Helen Blackburn
Helen Blackburn is principal flutist with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and is also a core member of the nationally acclaimed modern chamber music ensemble “Voices of Change”. As principal flutist with the Breckenridge (CO) Music Institute, she has been featured several times as a soloist with the orchestra.
Ms. Blackburn has numerous credits with major performing arts organizations, both as a featured soloist and as a member, including the Aspen Music Festival, the South Bohemia Music Festival, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Brevard (NC) Music Center, and the Chicago Civic Orchestra. She appears frequently in recital across the country and in Europe as a soloist and also with her husband, Drew Lang, in their flute/marimba duo.
A prize winner of the Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition, the Ft. Collins Young Artist Competition, and the Aspen Wind Concerto Competition, Ms. Blackburn is adjunct professor of flute at Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas. She has previously served on the faculties of Stephen F. Austin State University, the University of Oklahoma, and McMurry University.
An advocate of contemporary music, she works closely with many living composers. Ms. Blackburn received her bachelor of music degree (summa cum laude) from West Texas State University and her master of music degree from Northwestern University. Her primary teachers were Sally Turk, Walfrid Kujala, and Brad Garner. Helen is a certified Bikram Yoga instructor and is also an avid dog lover (especially her 3 rescue dogs: Shiner, Lance and Otis.)
