Welcome! I’m Helen Hooker, a recorder player, educator and conductor, doing my bit to raise appreciation for my favourite instrument and help other recorder players on their musical journey.

Within these pages you’ll find lots of information about my activities, along with opportunities to download and use some of my recorder resources. These include the Score Lines blog, my Recorder Consort Video project, recordings, books and music.

If you’re interested in booking me as a conductor, tutor or performer do head over to my contact page to get in touch with me there.

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Every two weeks I publish a new edition of Score Lines, where I share my latest resources for recorder players, along with news of upcoming concerts and workshops.

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Looking to learn more about the recorder?

The Score Lines blog is now live! Every fourteen days I share a new blog post, covering everything from technique, to practice skills, repertoire advice, history of the recorder and interviews. Why not take a look and join in the conversation - I’m always keen to hear your suggestions and requests for future content. Just click here or on the Score Lines logo to visit the blog.

Consort resources for recorder players

The play-along videos I began creating during the pandemic have been incredibly popular and many of you are still using to practise or explore new repertoire. This has inspired me to continue and every other week I share a new play-along video and the sheet music to accompany it – you can find them all here.

Please do share them with friends – they’re open to all!

PDF Sheet Music to download

While making my recorder consort videos I’ve also created some new editions of music I’ve discovered along the way. A selection of them are available as modestly priced PDF downloads in my online shop.