Helen Varley is solo horn of the famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Helen previously worked for over a decade as an acoustic consultant for the UK’s largest architectural practice, designing educational buildings and concert halls, and before playing at Grimethorpe was a horn player at the Black Dyke Band.

In the past couple of years Helen has undertaken a complete career change, completing a master’s degree (distinction) in music performance at the Royal Northern College of Music.

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“Internationally renowned as ‘The Voice of the Tenor Horn’, Sheona White has been performing and educating since the 1990’s, expanding the technical limits of the instrument and augmenting the quantity and quality of its repertoire.

Sheona is regularly invited as a guest soloist and adjudicator worldwide, including regular visits to Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the USA.

​Sheona has performed with many of the world’s premiere brass bands including Brighouse &

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