Applied Clarinet

Helen Goode-Castro

Lecturer, Applied Clarinet

Phone: 626-298-9916

Ms. Goode-Castro graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music, England with an Honors Degree and a Professional Performers Diploma in Clarinet. She furthered her studies at the Royal College of Music where she received the Artists Diploma. While in London she performed with several European Orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata and the Süd Bayerische Philharmonie, Germany.

She moved to Los Angeles to study with Gary Gray at UCLA where she obtained an MFA in Clarinet Performance and then began studies at USC on a DMA with Yehuda Gilad and Michele Zukovsky. She was a finalist in the Boosey and Hawkes Clarinet Competition in Chicago and won a position with Sarasota Opera for 1996 and 1997

Since moving to Los Angeles Helen freelances regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, She has been a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for the past three years playing second clarinet. She also freelances with the California Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale and Long Beach Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Goode-Castro recorded the Tone Poem for Clarinet and Orchestra by Charles Fernandez with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. She recently performed Brooklyn Bridge by Michael Daugherty with CSLA Wind Ensemble, CSLB Wind Symphony and summer 2007 with LA Winds in Austria under the direction of Steven Piazza.

Ms. Goode-Castro is currently on the Clarinet faculty at California State University Long Beach and Cal State University Los Angeles. She also teaches chamber music at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.