SWITZERLAND

Canadian/Swiss flutist Michel Bellavance is professor at the Geneva Conservatory (HEM) in Switzerland. A Miyazawa artist, he is a regular performer at many flute festivals and in concert halls around the world. He has recorded five CDs on Brioso, Meridian, Atma and SNE labels.

SYDNEY

Diane holds the position of Principal Piccolo with the Opera Australia Orchestra. After graduating with Merit from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she undertook studies in France and America, graduating with a Graduate Performer Diploma with Distinction from Indiana University.

Enriching the musical community in the form of chamber recitals, teaching and AMEB examiningare additional passions.

SYDNEY

Chloe Chung (NSW) and Gabriel McMahon (WA) are both classically trained flautists, now intercultural Díziperformers throughout Australia. Presenting a collection of premieres and contemporary works for both flute and dizi, their recital explores the timbral and cultural relationship between the two, as well as how these instruments influence one another.

SYDNEY

Holding a Master of Music degree from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Melissa is co-artistic director of Sirius Chamber Ensemble and keen solo recitalist. Melissa has performed with Pacific Opera, Blush Opera, Sydney International Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Orchestra, the NSW Police Band and Singing Bird Productions.

ADELAIDE

Coruscalia Collective made its debut in the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Festival. They have performed at the Australian Flute Festival, Chamber Music Adelaide’s On the T errace, and the WASBE Conference in South Korea in 2024. They have collaborated with several South Australian composers including David John Lang and Rachel Bruerville.

MELBOURNE

Margaret Crawford has taught flute at the Canberra School of Music, the Sydney Conservatorium, the Queensland Conservatorium, the Melbourne University Conservatorium, the Victorian College of the Arts and the Australian National Academy of Music. Margaret is the beloved patron of the Australian Flute Festival.

PERTH

Principal Piccolo with WASO since 2024, Sonia Croucher previously enjoyed 21 years as Principal Piccolo of the Malaysian Philharmonic where she also mentored its Youth Orchestra. Her distinguished international career includes performances with orchestras in Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, NZ and across Australia, alongside her dedication to teaching excellence at UWA.

USA

Kyle Dzapo is the flute professor at Bradley University (Illinois, USA) and past president of the NFA. Her research regarding Danish musician Joachim Andersen has led to new editions of Andersen’s music for Musikverlag Zimmermann, a solo CD (Naxos), and Joachim Andersen: Flutist, Conductor, and Composer of More than the Etudes, with András Adorján and William Wilsen (Oxford University Press).

SYDNEY

Jocelyn Fazzone has a busy and varied musical career. She teaches flute at the Sydney Conservatorium, has a large private studio and has won 18 teaching awards from the AMEB for achieving the best student results in exams. Jocelyn was the syllabus consultant for the AMEB Series 4 grade books and is the AMEB Woodwind Chief examiner and Federal examiner. She performs with the Windfall sextet and has played in the TSO, QSO, SSO and AOBO orchestras. She also works as associate artist on piano with some of Sydney’s leading flutists, has recorded and published a large number of books and CDs for flute in her role as a partner of Fluteworthy.  

MELBOURNE

Ralema Fairhead is a Papua New Guinean, Australian woman. Being self taught in the mechanics of the flute from 2014, Ralema started off in school bands, going on to tertiary studies before graduating with a Bachelor in Music from Monash Universities, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music in 2024.

MELBOURNE

Fanciful Flutes, founded in 2023, connects flutists across Melbourne to explore diverse repertoire. The ensemble collaborates with Eliza Shephard’s March of the Women project,spotlighting women composers. It fosters a vibrant community where seasoned and emergingmusicians inspire each other, enhancing both personal and professional growth.

SYDNEY

Lamorna Nightingale, Christine Draeger and Jocelyn Fazzone created Fluteworthy in 2009 to support the flute community. With their extensive expertise as both performers and teachers they formed a partnership sharing their knowledge and creating a collection of publications, teaching manuals and recordings. Now comprising 19 books and seven recordings, all are comprehensive and practical, for teachers, students and professionals.

SYDNEY

James Fortune is a Sydney-based flute and piccolo freelance player. He plays for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra and the Philharmonia Choirs as well as various chamber music formations. He rounds out his profile as an active musician with teaching (both in schools and privately), examining for AMEB, tutoring chamber music at the Sydney Conservatorium high school and examining and teaching in the Rising Stars program

SYDNEY

Australian flautist Rosie Gallagher enjoys a varied life as a musician around the world. As a chamber musician she has performed with the Yellow Barn Music Festival, Heartbeat Opera and Ensemble Connect. She performs regularly with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia. Rosie is the co-founder of Hayes Street Studio, a music venue in Neutral Bay that presents intimate concerts of exceptional chamber music.

