Helena Paish (b. 2002)
Composer; Singer
Works published by MoV
While Mary Slept (S solo, SSAATTBB)
While Mary Slept (S solo, SSAATTBB)
Helena Paish (b. 2002)
Helena Paish was joint-winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year competition in 2014, and joined the first cohort of girl choristers at Truro Cathedral in 2015, under the directorship of Christopher Gray. In 2019 she was a winner in the Upper Junior category of the annual BBC Young Composer Competition. Her winning piece, Twilight, was performed by the BBC Singers, conducted by Sofi Jeannin in August 2019 as part of the BBC Proms season. Following this success she was commissioned by the BBC to compose Life, part of Seven Ages of Woman, an innovative seven-movement composition to mark International Women’s Day 2020, in which each composer represented a different decade of life. The complete work was recorded by the BBC Singers, directed by Grace Rossiter, and broadcast on March 8th 2020. Helena is currently studying Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she also holds a Choral Scholarship.
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