Helen Yeomans

Summer is here and now is the time for celebration, outdoor singing, gathering around camp fires and enjoying our beautiful and verdant land. The song playing on this home page is Helen’s song ‘Sun Chant’. There are other songs honouring the land and our natural world in Helen’s repertoire – head to the Scores page where you can sample her music and buy. If you’re interested in learning about writing music for choirs, see the section about Helen’s masterclass tutorial further down this page.

Helen wrote ‘Return’ several years ago and it fast became a favourite with Glorious Chorus and other choirs around the country. A song about autumn, Return is a beautiful celebration of the natural cycle of the seasons, and how everything returns back to source before coming to life again in the spring. This superb rendition is by The Great Sea Choir led by Helen Brignall. The score is available on the Scores Page.

You can sing with Helen at her London & Devon Big Sings once a term and various day workshops, weekend retreats & camps around the country. Helen also runs her Greek singing holiday on the island of Paros every May/June, information about this can be found on the Camps/Holidays page. And in the autumn she heads off to Scotland & Germany… All her events are listed on the Upcoming Events listings at the right of this page

In September ’24 Helen visited the United States to do a mini workshop tour of the east coast, responding to the many choir leaders who had bought her music over the years. This tour encompassed Asheville NC, the Love Song gathering in NC, Brattleboro VT & Annapolis, ML. She had a fabulous time! You can see more details on the Links Page.

If you’ve always wanted to write a song for your choir but didn’t know where to start, this tutorial video series is for you. Award-winning songwriter Helen Yeomans has created a masterclass tutorial which is the culmination of 20 years of writing for choirs. Helen’s music is sung all around the world and this tutorial is designed to demystify the art of choral songwriting and help new writers come forward. From the initial idea to the final recording and score, Helen takes you through all the steps to bring your musical creativity to fruition.

To purchase and access the tutorial, visit the Masterclass Tutorial Page

Here are some of the beautiful ways in which one of Helen’s best-loved songs has been sung over the years. The song lends itself to infinite interpretation, making it super-flexible…! If you have a video of your group singing this uplifting song, contact Helen and we’ll add yours to the list!

Use the arrows to scroll through videos of all the versions so far. Remember to mute the home page Audio Player before playing these videos.