Prof. Helen Julia Minors is Head of the School of Arts at York St John University. She was previously School Head of Department of Performing Arts and an Associate Professor of Music at Kingston University.
Helen volunteers for Radio Wey, broadcasting to St Peter's and Ashford Hospitals, in Surrey. Her current show is Helen's Classical Journey, broadcast every Sundays at 4.00-6.00pm, and it is also currently repeated on Wednesdays 5.00-7.00pm. Her show explores a wide range of music written for orchestra, including film music, music for dance, television, computer games, and the concert hall.
Helen presented Helen's Classical Story Time on Radio Wey on Monday's 7.30-8.00pm for 2 years 2020-2021. This show shared classic fiction interspersed with musical extracts. The first 5 stories come from The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes and are read with accompaniment from a range of music for violin.
