Event |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Upper Concourse |
Yoga with Liz Taylor |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Studio Three |
Body Mapping with Lea Pearson. Day 2: Breathing |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Studio Four |
Warm Up with Wissam Boustany |
| 08.00 | Breakfast |
| 08.30 - 09.10 Choices! Studio Five |
Flute Choir with Carolyn Kelly |
| 08.30 - 09.10 Choices! Studio Two |
Flute Choir with Yvonne McIlwaine |
| 08.30 - 09.45 Choices! Studio Three |
Performance Anxiety from the Inside Out. (Repeat of yesterday’s session) Helen Spielman |
| 08.30 - 09.45 Choices! Opera Theatre |
Teacher’s Clinic. Speakers from the Associated Board and at 09.10, Trinity College of Music. Sponsored by Dawson's
Music, Manchester |
| 08.30 - 09.45 Choices! Studio One |
Keith Pettway. Sight Reading Workshop (Repeat of 1st session) |
| 08.30 - 09.45 Choices! Studio Four |
Jamie Baum. Jazz flute workshop. Sponsored by ABRSM jazz |
| 09.15 – 09.50 Choices! Studio Five |
A Morning Warm-up: Paul Bagshaw |
| 09.15 – 09.45 Choices! Studio Two |
A Morning Hot-up: Rhonda Larson |
| 10.00 -11.00 Concert Hall |
International Visiting Soloists: |
| 11.15 - 12.00 Choices! Studio One |
Kyle Dzapo: Op. 15 and Beyond: The Legacy of Joachim Andersen |
| 11.15 - 12.00 Choices! Studio Four |
Carla Rees. The Contemporary Alto Flute. With Richard Shaw, piano |
| 11.15 - 12.00 Choices! Studio Two |
Meet The Council. The BFS Council will be available to listen to you, answer your questions and take a look at the future of the BFS |
11.15 - 12.00 Choices! |
Flute Repertoire Class. Selected players have the chance to perform repertoire with a professional pianist and receive advice. |
| 12.10 -12.55 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Recital: Rachel Brown plays the 18th century traverso, the Schwedler Model flute and the modern flute. With the London Handel Ensemble |
| 13.00 – 14.15 | Lunch |
| 13.00 - 14.00 Studio One |
BFS presentation: Intriplicate flute, oboe and piano trio; Performance Plus Competition Winner from 2006, Kirstin MacDougall. Followed by Fret and Flute Fusion, Julie Wright, flute and Fiona Harrison guitar |
| 14.20- 15.15 Concert Hall |
Musical Squares. Adventures in Sound. With Mike and Wendy Gluyas |
| 15.20 - 16.10 Choices! Studio Four |
Flute Orchestra with Atarah Ben Tovim |
| 15.20 - 16.10 Choices! Studio Five |
Flute Orchestra with Robin Soldan |
| 15.20 - 16.10 Choices! Studio One |
Luis De La Calle: presents De La Calle quena flute, an upright Quena style headjoint |
15.20 - 16.10 Choices! |
Ian McLauchlan: Simple Flute Repairing for Teachers and Students (2). Bring your flute. |
| 15.20 - 16.10 Choices! Studio Two |
Recital of examination pieces from the Trinity Guildhall List of pieces performed by Emma Williams with Richard Shaw, piano. |
| 15.20 - 16.10 Choices! | Flute Repertoire Class. Selected players have the chance to perform repertoire with a professional pianist and receive advice. |
| 16.30 – 17.20 Concert Hall |
International Visiting Soloists: Quintessenz. Flute Quintet. |
| 17.30 - 18.20 Opera Theatre |
Celebrity Recital: Philippa Davies |
| 18.30 - 20.00 | Trinity Guildhall Gala Evening and buffet. A special start to the evening, including entertainment, prize draw, awards ceremony and a four course buffet. Gala dinner tickets must be purchased in advance. Click here to book. |
| 20.15 - 22.15 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Recital: Shashank. Indian Music with flute playing techniques and with emphasis on improvisation in Indian music |
