Playing for Peace: Armistice Flutes’ Album Launch To Raise Funds for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

When we think of the sounds of protest music, drums, horns, guitars and chants yelled through megaphones are the first to come to mind. However, Armistice Flutes want us to know that their instrument of choice is just as powerful.

Sydney based flute quintet, The Armistice Flute Choir is a contemporary flute ensemble formed in 2025 and led by Australian/British composer and musician, Kenya Wilkins that’s mission statement is to use musical composition and spontaneous improvisation to promote a message of truce, hope, and global peace.

The ensemble is bringing this mission to Sydney on Sunday 14 June at The Flute Tree & Woodwind Group in Leichhardt where they will be performing live compositions from their debut album and raising funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF).

Armistice meaning truce, ceasefire or agreement, the project’s performances blend traditional Western classical techniques, experimental acoustics, and global folk elements to craft a deeply reflective atmosphere reflective of the tone and purpose of the ensemble.

Armistice Flutes: Meeting the Band

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 works are published by Wirripang and are performed internationally. 

Chloe Chung is a cross-cultural flutist, playing both Western flute and dizi (Chinese bamboo flute). AS well as being a music educator, Chung has also recently completed a season performing with Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Miss Saigon tour of Asia. 

Laura Chislett is a flutist educator and a cross style recording artist. Her recorded repertoire ranges performing Bach, Boulanger, Ferneyhough, Vali, as well as improvisation for the TV series, Against The Wind.

Jessica Scott specialises in orchestral, contemporary, improvised and experimental performance and a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London.

Liz Cheung is a performer-improviser in Adelante Tango, the DeeBeeTees, musician and illustrator in Dreambox Collective, and appears as guest artist with various other ensembles including Meow Meow Casio. 

Music and Advocacy

Over the past year, they have regularly partnered with local charity fundraisers and peace advocacy groups across Sydney, especially events raising money for food distribution projects in Gaza. For this event, the ensemble will have all proceeds directly donated tot he Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

Founded in 1991, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund is an international organisation that provides free medical care to injured and ill children across Gaza by funding volunteer medical missions, paediatric, orthopaedic and educational training, as well as through sending children from the Middle East abroad for medical treatment.

Armistice Flutes will also be launching their album Hope at the event.

Featuring rebound Australian flautists Liz Cheung, Chloe Chung, Laura Chislett, Jessica Scott and Keyna Wilkins, the album was recorded at A Sharp Studios Riverwood and features 45 minutes of freeform reflective arrangements across 7 works.

 Armistice Flutes will perform at the Flute Tree and Woodwind Group in Leichardt on Sunday 14 June at 7 pm, tickets are available here.