Helen Kopec earned her Honours Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Vladimir Orloff. She also attended master classes with Janos Starker at the Banff School of Fine Arts. She was principal cello with the Chamber Players of Toronto, and a member of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Helen now lives and teaches in the Niagara region after seventeen years in Atlanta, GA., where she performed regularly with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Ballet, and was a member of the Amadeus String Quartet. She also hosted a daily eclectic radio show, “Afternoon Intermezzo,” at WMLB, “The Voice of the Arts in Atlanta.”
