Inquiries
Welcome! I am an Irish soprano and recording artist based in Galway in the West of Ireland. I am open to new project ideas and collaboration possibilities. Inquiries to helenhancocksoprano@gmail.com
You can find out some interesting facts about me on Navona Records Inside Story or in an interview with Galway Now.
I am constantly trying to innovate in how I programme and find connections in music. My debut album of art song Togetherness can be purchased as download or streamed on all major platforms. It is a labour of love that emerged out of several years of an ongoing German-Irish collaboration. It has been my privilege to include several recordings of new music by Irish composers Anne-Marie O’Farrell and Criostoir Ó Loingsigh on my album. Not my first foray into new music, I premiered a work – Phosphoresence – for soprano, bass clarinet and piano by Christopher Moriarty in 2023 and I played Molly Allgood in the Colm Tóibín/Alberto Caruso opera Lady Gregory in America at the 2025 Gregory/Yeats Autumn Gathering, directed by Lelia Doolan in association with the Abbey Theatre.
I love travel and collaboration with musicians from other countries. I am the founder /manager of the Triskel Ensemble, a string quartet of international but Galway based musicians. Inspired by the popularity of candlight concerts, we perform nationwide in an informal style, and we programme a broad range of music from opera to musical theatre, movie themes to classical music.
I am also a passionate educator. I am involved in residencies in primary schools, I have a small studio of private singing students and my choral vocal workshops for choirs nationwide focussing on aging voices are proving very popular.