Helen Hancock is a freelance soprano based in Co. Galway. She has established herself as a soloist and recitalist and has performed in many venues including most recently the Bloomsday 100 Celebrations at the Irish Ambassadors Residence in Berlin. She has also performed at Maynooth University Lunchtime Series, Rathfarnham Castle in Dublin, The Mick Lally Theatre Galway, and has sung several engagements for The Galway Early Music Festival. Helen is a grateful recipient of an Agility Award from The Arts Council of Ireland in 2022 which has enabled fantastic lieder coaching with Gergard Gall, pianists Chelsea Padilla and Paul Cibis and coaching with baroque specialist Tim Ribchester in Berlin. Helen was a recipient of an Artist Bursary from Galway County Council in 2021 which enabled a concert with period instrument ensemble for The Galway Early Music Festival in 2021.