Helen Blackburn is currently principal flute of the Dallas Opera Orchestra and is on the faculty of Texas Christian University. 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. 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, and the Chicago Civic Orchestra. A prizewinner of the Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition, the Ft. Collins Young Artist Competition, and the Aspen Wind Concerto Competition, she has served on the faculties of Stephen F. Austin State University and McMurry University and is a former president of the Texas Flute Society. An advocate of contemporary music, she works closely with many living composers, including Dan Welcher, Simon Sargon, Martin Amlin, and G. Bradley Bodine.   Ms. Blackburn hold degrees from West Texas State University and Northwestern University.  Her primary teachers (to whom she is forever indebted) were Sally Turk, Walfrid Kujala and Brad Garner with additional influence from James Pellerite.

Helen may be reached by email at helenflt@aol.com.