Oxford Flute Summer School

OFSS 2026 40th anniversary year
Fully booked!

Bursary application deadline is TODAY!!!

Celebrating 40 years of OFSS!

Read the full story in PAN magazine of the British Flute Society by becoming a member here https://bfs.org.uk

Thanks to Malcolm Po***ck for photography 💫

Oxford Flute Summer School on tour in Malta! Beautiful concert yesterday at the amazing Sala dei Cavalieri in Valletta. Premiere of the full 3 movements of The Sea Between Two Islands by Pamela Chilvers 💫

An Amazing Concert by Katie Bycroft and Sally Goodworth at the Malta Society of Arts in aid of The Malta Trust Foundation.
THANK YOU so much Katie and Sally.

Enter the BFS Competition Young Artist category for a chance to win a fully funded place at OFSS 2026!!

🚨 FIVE DAYS LEFT to enter the Competitions 2026! . https://bfs.org.uk/competitions-2026 . 🏆 Aged 19-24? enter our Young Artist category for the chance to win the £2000 William Bennett Prize and other brilliant prizes 🤩 . 🥇 PLUS, new this year, there's a piccolo headjoint up for grabs for the round's best piccolo performance! . 🤩 And EVERYONE who performs on February 22 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire will get individual feedback from our fantastic adjudicators, Fergus Davidson and Amy Yule! . About Fergus and Amy: . 🎵 Fergus Davidson . With a freelance career of 38 years, Fergus has trialled for practically every UK orchestra, gaining the nickname Super Dep for his reputation for sight-reading some of the most difficult repertoire. He’s performed a huge range of music, from playing instruments like the shakuhachi, bansuri and dizi and performing for West End musicals like The Lion King - Musical to recording with Placido Domingo and for Queen Elizabeth and King Charles. He’s also the owner and maker of FD piccolo headjoints and is in the final stages of designing and making a new piccolo. . 🎵 Amy Yule . Amy has been Principal Flute of The Hallé since 2019 and previously held the same position at the Royal Northern Sinfonia. She regularly appears as guest principal flute for many UK orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia of London and Philharmonia. She is also a flute tutor for the RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music and the The National Youth Orchestra. A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Amy won BFS Young Artist in 2017 while studying for her Masters at the Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated with distinction, a DipRAM award and several prizes. . ⏰ Enter by November 30 at 11:59PM GMT: https://bfs.org.uk/competitions-2026 📷 Pictured: 2025 Young Artist winner Margherita Brodski, the judges, and previous prize-winner Wong Ka Wing Karen (photo by Malcolm Po***ck)

Bookings now open!

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17-22 August 2026 OFSS dates confirmed!
Booking available soon
Celebrating our 40th year 😀