Helea Gimeno

I have more than 12 years of experience within the music industry and studied a Bmus in performance and production in London Have studied classical guitar, bass and classical voice. I posses an extensive knowledge of classical and contemporary music and also more than 5 years experience teaching as a private guitar tutor. I am mainly interested in composition and classical voice; however, I'm also a very eager and dedicated guitar player/song writer/composer and bass player. I'm a team -worker, responsible and able to cooperate with fellow musicians and follow deadlines. Respectful, highly creative, excellent arrangement/composition abilities for voice ,guitar and bass. Education Universidad del Estado de Morelos (Mex.) BA Hispanic Literature Aug/04-Jul/07 Centro Morelense de las Artes (CEMA. Mex.) Classical guitar Sept/04- Jul/05 La Salle School of Music (Mex.) Jazz guitar and choral music Sept/06-Jul/08 Bass guitar (BIMM Manchester,UK) BA professional musicianship specialized in bass guitar Nov/13-June14 BA in songwriting/ performance (London Centre of Oct/15- today Contemporary Music. London, UK) Training Guitar: Cris Van Beuren BMus (Summa CumLaude) Berklee College of Music, Boston 2008 MMus (Distinction) Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London Classical Voice Teachers: Andrea F.J Carr (B. Mus M. Mus Mc Gill). Voice, sight reading, ear training Sept/06-Jul/08 Jenny Rust (B.Mus. RNCM). Classical voice Oct/13-14 Zoe South (The Opera School of Wales) Oct- today Choral performance experience: Haendel’s Messiah (Cuernavaca, Mex. Chamber Orchestra and Chorus) Dec/07 Dvorak’s Stabat Mater (Manchester University Chorus and orchestra) Nov/13 Rock/alternative and popular music experience: Extensive experience in live performances with rock bands, Latin music bands, ensembles, duets, acoustic trios and solo projects since 1999. Appearances in many music and art festivals, concerts, recitals, plays and radio appearances in Mexico, Spain, Australia and UK I have also collaborated with a lot of artists of different disciplines such as writers, actors, painters and dancers. Radio, studio, TV “Debajo de Cada piedra” radio (Mex.), 2000 https://www.myspace.com/debajodecadapiedra “UFM Alterna” (Cuernavaca,Mex.), 2000-2001 http://www.myspace.com/ufmalterna “Radio UNAM” (Mexico city,Mex.) http://www.radiounam.unam.mx/ 2003 “El descafeinado” radio (GDL.JAL.Mex) http://eldescafeinadoradio 2006 “MOB radio” (Sydney, Australia) https://www.musicoverboard.com 2009 “Circo volador” (Mexico city, Mex.) http://www.circovolador.org/ “CONACULTA (Music and arts Council Mexico) www.conaculta.gob.mx “The Five” for Sky TV. Liverpool through mad dog casting. 2015 Solo experience and collaborations with bands and musicians: Voice/songwriting/arrangement/guitar/bass guitar for “Miedo a la Noche” 1999- 2006 https://www.myspace.com/miedoalanoche Voice/songwriting/arrangement/guitar/songwriting/recording for my solo project 2009-today https://soundcloud.com/heleagimeno Voice/songwriting/arrangement/guitar for “Sonido Monstruo Interplanar”, 2008 www.myspace.com/sonidomonstruointerplanar Voice/songwriting/arrangement/guitar for “Desorden Juana Gallo”, 2006 https://www.facebook.com/desorden.juanagallo https://myspace.com/desordenjuanagallo Guitar for “Ekiti Son”www.mypsace.com/ekitison 2005 Guitar and voice for Carlos Pacheco, https://soundcloud.com/pachecoestridente 2004-2006 Backing vocals for “Aesma Daeva” www.aesmadaeva.com/‎ 2008 Voice and guitar for “Naïve”www.myspace.com/naive 2009 Guitar and voice for “Geamala” (Sydney, Australia) www.geamala.com/‎ 2009 Guitar /voice/bass guitar for various concerts/sessions for Kraak Gallery Manchester, UK 2014-today Collaborations for cinema, visual arts: Music composition and voice for independent films and documentaries “Pastilla visual” (Mex.) https://myspace.com/pastillavisual 2008