| 22.30 Studio Two and Three |
Meet Today’s Speakers: A chance to talk to today’s speakers and ask questions. |
22.30 |
Teacher’s late evening playing session with Sandra Howard |
| 22.30 Concert Hall |
Music At Night. Concerts Lumiere. The Japanese flute ensemble. A relaxing short concert before bedtime |
Sunday |
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| Time | Event |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Upper Concourse |
Yoga with Liz Taylor |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Studio Two |
Body Mapping with Lea Pearson. Each day will be repeated but with a different emphasis. Day 3: Hands/arms |
| 07.00 – 07.45 Choices! Studio Three |
Warm Up with Wissam Boustany |
| 08.00 | Breakfast |
| 08.30 - 09.15 Choices! Studio Two |
Flute Choir with Julie Wright |
| 08.30 - 09.15 Choices! Studio Four |
Flute Choir with Yvonne McIlwaine |
08.30 – 09.40 Choices! |
Venezuelan Flute Music workshop. With Marco Granados An illustrated talk on the rhythms and music of Venezuela. |
| 09.15 – 09.50 Choices! Studio Three |
A Morning Warm-up: Rhonda Larson |
| 09.15 – 09.50 Choices! Studio Two |
A Morning Hot-up. Alexa Still |
| 10.00 - 10.50 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Recital: ECOSONIC - Stephen Preston & Amara Guitry |
| 11.10 - 11.55 Choices! Opera Theatre |
Genius of the Flute - Paul Taffanel. An entertainment in words and music, tracing the career of this unique player who reinvented the flute for the 20th century. With Edward Blakeman, William Bennett and Clifford Benson. |
| 11.10 - 11.55 Choices! Studio Two |
Hilary Taggart: talks about Writing and Playing Flute Studies |
| 11.10 - 11.55 Choices! Studio One |
250th Mozart Anniversary. Mozart G Major Cadenza Competition. |
| 11.10 - 11.55 Choices! | Flute Repertoire Class. Selected players have the chance to perform repertoire with a professional pianist and receive advice. |
12.10 - 12.55 |
Celebrity Recital: Nicola Mazzanti, piccolo with Richard Shaw, and Gary Schocker, piano |
| 13.00 – 14.15 | Lunch |
| 13.00 - 13.30 Upper Concourse |
Flautissimo. Concert by the flute group
from Southampton |
| 13.00 Studio One |
Tooti Flooti flute group concert |
| 13:30 Studio One |
London Flutes: Detta Danford, Heledd Francis, Amanda Moore and Hattie Webster |
| 14.15-14.55 Concert Hall |
International Visiting Soloists: Abbie De Quant with Elizabeth van Malde, piano |
| 14.55 -15.30 Opera Theatre |
The Composer Plays Mike Mower with Timothy Carey, piano |
| 15.40 - 16.30 Choices! Concert Hall |
Flute Orchestras. Chairman’s Choice. Atarah Ben Tovim with soloist, Philippa Davies |
| 15.40 - 16.30 Choices! |
Flute Repertoire Class. Selected players have the chance to perform repertoire with a professional pianist and receive advice. |
| 16.45 – 17.30 Opera Theatre |
Celebrity Presentation: Ian Clarke |
| 17.40 - 18.30 Concert Hall |
Celebrity Recital: Denis Bouriakov |
| 18:45 | Supper |
| 20.00 – 22.00 Concert Hall |
Gala Concert - Wibb’s 70th Birthday Celebration Concert Programme TBA - William Bennett with Petri Alanko, Emily Beynon, Denis Bouriakov, Lorna McGhee, and Matthias Ziegler. - Announcement of Cadenza Competition winner. VENEZUELAN TRADITIONS with"Marco Grandos & Un Mundo Ensemble" - Cantique de Jean Racine. Conductor Atarah Ben Tovim |
| 22.30 Studio One and Two |
Meet Today’s Speakers: A chance to talk to today’s speakers and ask questions. |
| 22.30 Concert Hall |
Music At Night. Concerts Lumiere. The Japanese flute ensemble. A relaxing short concert before bedtime |