Helen Moore
Solo Horn

Helen started playing the tenor horn at the age of 10, after threatening to call up the NSPCC and claiming to be a neglected child every time her brother and dad headed off to Downshire Brass Band practice in Northern Ireland.

She progressed to the senior band within a month, and a year later departed to join the ranks of Northern Ireland’s premier brass band, The 1st Old Boys, where she remained for the rest of her time in the country. Here, she moved up the line from 2nd to solo horn, competing at the very highest level in the 2004 ‘Europeans’ and 2005 ‘Masters.’

Helen was a member of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain for three years and, this May, she represented England in the European Youth Brass Band.

Helen is also an established accompanist and fits playing in a brass band around a part-time post teaching piano and completing her A levels.