 President of Helene Blue Musique Ltd., a company she founded twelve years ago, Helene is currently representing some veteran composers: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Paul Winter, Ned Washington, Link Wray, Milton Grant, Woody Harris, Paul Hampton, Arthur Siegel, Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams, and Ira Antelis; emerging composers: Barry Ennis, Ned Ginsburg, Michael Gurley, Phil Gammage, Chad Parson and Parker Dulany. These composers and songwriters are currently writing and scoring for film, musical theatre, television, concert halls and opera houses throughout the world. In additional, the company represents licensing clients such as: The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Swarovski, Criminal Intenet, and 101 Productions.
Helene’s career began at London Records, where she worked with many great artists, from the Rolling Stones to Luciano Pavarotti. She then moved into the publishing arena, representing diverse catalogs, including the compositions of Sergei Rachmaninov, Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish, Fats Waller, and Duke Ellington (Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.) then songs for Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and Benny Goodman for the Arc Music Group of catalogs. When she was invited to represent the publishing catalogs of Paul McCartney as the first worldwide General Manager of MPL Communications, she applied her talents and experience to promote the songs of McCartney, Buddy Holly, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen, Jack Lawrence, Bessie Smith, among other 20th Century greats.
When she got a call from MPL Music Publishing, Inc., Paul McCartney’s publishing company, to become their first worldwide General Manager, she couldn't refuse and so added one of the great independent pop music catalogs to the list of publishing companies she headed. Her publishing and performing experience really paid off while exploiting the songs of McCartney, Buddy Holly, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen, Jack Lawrence, Bessie Smith and Jelly Roll Morton, among other 20th century greats.
In addition to her work as a music publisher, Helene is active on the Boards of Directors of the National Music Publishers' Association (as member of the International committee), The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. as Vice President/President-Elect, the Association of Independent Music Publishers, Merkin Concert Hall and the ASCAP Board of Review. In December, 1998, AIMP presented Helene with their first ever “Indie” Award, recognizing her achievements as an independent publisher. In March, 1999, Women In Music presented Helene with their Touchstone Award for Distinguished Service to the Music Industry.
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