MELBOURNE

Carolyn is a teacher and performer on flute and piano, an accompanist, an arranger and mentor for flute players and teachers across generations. Carolyn has taught primary, secondary and tertiary students, in government and non-government schools, and established flute ensembles at each.

Carolyn established, and organizes, the Victorian Flute Guild Ensemble Competition, and is the conductor of the Victorian Flute Ensemble.

ADELAIDE

Julia has been Principal Piccolo of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra since 2001, and has played as acting Principal Flute on regular occasions with the ASO since then. Her primary teachers have been Leone Buyse and Walfrid Kujala, from her years of postgraduate study in the USA. She has held positions with the NZSO and San Antonio Symphony previously, and did a year in the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra in Sweden. Julia is an active teacher in Adelaide and performed her published piccolo trio Piccolo Ridicolo in Chicago at the NFA Convention in 2022.

MELBOURNE

Melbourne-based flautist Helen Hardy is highly regarded as a musician in both theatre and symphony orchestras. Most recent credits include the Reed 1 roles in Wicked (2024) and Mary Poppins (2023). Helen has also had extensive work with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, including many engagements as Acting Principal Flute.

MELBOURNE - COLLABORATIVE ARTIST

Leigh Harrold’s international reputation as an associate artist has led to collaborations with such luminaries as Thomas Reibl, lecturer in viola at the Salzburg Mozarteum; Michael Cox, principal flautist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and London flautist Wissam Boustany. Leigh holds positions on the Faculties of ANAM and the University of Melbourne, and is pianist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

SYDNEY

Jonathan Henderson held the position of Principal Flute with the Estonian National Opera Orchestra 2012 and 2019. He has performed as guest principal flute in Finland with the Tampere and Turku Philharmonic Orchestras and in Australia with the Opera Australia Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras.

CANBERRA

Maria studied flute in Colombia, France, Belgium and the USA. In 2023 she moved to Australia, where she has performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

She has performed with orchestras in Australia, Europe, South America and the USA. She was previously Principal Piccolo of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra from 2019-2023. Maria received the second prize in the Australian Flute Festival Piccolo Competition in 2023.

GERMANY

Latham Horn is an Australian based in Passau, Germany and performs as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician on modern and historical flutes. Since 2017 he is working full-time as Flutist and Archivist of the Kurorchester Bad Füssing, performs regularly with the Niederbayrishe Landestheater and undertakes Postgraduate Traverso studies at the Munich Musikhochschule.

He has performed, among others, with Bach-Orchester München, Bachorchester Fürstenfeldbruck, Bach Akademie Stuttgart, Akademie Versailles and Barockorchester Rosenheim.

BRISBANE

Formed in 2022 through a shared passion for music-making and collaboration, the Jacaranda Flute Collective is a dynamic flute ensemble based in Brisbane. Comprising of core members Amanda Wong, Belinda Wong, Corina Palafox and Eline van Bruggen, the group enjoys performing new compositions and innovative arrangements for flute quartets and quintets.

SYDNEY

Ewa Kowalski studied the flute at the Karol Lipiński Conservatorium of Music in Wroclaw, Poland, where she earned her Master of Music in Performance degree. Ewa is a founding member of the Hourglass Ensemble, with which she has performed extensively both nationally and internationally. She was a guest artist at the Australian Flute Festivals in 2019 and 2023 and also served as an adjudicator at the Young Artist Competition during the 2023 Festival.

USA

American flutist, Dr. Lindsay Leach Sparks teaches for Rutgers University, and is co-founder of Sparks Creative Inc. She is piccolo with the Augusta Symphony in Georgia. Her degrees are from the Peabody Conservatory, Royal Academy of Music, and Cincinnati College-Conservatory. She is a registered yoga instructor and certified health coach.

BRISBANE

Dr Karen Anne Lonsdale is a a performer, music educator, and researcher. She was a Senior Lecturer at Sultan Idris Education University in Malaysia, and is currently an instrumental Music Teacher with Education Queensland. She is also an examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board. In 2025, she introduced her new business, Golden Penda Publishing.

MELBOURNE

Andrew Macleod joined the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as Principal Piccolo in 2003. He has performed with various international and Australian orchestras and premiered Paul Stanhope’s Piccolo Concerto, nominated for an ARIA. Andrew teaches at The University of Melbourne and ANAM, is Co-Director of The Complete Flute, and a Yamaha Artist. Andrew is a Yamaha Artist and plays a Yamaha YFL- 877 Custom Handmade Flute.

