About Helen

A warm, natural and communicative presence on the podium British conductor Helen Harrison inspires exciting and compelling performances from the artists she collaborates with from orchestras, opera companies and choirs. State educated, Helen is passionate about everyone experiencing the transformative power of classical music in all its forms.

Recent Highlights:

BBC Radio 3 Debut - BBC Concert Orchestra - 'Friday Night is Music Night' Sept 2024

BBC Concert Orchestra debut - 'Friday Night is Music Night' July 2024

Orchestra of Opera North & Leeds Conservatoire Side By Side Nov 2024

Sinfonia Viva - Peter & the Wolf - Narrator Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Oct 2024

Young Sinfonia & Royal Northern Sinfonia - Side By Side July 2024

Northern Silents Sinfonia debut - live to film 'Chaplin's 'The Kid' June 2024

Southbank Sinfonia debut - January 2024 - return 2025.

National Children's Orchestra - return 2025.

At a glance:

Music Director and Conductor;

Young Sinfonia, the Royal Northern Sinfonia's Youth Orchestra

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.

Artistic Lead and Conductor;

University of Liverpool Symphony Orchestra run in partnership with the Liverpool Philharmonic.

ORCHESTRAS

BBC Concert Orchestra - 'Friday Night is Music Night' for Radio 3 July 2024

Southbank Sinfonia - Side by Side Project with Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Jan 2024

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Multiple Side by Sides with Young Sinfonia,

The Snowman - Live to film,

Premiere 'In the Swamp by the Light of the Moon', Book Frann Preston-Gannon, composer Iain Farrington,

In Harmony North East Side by Side 10th Birthday Celebration Concert.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Relaxed Performance.

Sinfonia Viva

Multiple events; Energy Lowestoft July 2025, Peter & the Wolf Family Event, Paddington's First Concert - country wide, Pioneers Project LIVE & Recordings.

Northern Silents Sinfonia Chaplin 'The Kid' - live to film - June 2024.

National Children's Orchestra Projects North June 2025, Midland Projects Midlands March 2024; NCO U12 Summer Residential and Concert, August 2023.

Leeds Conservatoire - Red Violin Festival Flashmob, Trinity Shopping Centre Leeds 2024, orchestra projects with Orchestra of Opera North

Trinity Laban Conservatoire Summer School Project Orchestra 2023.

OPERA

Productions include 'La Traviata', 'La Boheme' Puccini, 'Eugene Onegin' Tchaikovsky, Offenbach 'Tales of Hoffman', 'Carmen' Bizet, 'Macbeth' Verdi, 'West Side Story' Bernstein, 'Norma' Bellini, 'The Merry Widow' Lehar, 'Don Giovanni' Mozart.

Northern Opera Group - Conductor Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitor.

Outreach Opera, La Boheme North West Tour.

Jane Irwin - 'Letter Scene' Eugene Onegin, 'Prelude & Liebestod' Wagner, Barber 'Knoxville' & various operatic arias.

Pianist/Repetiteur

Streetwise Opera La Boheme Workshops, Manchester

Northern Opera Group Musical Confusion (Music Director/Piano/Creator), Sherlock Holmes R&D, Repetiteur, Accompanist Lunchtime Recitals

Amanda Roocroft Accompanying coachings & masterclasses

MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY

Music Director & Conductor - Blackpool Symphony Orchestra.

Music Director & Conductor - Preston Opera.

CONDUCTING COACHING AND TEACHING

Conducting Lectures - Leeds Conservatoire