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Artist
Helene Greenwood
12+ albums
female vocalistsinger-songwriter
about
London based singer-songwriter Helene Greenwood has been around music from an early age. Born and raised in Dover, she grew up listening to her grandfather playing Scott Joplin & Bach, whilst her father played her the likes of Doris Day, Stranglers, Kate Bush & The Beatles. At the age of six, she was already playing the piano, with one of her earliest memories being sat playing along with thunderstorms. “My dad was a hovercraft captain, and I grew up on the south coast so I was always very aware of the weather and how dramatically it could change. I would often just sit at the piano and play along.” Fuelled by an inspirational music teacher, Helene continued to excel at piano throughout school and at 18, moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. After fine-tuning her technical ability she then enrolled in another course at Royal Holloway, where she developed her performance style and learnt one of her most lessons in music. “One of my tutors told me something that has stuck with me to this day,” says Helene. “That music is made from hundreds of pebbles. And that each pebble is a different idea, and every pebble needs a special colour and quality to it”. It’s this intricate approach to song writing that Helene has always applied to her own music. She began writing songs, whilst continuing to study under the wing of internationally acclaimed singers Nia Lynn (Head of Jazz singing at The Royal Academy of Music) and Anita Wardell (Award winning Jazz artist).
