
Registration dates: 1 April - 3 October 2025
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Performer/Presenter (ends 3 October 2025)
$220Supersaver (ends 1 June 2025)
$330Earlybird (ends 31 July 2023)
$420Standard
$475On the Day
$550 -
Performer/Presenter (ends 3 October 2025)
$220Supersaver (ends 30 June 2025)
$270Earlybird (ends 31 July 2025)
$330Standard
$390On the Day
$440 -
Performer/Presenter (ends 3 October 2025)
$100Supersaver (ends 30 June 2025)
$160Earlybird (ends 31 July 2023)
$195Standard
$225On the Day
$275 -
Performer/Presenter (ends 3 October 2025)
$100Supersaver (ends 30 June 2025)
$130Earlybird (ends 31 July 2023)
$160Standard
$195On the Day
$220 -
Please navigate to the Open Academy Website to pay the competition enrolment fee.
Australian International Flute Competition $150
Piccolo Competition $120

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.