Helen Hines is a Suzuki education specialist, and the Director of the 'Violin with Helen' String Academy. Helen is also a PhD candidate in Music at the University of Edinburgh, and is researching the use of digital technologies in instrumental and vocal lessons. As well as working as a post-graduate TA for the Edinburgh Futures Institute, she also teaches music and her own designed course on Digital Literacy to secondary school students for the charity The Brilliant Club. Helen is also a LCME music examiner, which is part of the University of West London, and examines students in a range of subjects from pre-Grade 1 to Diploma.​

 

Helen is based in North Reading, Berkshire, U.K., and her teaching is grounded in the Suzuki philosophy, with students encouraged to reach their potential in a nurturing environment. Helen has taken extensive Suzuki training in the USA (SAA) and UK (BSMA). Helen holds an MA (Distinction) in Instrumental Teaching from the University of Reading, and violin teaching diplomas from Trinity College London (ATCL Distinction) and the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (DipABRSM). She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

 

Helen regularly teaches at workshops worldwide, and has a number of published articles on violin pedagogy. Helen's students have been members of the National Youth Orchestra, National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain, regional youth orchestras, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Royal College of Music. They also hold a number of music scholarships, regularly place highly in regional and national competitions, and routinely achieve the highest results in their ABRSM and Trinity music exams.