SYDNEY - PERCUSSION

Kevin’s musical background includes an A.Mus.A diploma in piano, classical percussion studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and an interest in traditional Japanese music. Kevin joined The Queensland Orchestra n 1999-2004, was a member of Australian taiko ensemble Taikoz from 2002-2016, and has been Associate Principal Percussion in the Opera Australia Orchestra since 2016. Kevin is also the Coordinator of Percussion Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

SYDNEY

Tomomi has won numerous prizes around Japan, and has a Bachelor’s and two Master’s degrees from the Tokyo University of the Arts and the Zurich University of the Arts. Tomomi is now teaching and performing regularly around Australia, including with the Opera Australia Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

MELBOURNE

Simone holds a BMus in Advanced Flute Performance from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and an MPhil in Music Studies (Music Performance) from the University of Cambridge (UK), where she also had flute lessons with Michael Cox at the Royal Academy of Music in London. As an interdisciplinary researcher in the fields of flute performance, music psychology, and movement analysis, Simone regularly gives presentations at prestigious conferences.

BRISBANE

Across her diverse 30+ year career Janet has initiated projects, taught, performed, examined, adjudicated, commissioned and collaborated throughout Australia, Europe, UK and USA. She’s enjoyed playing for several major touring musicals including Wicked, Les Misérables, Chess and Mary Poppins, and is Manager of Emerging Artists Programs at Musica Viva Australia.

PERTH

Gabriel McMahon (WA) and Chloe Chung (NSW) are both classically trained flautists, now intercultural Dízi performers throughout Australia. Presenting a collection of premieres and contemporary works for both flute and dizi, their recital explores the timbral and cultural relationship between the two, as well as how these instruments influence one another.

BRISBANE

Tim is Associate Professor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. He was the flautist and co-Artistic Director of Eighth Blackbird from 2006-2015. He toured the US and internationally, premiering more than 100 works and winning three Grammy Awards.

SYDNEY

Lamorna is a freelance flautist, concert presenter, educator and publisher who is passionate about the future of art music in Australia. She has many years experience working in the orchestral sector and is a core member of the new music group, Ensemble Offspring. Lamorna has created several recordings of new Australian flute music with repertoire selected to suit student flute players and several pedagogical volumes of repertoire for young flute players through Fluteworthy. 

SYDNEY

Karen is a music teacher, mentor and book author. She is passionate about bringing music into the lives of children and adults and has enjoyed working in music education for the past 40 years.

In 2023 Karen is publishing another collection of new works by living composers for Flute & Piano, bringing the total number of her commissions to over 50 pieces added to contemporary repertoire for flute.

SYDNEY

A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Lisa plays with the Opera Australia Orchestra as Associate Principal Flute. She has worked as a freelancer with most of the London orchestras and is now based in Sydney. When she’s not playing opera and ballet repertoire, Lisa enjoys horse riding and pottery.

USA

Troy Paolantonio, 45, flutist in the US Army Field Band, holds a Doctorate in Flute Performance from the Catholic University of America, Masters from University of South Florida, and degrees from The Florida State University. He performs with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, and was a flutist in the inaugural International Pride Orchestra in 2023.

Recordings include “Dialogues and Exhanges” with Laurel Zucker, and on the groundbreaking fife album with William White “Throw Another Fife on the Fire.”

SYDNEY

Major Greg Peterson – Officer Commanding and Music Director of the Australian Army Band Sydney, is approaching his 25th year of continuous service in the Australian Army. In his career as a flute player and conductor, Greg has performed to countless audiences across domestic tasking, international engagements, and also on operational deployment.

SYDNEY

Winner of the Sixth National Flute Competition in 1986, Rosamund studied with Peter Richardson, Micahael Scott, Margaret Crawford, Peter Lloyd, William Bennett and Walfrid Kujala.  Rosamund has held positions in OV and SSO. Rosamund graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts plus a Diploma of Modern Languages in 2024 and is learning the shakuhachi, a truly lifetime project.  

SYDNEY

Kate Proctor graduated from Sydney Conservatorium with a Bachelor of Music Performance (Honours) in 2013 where she studied flute with James Kortum and Geoffrey Collins, and piccolo with Rosamund Plummer. She is as a casual musician with multiple Australian orchestras covering symphonic, operatic and ballet repertoire. Kate holds a Bachelor of Music Performance (Honours) from Sydney conservatorium which she completed in 2013 before taking further instruction in Europe.

