Biography
Helen was born in Bradford and went to Woodhouse Grove School. She then went on to study music at Manchester and Cardiff Universities. She Graduated with honours in 2001. Whilst in Cardiff she was a member of the Welsh National Youth Opera where she took part in several productions as both a chorus member and as a principle. She also sang as part of the Welsh National Opera Chorus in a performance of Verdi's Requiem at St David's Hall, under the baton of Carlo Rizzi.
Since graduating, Helen has moved to Bolton and is currently studying with Robert Alderson (ARCM, LGSM, Dip.Ed .Mus (Manchester), HonDR Culture & Art (Russian State). Helen is an active principle and chorus member of several local amateur and professional opera companies in the North West including: Opera 74, North Star Opera, City of Manchester Opera and Preston Opera. Operatic roles & appearances include: Carmen (Mercedes), Samson & Delilah (Delilah cover) and Orpheus in the Underworld (Diana) for Preston Opera, Dido & Aeneas (2nd Witch), Elixir of Love (Chorus) for Welsh National Youth Opera & Preston Opera, and La Traviata (Flora) for Opera74. Helen is currently in Carmen (Carmen) for North Star Opera and will be singing Carmen in a full concert version of the opera at Buxton Festival for City of Manchester Opera in July. Next year she is booked to sing Maddalena in Rigoletto for North Star Opera and Ulrica in The Masked Ball for Preston Opera.
Helen is also much in demand as a concert soloist and she even appeared last season as a pre-match singer several Rugby Super League Matches in front of crowds of up to 17,000 fans.
In September Helen will be starting her Post Graduate Diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music where she will be studying with David Maxwell Anderson.