St Paul’s Church, Bedford: Fellow Lunchtime Recital

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Daisy Noton is a flautist with a wealth of solo, chamber and orchestral playing experience.

Daisy performs professionally with orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru, and Pegasus Opera. She is delighted to be on the Philharmonia Instrumental Fellowship Scheme this year. Last year, she was on the Ulster Orchestra Professional Experience Scheme. She’s previously performed as principal flute of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and University of London Symphony Orchestra (ULSO).

Daisy has a keen interest in contemporary music. She performed as a soloist with the Riot Ensemble in Shin Kim’s Flute and Harp Concerto, which was premiered and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. In May 2025, she performed together with the Riot Ensemble at the Ernst von Siemens Award Ceremony in Munich.

An engaging soloist, Daisy has performed recitals at venues across the UK, including at Glyndebourne. She’s performed concertos with orchestras including the Aarhus Symfoniorkester, London Mozart Players and ULSO. She has an upcoming performance of Arnold’s Concerto No. 2 at the Malcolm Arnold Festival.

A keen chamber musician, Daisy continues to perform in various concerts with her harp trio, the ‘Orion Trio’. She was excited to make her Wigmore debut, playing side-by-side with the Nash Ensemble last year. In 2020, Daisy was a BBC Young Musician woodwind finalist. Other accolades include winning the Altus William Bennet Flute Prize and Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition.

Daisy currently studies with Jacques Zoon and Salvador Martínez Tos at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. She graduated with a first class degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was also awarded Her Royal Highness Princess Alice’s Prize and the Irene Burcher award for the highest final recital woodwind mark. She studied with Karen Jones, Michael Cox, Rob Looman and Helen Keen.