Helen Bailey

Helen Bailey was born in Middlesbrough, England and studied at postgraduate level at both the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music, initially graduating from Liverpool John Moores University with a First in English Literature and Cultural History.

She performs regularly as a soloist for the Compton and Shawford, Dover, Ember, Folkestone, and Sutton Valence choral societies, Thanet Festival Choir, The Seventy Singers, Maidstone Wind Symphony, and
Wrotham Music Festival. On the operatic stage, Helen has performed principal roles for Kent Chamber Opera, OperaUpClose, Kentish Opera, Ryedale Festival Opera, The Music Troupe, Pop-Up Opera, Bath Festival Opera, Blackheath Halls Opera, and Buxton International
Festival. She lives in Kent with her composer/arranger/ baritone husband Jim Clements and their two children. When not singing or teaching, Helen can be found jogging in the local park, practising piano, or with her head in a book.