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Copyright Royal Northern Sinfonia, The Glasshouse

  • Radio 3 Debut September 2024 with the BBC Concert Orchestra - 'Friday Night is Music Night'.

  • Guest conducting; BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva, Northern Silents Sinfonia, Southbank Sinfonia, Side by Sides - Orchestra of Opera North.

  • Experienced opera conductor - La Boheme, Carmen, Macbeth, Eugene Onegin, Tales of Hoffman, Norma, Don Giovanni, The Merry Widow, Amahl & the Night Visitor and West Side Story.

  • Music Director - Young Sinfonia - the Royal Northern Sinfonia's Youth Orchestra; expert trainer of youth ensembles including National Children's Orchestra.

  • Conducting coach; Conducting Lecturer - Leeds Conservatoire.

  • Royal Philharmonic Society's flagship Women Conductor Programme 2022/23.

  • Vice Chair for Orchestras Live and an advocate for UK Orchestras

'Helen Harrison has to be one of the most engaging conductors, such great empathy with the orchestra and the audience.'  Audience member.

'Underpinning all this was the orchestra under the capable direction of Helen Harrison.  Her crisp beat and decisive intentions inspired confidence from the start.'  Opera Magazine. 

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