Helen Seppelt

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Helen Seppelt is a student of Elizabeth Koch OAM, currently in the final year of the Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. She completed the Diploma in Classical Music, also at the Elder Conservatorium, in 2009. She has been a member of the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, ElderConservatorium Jazz Orchestra, Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra and Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra over the last few years, and has also participated in a number of Australian Youth Orchestra Programmes such as National Music Camp and Young Symphonists.

Helen has been a very successful competitor in the Flute Division of the Adelaide Eisteddfod since the age of 9, having won all grade and age sections, the Open, complete sonata, piccolo and unaccompanied sections. She was also state finalist in the 5MBS Young Performer of the Year in 2009. Helen was awarded her A.MusA. in 2008. She participated in a study tour to London and Paris last year with her teacher, taking master classes with eminent flute teachers such as Paul Edmund Davies, Michael Cox, Susan Milan, Philippe Bernold and Patricia Nagle. She has also had lessons and master classes with visiting international teachers such as Wissam Boustany, Margaret Crawford, Molly Barth and Uwe Grodd.

Helen was one of only 14 students from across Australia selected to participate in a week long course in 2011 with Professor Michael Cox, who was visiting The Elder Conservatorium from the Royal Academy of Music in London. She was the winner of the Piccolo Competition at the Australian Flute Festival held in Canberra last October. In that competition Helen played a number of set pieces and her ‘own choice’ piece was the first movement of the Concertino she will be playing with the Adelaide Youth Orchestra.