MELBOURNE - JUNIOR DAY

Nathalie is a Melbourne-based flutist and teacher, specializing in teaching in the Suzuki Approach with young children. She holds an AMusA, LMusA, and BMus (Hons) from the University of Melbourne under the tutelage of Alan Hardy, and later trained in the USA and Japan. Known for her joyful approach, she has been teaching in schools and her own studio since 2001 and she performed in Eliza’s ‘March of the Women: Connecting Australia’ project in 2024,

WAGGA WAGGA

Riverina Flute Ensemble, directed by Fran Griffin, is comprised of advanced students and staff of Riverina Conservatorium, along with several community members, playing picc, C flutes, alto and bass flutes. It is one of the peak ensembles at Riverina Con. 

SYDNEY - COLLABORATIVE ARTIST

Anna Rutkowska-Schock is a member of The Hourglass Ensemble with which she has extensively performed in Europe and Australia. She is a professor of chamber music at the K. Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, Poland, and a committee member of the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano. She has given several solo and chamber performances on five continents.

SYDNEY

1st Prize Winner of the 2023 NFA Flute Competition, Sydney-based David Silva has rapidly established his career after completing his studies at Haute École de Musique de Genève (Switzerland) and at Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium). Other accomplishments include the 1st prize at the Estoril Interpretation Competition, 4th prize at Tampere Flute Fest Competition and the 3rd prize at the Dutch International Flute Competition. David won the 2023 Australian Flute Festival Open Competition.

USA

Joanna Soh is a classically trained flutist and content creator, partnered with the Flute Center of New York. Her YouTube channel "JustAnotherFlutist" shares her expert knowledge and reviews of different flutes in a relatable and easy-to-understand way. Her goal is to help flutists find the perfect instrument that fits their needs and budget.

ADELAIDE

Directed by Kathryn Moorhead, The South Australian Flute Ensemble comprises teachers, recent graduates, students and adult amateurs. This year’s ensemble will focus on blending classical and contemporary works with a strong emphasis on Australian composers, offering a unique and diverse program that highlights the talents of South Australian flautists in innovative ways.

PERTH

Joanna is a great advocate of personal development. She completed a Masters of Music in order to create strategies for helping students of all levels to improve and develop their skills. It became increasingly obvious that establishing good habits in beginner flute players was of paramount importance. Her aim is to continue to find more effective and resourceful ways to help students to achieve their objectives.

GERMANY

Marion Treupel-Franck specialized in traverso after studying flute in Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Vienna, training with Barthold Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. She performs internationally with renowned Baroque ensembles and appears as a soloist at prestigious early music festivals. Her recordings are featured on labels such as Sony Music, Pan Classics, Ramée, and Ars Produktion. A dedicated educator, she teaches at the music universities in Munich and Regensburg and was appointed Honorary Professor at HMTM in 2024.

PERTH

Established in 2018, the Tutti Flute Ensemble is a dynamic Western Australian community group that unites flute players of all levels to perform beautiful music. Led by Music Director Rebecca Guy, the ensemble champions inclusivity and Australian composers, sharing inspiring performances at festivals, aged care residences, and special events across WA.

SYDNEY

Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS). Her music has been described by The Sydney Morning Herald as "arresting, genre-blurring...disquieting music with massive breadth and high drama".

WOLLONGONG

WollCon Flute Ensemble rehearse weekly under the direction of Suzanne Cowan. In 2023 the ensemble performed at the Australian Flute Festival in Sydney and in 2024 they performed at the NFA convention in Texas. They also opened the Music4Medicine24 concert at Wollongong Town Hall.

CHINA

Elzbieta Wolenska is currently the Professor of Flute at Zhaoqing University in Guangdong, China. She has recorded two albums: Elzbieta Wolenska & Friends, featuring music by Claude Bolling and Souvenir, a world premiere recording of music by Johann Sedlatzek. Elzbieta often performs as a guest artist at flute festivals around the world.

SYDNEY - COLLABORATIVE ARTIST

Alexander Yau graduated his masters degree at the Juilliard School under prof. Matti Raekallio. He is now a fixed-term associate lecturer in collaborative piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.  

In 2022 he released his first album in collaboration with clarinettist Deborah de Graff recorded by the ABC Classics, which also features his own composition. He has served as a jury member for the Sydney Eisteddfod Piano Competitions and Sydney Catholic Schools. Alex is also a contracted music staff at the Opera Australia.