Helen Andrews

I have been a volunteer with the Library of the Light Music Society since I took early retirement from my career in the aerospace industry. 

My primary role is to provide sets of music requested by our members for their orchestras to perform. This generally means hunting through our catalogues and then compile it into sets for sending out. 

No two days are the same. Music requests come from all over the UK and sometimes from Europe or even further afield.

As an orchestral player of violin and viola myself, it is always interesting to see what music is being played from the light music to classical repertoire. We also get requests for rogue parts to complete members’ own collections. This can often be a challenge to find some of the more obscure pieces.

We are a friendly, easy going, team working together to further the awareness of our collection for all orchestras and to promote the wider objectives of the Light Music Society.