Elisabeth Parry
Music & Words
Elisabeth Parry is a flautist, teacher and writer with an international career spanning performance, education and publishing. She performs in France and internationally and is a frequent guest artist at festivals in Europe and further afield. She directs an extensive programme of courses for adult flutists, and is the founder of Aurea Capra Editions, an award-winning publisher of imaginative and practical flute repertoire. Elisabeth is a Powell Artist.
Performing Artist
Elisabeth performs as a soloist, chamber musician and freelance orchestral musican in the UK and France and has been a guest artist at the Netherlands Adams Flute Festival and the Australian Flute Festival. She has worked with the WA Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia, English National Ballet, in West End shows and, on traverso, with early music ensembles, Ensemble Archangelo and Charivari Agréable, amongst many others. Recent chamber music concerts and recitals include performances at Festival de Monbos, Musiques au Fil du Dropt, Les Mercredis Cachés and the Castilliones concert series. Elisabeth is also conductor of Chorale VocAllemans and artistic director of the winter music festival Les Secrets de Noël.
Director & Teacher
Elisabeth specialises in teaching adult flute players through residential courses, workshops and online classes. Her courses are renowned for their supportive atmosphere, personalised approach and serious focus on technique and progress.
Her flagship Flutes in France programme offers three residential courses per year at her studio in south-west France. UK courses are held at Benslow Music in Hertfordshire and Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire. She has an established online teaching studio, which includes the long-running Friday Flutes, a weekly Zoom course for adult players, as well as individual online flute lessons for intermediate and advanced adult flutists.
Before moving to France in 2020, Elisabeth tutored at City Lit London and Oxford University Continuing Education, and was director of the Oxfordshire Adult Flute Ensemble.
Arranger & Writer
Elisabeth is an established writer, editor and publisher of music and other materials for flute. Her work encompasses original pedagogical works, editions and arrangements, alongside a substantial record of editorial and other writing. Her flute music is published by Aurea Capra Editions.
Elisabeth is the author of world’s leading flute Substack, Elisabeth Parry | Flutes Inspired, providing over 1,200 international subscribers with free flute content.
She edited the Journal of the British Flute Society from 2010 to 2017, and was an editor on New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Selected Publications
J.S. Bach Flute Obbligatos with piano accompaniment NFA award winner
Rejoice Greatly Music for Weddings and Celebrations NFA award winner
A Night at the Opera Opera arias for two flutes & piano NFA award winner
Micro Etudes Melodic flute warmups with piano tracks NFA award winner
L’Amour French Romantic Melodies for Flute & Piano ABRSM syllabus choice
About Micro Etudes
Micro Études by Elisabeth Parry is an innovative and comprehensive flute warm up method, designed to develop the essential elements of flute technique through focused daily practice.
Covering sonority, finger technique, the top register, articulation, intervals and intonation, each sequence is taken through keys up to four sharps and flats. Advanced keys are developed in volume 2 (for publication in 2027).
Drawing on current research into effective practice, Micro Etudes won the NFA Pedagogy award and has become a world-wide bestseller. It is a recommended technique book in the official NFA Selected Guide to Flute Repertoire and Studies.
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