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PANJOURNAL OF THE BRITISH FLUTE SOCIETY MARCH 2020 “This is my Flute. There are many like it, but this one is mine” Juliette Hurel Maesta 18K - Forte Headjoint pearlflutes.eu Principal Flautist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra contents The British Flute Society news & events 24 President 2 BFS NEWS William Bennett OBE 4 NOTES FROM THE CHAIR 6 NEWS Vice President 11 FLUTE CHOIR NEWS Wissam Boustany 13 TRADE NEWS 14 EVENTS LISTINGS Honorary Patrons 16 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Sir James Galway 23 FLUTE CHOIR FOCUS: and Lady Jeanne Galway WOKING FLUTE CHOIR 32 Conductorless democracy in action. Vice Presidents Emeritus Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE features Sheena Gordon 24 ALEXANDER MURRAY: I’VE GONE ON LEARNING THE FLUTE ALL MY LIFE Secretary Cressida Godfrey examines an astonishing Rachel Shirley career seven decades long and counting. [email protected] 32 CASE FOR MOVEMENT EDUCATION Musicians move for a living. Kelly Mollnow 39 Membership Secretary Wilson shows them how to do it freely and [email protected] efficiently through Body Mapping. 39 WILLIAM BENNETT’S The British Flute Society is a HAPPY FLUTE FESTIVAL Charitable Incorporated Organisation Edward Blakeman describes some of the registered charity number 1178279 enticing treats on offer this summer in Wibb’s feel-good festival. Pan 40 GRADED EXAMS AND BEYOND: The Journal of the EXPLORING THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE 40 British Flute Society The range of exams can be daunting for Volume 39 Number 1 student and teacher alike. David Barton March 2020 gives a comprehensive review. 42 STEPHEN WESSEL: Editor A NATIONAL TREASURE Carla Rees Judith Hall gives a personal appreciation of [email protected] the flutemaker in the year of his retirement. 44 A NEW VOICE: THE FLUTE OF Design and Layout PIERRE GABRIEL BUFFARDIN Nick Romero The only extant flute made by Buffardin, teacher of Quantz, recently came to light. Cover image Michael Lynn explores the instrument and Carla Rees & its maker. Nick Romero 42 reviews Printed by Magprint 48 RECORDINGS 52 CONCERTS Views expressed by contributors 52 BOOKS are their own and do not necessarily reflect an official view of the 55 SHEET MUSIC British Flute Society. All copyrights reserved. 64 LETTERS ISSN 2052-6814 64 CLASSIFIED ADS 44 MARCH 2020 | PAN 1 bfs news The brand new BFS website Over the past year, the BFS Council and I have been busy behind the scenes developing a brand new website. We wanted to create something more attractive, easy to use and useful—making it easier to manage membership and access member benefits, show- casing clearly what the BFS does, and providing more resources for members and the wider flute community. Taking inspiration from the style and fonts of Pan, I created a basic design for the new website, with the Council contributing many helpful ideas and suggestions. We then enlisted the design chops and coding skills of developer David & George to finesse the site, creating something that (we think!) is clean, elegant and simple to navigate, with a colour palette drawing on the rich blue that’s one of our new logo colours. As well as a visual makeover, we’ve added new content and made existing content easier to find—for example, there is more information about the BFS, a new resources section with more educational content including videos; more information on awards and opportunities; and directories of flute choirs, retailers and repairers as well as members. We’ve also made sure the site is optimised for mobile so it’s just as useful on the go. After extensive research, we’ve also moved to a new member- ship system, MembershipWorks, that is integrated into the site. It has lots of features to make membership more straightfor- ward, such as a range of payment options (including credit card), a timeline of payment activity, a powerful directory search, and automated email reminders when, for example, your member- ship is due for renewal. It also allows the BFS to accept online donations, which as a membership charity is an exciting and much-needed step. We’re thrilled to finally be able to share the new website with you, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions—we plan to keep adding to and refining the site, so please do drop us a line at [email protected] Thanks to everyone who has advised and assisted with the website’s design and technical development, including the Council, Rachel Shirley, Carla Rees, Kate Hill, Abby Charles, the developers at David & George, Nick Romero, who created the new logo, and Malcolm Pollock, who contributed much of the site photography. SOPHIE McGRATH 2 PAN | MARCH 2020 British Flute Society Competitions 2020 