Campo, Helen

Flautist and piccolo player who attended the New England Conservatory and Queens College and studied under Julius Baker, John Heiss, John Krell, Robert Langevin, Murray Panitz, Robert Stallman, and Keith Underwood.

Groups with whom she has worked include the American Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the New York City Ballet, the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Pops, the New York String Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Queens String Quartet, Single Tree and the Westfield Symphony Orchestra.

William Thomas McKinley dedicated his “Duo for Flute and Piano” to her and she and pianist Thomas Stumpf delivered the world premiere at Weill Recital Hall on 22^nd May 1984.

On 7^th June 1985, she performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Flute Concerto in D” with the Summer Symphony of Queens in Rathaus Recital Hall at Queens College.

She was back at Rathaus with the Queens String Quartet for a recital of Mozart’s “Flute Quartet in D” on 29^th May 1988.

On 22^nd March 1989, she was one of several musicians who performed “Minotaurus” by Linda Bouchard and Friedrich Durrenmatt at the Alternative Museum in New York.

She and keyboardist Phillip Bush interpreted Ross Moyer’s “Romance” at Weill Recital Hall on 6^th and 7^th June 1992.

On 11^th December 1999, Singletree collaborated with narrators Jennifer Farbar and Spencer Holst in a rendering of “Balanced Boulders” by Holst and Roger Trefousse at Westbeth Home to the Arts.

Helen has also been busy on Broadway, appearing in the orchestra pit for productions of Camelot, Dance of the Vampires, Jane Eyre, The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Wicked.

On the big screen, she has performed on the soundtracks of Doubt, Joe Goulder’s Secret, and King David; On the small screen, she has appeared with the Muppets as an evil Pied Piper and as—what else—a flautist, on Nickelodeon’s Wonderpets!.

Recordings on which she appears include: Bright Eyed Joy: The Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon by Eric Stern; Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust by Kerry Butler; How Glory Goes by Audra McDonald; Music for Merce by the Eos Ensemble & Jonathan Sheffer; Once Again by John Legend; The Other Side of Time by Mary Fahl; Room of One’s Own by Rachel Z; Starlings by Billy Martin; Sundry Notes by Joshua Rosenblum; Tribute by Barbara Cook; Viva Caruso by Joe Lovano; and, Where Do I Go From You? by Philip Chaffin.

In the field of music education, she has offered private instruction and served as a guest artist at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts.

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