Orchestral bookings (since July 2007) ORCHESTRAS Academy of St Martin In The Fields Albemarle Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Belmont Ensemble of London Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Carl Rosa Opera Company Chroma English Classical Players English National Ballet Glyndebourne Touring Opera London Concertante London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra New London Sinfonia Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Ballet Sinfonia Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St George's Chamber Orchestra Thames Chamber Orchestra The New Professionals Orchestra SHOWS The Sound Of Music EDUCATION WORK London Philharmonic Orchestra Education   The recital button is inactive   The Repertoire button is inactive.   The Review button is inactive.   The discography button is inactive.      Outreach experience Helen is currently working with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on outreach projects organised through the Future Firsts' Scheme. She has also been involved in many types of workshops and community projects in hospitals, with disabled people and with adults and children of all ages. This has been with various chamber groups and with the Nonesuch Orchestra. She has also worked on the Endangered Species Project in North London schools, the Chamber Tots scheme at the Wigmore Hall, in the children's wards at Middlesex Hospital and has given concerts for The Listeners, a society for the blind. scarbrough_h_4829_2.jpgscarbrough_h_4829_1.jpgscarbrough_h_4829_3.jpgscarbrough_h_4829_4.jpg           Teaching experience Helen teaches some undergraduate classes at the Royal College of Music as a Junior Fellow. Helen has taught Oboe and conducted various ensembles at the Centre for Young Musicians since 2003 Helen has also taught Oboe at Hill House International School since 2005

Biography
Helen has played with many orchestras including the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic and the English National Ballet. She had an extensive trial for the position of sub-principal oboe with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and has since played as guest principal with them. In 2006/07 Helen was the only oboist selected for the 'Future Firsts' scheme with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and was the cor anglais player with the European Union Youth Orchestra, performing Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and also Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony at the BBC Proms. Helen has also performed as principal oboe under Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

As a solo and chamber musician Helen has performed the Strauss, Vaughan-Williams, Mozart and Bellini Oboe Concertos, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin and MacMillan's The World's Ransoming on cor anglais. She has also performed in chamber ensembles at the Wigmore Hall and works regularly in the Bozza Ensemble, who have been awarded a series of concerts with the Tunnell trust.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Academy of St Martin In The Fields, Albemarle Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Belmont Ensemble of London, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Carl Rosa Opera Company, Chroma, English Classical Players, English National Ballet, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, London Concertante, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, New London Sinfonia, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St George's Chamber Orchestra, Thames Chamber Orchestra, The New Professionals Orchestra. Shows: The Sound Of Music. Education Work: London Philharmonic Orchestra Education.

Education
Helen's graduate studies took place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She was then offered a full scholarship and gained a distinction in an advanced Postgraduate diploma at the Royal College of Music.

Prizes and Awards

• Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellowship at the Royal College of Music (2006 - 07)
• Winner of the Ivan Sutton Award for chamber music (Guildhall, 2004)
• Awarded the Philip Jones Prize for the most promising woodwind student (Guildhall, 2004)
• Full Scholarship, supported by a Leverhulme Trust Award, to study at the Royal College of Music

Teachers: Richard Simpson, Gordon Hunt, Jane Marshall, John Anderson, Chris Cowie, David Theodore, Christine Pendrill.

Helen joined Morgensterns in January 2006

Helen's web profile was last updated 24th Jul 2010

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