Helen Keen is a flautist born in Bromley, in 1956. She studied languages at Cambridge University, and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra from 1975 to 1977, before deciding to make music her career after being awarded a scholarship to Guildhall School of Music and Drama (which she attended from 1978 to 1979). She is a founding member of the Endymion Ensemble, and has performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the Orchestra of St. John’s and New London Orchestra. Helen has also appeared regularly with the London Sinfonietta, London Winds and the Nash Ensemble. As a session musician, Keen has played flute, piccolo, alto and bass flute and a range of ethnic instruments on a variety of film scores, including Over the Hedge, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Volver, and Casino Royale.