Helena was delighted to take up the post of Musical Director of Chester Music Society Youth Choir in September 2008.  Helena has been involved with the choir since the tender age of eleven, when she auditioned after hearing the choir at a local music competition.  She stayed in the choir until she went to university, and kept in touch with the choir via annual visits to Menai to lead sectional rehearsals and give individual singing lessons.  For the last couple of years, Helena has conducted the Alumni choir in the summer and Christmas concerts.  The first performance given by the choir since Helena took over, in December 2008, was a challenging programme, which included extracts from Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, which was well received by an enthusiastic audience.