Registration dates: 1 April - 3 October 2025

Professional Learning Day

Teachers, this is the day for you to be inspired, learn and share ideas around flute pedagogy and music education. Please see the Festival Information Page for the full Professional Learning Day Program.

Junior Day

Friday 3 October

8am-6pm

Junior Day Registration and Parent Information

The Junior Day is open to players between 8 and 16 years old with a minimum equivalent playing standard of approximately 3rd grade AMEB/ABRSM/Trinity.

Please ensure the Junior Health Form is filled out and submitted at registration on the day (3 October)

Parents are welcome to sit in on the Junior Day (no fee).

Juniors wishing to attend the Main Festival should register separately for that. Juniors under 16 years of age need to be accompanied by an adult if attending the Main Festival. The accompanying adult needs to be registered for the Main Festival (Parent Concession rate – $90 for the full Festival or $50 for a single day).

Please call the Open Academy on 02 9351 1209 to register as a Parent attendee for the Main Festival.

Parents of a student under the age of 16 entered in the Young Artist Competition may purchase the concert ticket only to cover the supervisory requirement rather than purchasing a full day ticket.

Junior Day Directors: Nathalie Resciniti and Kate Bergen

Limited-capacity presentations

Flute repair workshop

Monday 6 October 11.30am-1pm

 

The Show Must Go On

Immersive Escape Room-style Experience of Being a Pit Musician

Oh no, the flutist for our show has suddenly called in sick just an hour before the curtain goes up! We need you and your team to jump in and play - sorry, there's no time for rehearsal and we're not even sure the other flutist has left the music in the right order for you. You will enter a room set up as the woodwind section of an orchestra pit, and will have to work your way through a series of clues and puzzles to find the music you need to perform. Then you and your team have to perform it along with the orchestra (and the cast) to keep the show running!

*Based on real-life scenarios!

Presented by Janet McKay, Lamorna Nightingale and Helen Hardy

There are two parts to this registration - please book a time slot after filling out the form

Audio & Video Gear for Social Media

Sunday 5 October 3.30pm-4.50pm

 

Joanna Soh aka JustAnotherFlutist

YouTuber Joanna will be joining us in person to share her tips and tricks for creating great flute social media content

Yoga for Flutists 

Dr. Lindsay Leach Sparks enjoys a varied performance and teaching career in the U.S. and abroad. She has taught at the collegiate level since 2007 and currently teaches graduate courses in World Music and Jazz History at Rutgers University. She is co-founder of Sparks Creative Inc., a non-profit where she teaches music theory and private lessons, and holds the piccolo position with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra in Georgia, U.S.


Lindsay holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She is a registered yoga instructor and certified health coach.