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Helen Sanders-Hewett

Viola

Orchestral

  • English Symphony Orchestra (guest principal and co-principal)
  • English String Orchestra (guest principal and co-principal)
  • London Concert Orchestra (guest principal and co-principal)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Opera Holland Park
  • Chameleon Arts Orchestra (guest principal)
  • London Orchestra da Camera
  • Independent Opera
  • English Pops Orchestra
  • Heritage Orchestra
  • Senbla Live
  • Urban Soul Orchestra (guest principal)
  • Covent Garden Sinfonia

Positions Held

  • English Symphony Orchestra (No.3 viola, 2019-present)
  • English String Orchestra (No. 3 viola, 2019-present)
  • Phantom of the Opera, London (maternity cover during 2022)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical (co-principal viola, 2019)
  • Covent Garden Sinfonia (co-principal, 2011-16)

West End/Shows

  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Les Misérables
  • Prince of Egypt
  • Sondheim’s Old Friends
  • SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Magnificent Broadway, Riyadh 
  • Love Story in Concert
  • Thursford Christmas Spectacular

Sessions

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music Solutions Ltd)
  • English Symphony/String Orchestras
  • Liam Gallagher (Urban Soul Orchestra)
  • Michael Gray (Urban Soul Orchestra)
  • Robbie Sherman (Music Solutions Ltd)
  • AA Williams
  • Oh Wonder
  • Lucy Rose
  • Neil Cowley
  • Anthony Strong
  • Calum Scott
  • Mo Brandis
  • Errol Henry
  • Classical Reflection
  • Andrew Small
  • National Film and Television School
  • Ilaiyaraaja
  • London Studio Players

Live

  • Liam Gallagher MTV Unplugged
  • Elbow
  • Birdy
  • Alison Balsom
  • AA Williams
  • Show of Hands
  • Eska
  • Ghostpoet
  • Oh Wonder
  • Lucy Rose
  • The Graham Norton Show
  • The One Show
  • Britain’s Got Talent
  • BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
  • BBC Radio 3 In Tune

Jazz

  • Neil Cowley Trio
  • Yazz Ahmed
  • Robert Mitchell
  • Jazz Jamaica
  • London Jazz Festival
  • Montreux Jazz Festival
  • North Sea Jazz Festival
  • Brecon Jazz Festival

Baroque

  • Little Baroque Company
  • Apollo Consort
  • Ars Eloquentiae
  • Meridian Sinfonia
  • Amadé Players
  • Musica Poetica
  • Rococo Consort

Solos with orchestra

  • Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
  • Berlioz Harold in Italy
  • Malcolm Arnold viola concerto
  • Bruch Romanze
  • Hummel Fantasie

Education

  • Royal Academy of Music (postgraduate, LRAM)
  • University of Birmingham

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Instruments
Viola