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  • Guest conductor; BBC Concert Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva, Bath Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Silents Sinfonia, Sinfonia Smith Square, Side by Sides - Orchestra of Opera North and the National Children's Orchestra.

  • Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 with the BBC Concert Orchestra - 'Friday Night is Music Night'.

  • English Touring Opera - conducted performances and assisted on the 2026 Spring Tour.

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

  • Live to Film - 'The Snowman', Chaplin's 'The Kid'; Bath Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Northern Silents Sinfonia.

  • Music Director - Young Sinfonia - the Royal Northern Sinfonia's Youth Orchestra; recognised as an expert trainer of youth ensembles regularly conducting the National Children's Orchestra.

  • Artistic Lead and Conductor - University of Liverpool Symphony Orchestra managed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

  • Conducting Coach and Workshop Leader; RAF, Music Hubs, One to Ones, Durham University, Leeds Conservatoire, Yorkshire Young Musicians and various Music Hubs.

  • Alumna - Royal Philharmonic Society's Flagship Conductor Programme 2022/23.

  • Chair - Orchestras Live; an advocate for Orchestras and the power of music to transform lives.

'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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