Helen Sanderson’s diversity as a performer, educator, composer, and creative entrepreneur is reflected in her roles at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she is Head of Guitar Performance and of Chamber Music.

Her international performing career has centred on chamber music with highlight performances including the Southbank Centre, Kings Place and the Guitar Foundation of America and CD recordings with the Vida Guitar Quartet, James Bowman and Mark Wilde.

Alongside, Helen founded the music charity, Guitar Circus, home of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble and became a Winston Churchill Fellow for her guitar education research. Her compositions feature in ABRSM and Trinity College exams and she is frequently invited to competition juries including BBC Young Musician of the Year and most memorably, the Sky Arts series Guitar Star.

Helen is a Director for The F-List UK which actively supports female and gender minority musicians. Helen plays with a guitar by Christopher Dean with D’Addario strings.