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Helen Lyons (age 22) is a composer, pianist, and violinist from New York City. She writes for ensembles of all sizes, with a special passion for writing for orchestra. Helen is a four-time ASCAP Morton Gould finalist and winner of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME)’s Student Composers Competition. She was also named a winner of the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Student Composers Competition, and has had her orchestral work performed at their annual conference in Rochester, NY. Her work was featured last year in New York by the Little Orchestra Society. Helen graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale with a BS in Mathematics.