Teaching
BMus(TCM) IIi From Trinity College of Music, London
PGCE (QTS) from UCL Institute of Education
LTCL in Music Performance
DipABRSM in Music Performance
FRSA Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Level 5 ESA Graduate Suzuki Violin Teacher British Suzuki Music Association
Level 2 ESA Suzuki Viola Teacher British Suzuki Music Association
During her time as a violin teacher, she was introduced to some pupils who had learned violin using the Suzuki Method. Helen made a decision to leave classroom teaching and pursue studies at the British Suzuki Institute in London. She achieved ESA Level 5 Graduate Suzuki Teacher status in 2017 and ESA Level 2 viola in 2023.
Helen runs a successful Suzuki teaching studio and runs the Kentish Suzuki Group, collaborating with local teachers performing in concerts and events. The group have performed at the Royal Festival Hall,The Royal Albert Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Trafalgar Square with the British Suzuki Institute. Students have gained places in the National Children’s Orchestra (NCO) as well as local Bromley Youth Music Orchestras (BYMT).
Numerous students have gained music scholarships to local independent schools and received junior conservatoire places at Junior Trinity Laban and Junior Royal College of Music in London. Students have also won numerous prizes and awards at the Bromley Festival, Sevenoaks Festival and Tunbridge Wells Festival.