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Harpist -
Helen C
Covering; Suffolk,
Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Essex, London |
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Currently
working freelance in the UK, Helen has played with many
orchestras including the London Philharmonic, London
Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, BBC Scottish, City
of Birmingham Symphony, Academy of St
Martins-in-the-Fields, London Mozart Players, Philharmonia,
Orchestre National de Lyon, City of London Sinfonia and
was principal Harp with Northern Ballet Theatre for a
number of years. She has toured the east and west coasts
of America with the RPO and visited both Spain and Germany
with the LPO. A member of the European Union Youth
Orchestra for three years, she has performed on Radio 3,
Radio 2 and Classic FM, played with the choir of Clare
College in the Ceremony of Carols at the
Spitalfields Festival and on one of their CD releases. She
has also recorded with Gonville and Caius College Choir
for two of their CDs.
After reading
music at Clare College, Cambridge, Helen became a scholar
at the Royal College of Music. She was awarded funding by
the Countess of Munster Fund and the Martin Musical
Scholarship Fund, and as a result of the latter appeared
as a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra. As a chamber
musician she is active with the multi instrument group
CHROMA, their first CD has been released and the 2nd
is imminent. She appeared in two consecutive televised
rounds of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition
and studied under Rachel Masters, Marisa Robles, Fabrice
Pierre and Daphne Boden. |
