HELEN EATON
President/Executive Director,
Chicago Children's Choir    

Helen Eaton is the President/Executive Director of Chicago Children’s Choir which is currently the largest comprehensive choral music education program in the country serving 2,800 children, ages 8-18 through choirs in 46 schools, after-school programs in 8 Chicago neighborhoods and the internationally acclaimed Concert Choir. Prior to joining the Choir in November 2007, Eaton was the Dean of Programs for the Merit School of Music where she also taught viola, violin, music theory and history. As Dean, she was responsible for overseeing all of Merit’s programs including on-site serving 1,500 students at its downtown location and off-site serving over 6,000 students.

Eaton is on the Board of Directors for the Chicago High School for the Arts opening in fall 2009 and is Chair of the Partnership and Student Development Committee for ChiArts. She is on the Board of Directors for Leadership Illinois, an organization dedicated to education relating to the advancement of women. She has also been a presenter at national conferences on youth and faculty development in the arts.

Eaton received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she studied viola with William Lincer, and received her Master of Arts in Music History and Theory from the University of Chicago.

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