This year’s competitions took place on 19 February at London’s Regent Hall and received nearly 70 entries across the three classes. The BFS School Performer Competition, for players aged 13 and under, and the BFS Young Performer, for players aged 14 to 18, were judged by Sarah O’Flynn, Sub-Principal flute of the Britten Sinfonia, and Susan Torke, flute teacher at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. Adjudicators for the Young Artist Competition were renowned soloists Wissam Boustany and Silvia Careddu. Sarah O’Flynn & Susan Torke The young performers presented repertoire ranging from Bach to Edwin Roxburgh, with Mozart and French Romantic works also appearing. Accompanists Jo Sealey and Richard Shaw worked tirelessly throughout the day and helped to put the performers at ease. Alena Walentin & Atarah Ben-Tovim The BFS would like to thank the donors of the prizes—Yamaha, Just Flutes, Wonderful Winds and June Emerson Wind Music— as well as Lisa Nelsen, Alison Hardy and Carla Rees who will give lessons to the winners. Thanks also are due to the BFS team (led by Rachel Shirley) who worked behind the scenes to make sure the day ran smoothly, and to all of the competitors, teachers and parents without whom the competition could not take place. The Prize winners were: Richard Shaw & Lucy Driver Isaac Skey SCHOOL PERFORMER 1 ISAAC SKEY £100 Just Flutes voucher, lesson with Lisa Nelsen & opportunity to perform at BFS event 2 ERIKA KHEDERIAN £40 June Emerson voucher & free entry to a BFS event 3 TAMON BYAS Free entry to a BFS event YOUNG PERFORMER 1 DANIEL PENGELLY £100 All Flutes Plus voucher, Lesson with Alison Hardy & opportunity to perform at BFS event Stefan Cunningham 2 SANDRA SIUDAK £50 Wonderful Winds voucher & free entry to a BFS event 3 SAMUEL FINCH Free entry to a BFS event Special mentions: Cliodhna Scott, Stratford Ryan Daniel Pengelly, Samuel Finch & Sandra Siudak YOUNG ARTIST 1 STEFAN CUNNINGHAM Yamaha YPC62 piccolo, lesson with Carla Rees & opportunity to perform at BFS event 2 LUCY DRIVER £250 Just Flutes voucher & free entry to a BFS event 3 JI YOUNG KIM GRATH c Free entry to a BFS event Wissam Boustany Special mentions: Wong Ka Wing, Daniel Ephgrave, Fiona & Silvia Careddu Jo Sealey & Sandra Siudak SOPHIE M SOPHIE Sweeney, Japheth Law MARCH 2020 | PAN 3 notes from the chair ow that we’re firmly ensconced in the Roaring 20s, the Council are extremely excited to launch a new website. NThere is more information in this edition of Pan, but I’d like to personally thank the Council Members on the ground (Sophie McGrath, Julie Butler and Rachel Shirley) working on the format and style, and to everyone who offered helpful advice as to the content. We are open for changes to the website, but felt very strongly that we needed to provide a very accessible site for the members and newcomers to our community. Thank you to Nick for the new logo design. We think it’s very eye-catching, and represents the transformation of the BFS as we move into a new era. There’s quite a bit of localised activity that you can read about in this issue. We’d like to encourage more members, as well as their local representatives, to gather as groups for play-days, workshops and coffee mornings. It’s wonderfully encouraging to hear of events taking place, pop-up or long-planned, in more would otherwise only be available through the post. places around the UK. We can help to encourage the trade to I’m very pleased with the response of the members to become get involved as well in these events at a more local level. When involved in the events. I’d like to make a continued plea to you all planning, take in to account that they’ll need more lead-in time to pass your ideas to us: events, artists, workshop topics, educa- to organise the journey and to cater for the specific needs of the tion forums … the list is endless, but you HAVE to get involved. participants attending the events. We’d like the dealers local to The BFS can only work with members when we know what and the events to get involved as much as possible so that we can how the members want to work in their area. We have a few support them as they have done with us in the past. It’s also a events coming up, and hope to list many more in the future. great opportunity to try out new instruments and accessories that LISA NELSEN Introducing the new Area Rep for Germany—Sabine Baumert Sabine is the new BFS area representative for Germany. She had already been a piano teacher for more than a dozen years when she started learning the flute. The instrument—especially the big bass flute—became the instrumental love of her life. Even though she is Head of Department for keyboard instruments in a music school in Southern Germany, she loves playing the bottom part in flute orchestras.