2026 Adjudicators

Helen Torney holds ARCT Diplomas in Piano Performance and in Piano Pedagogy from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Fellowship and Licentiate Diplomas from Trinity College of Music, London, England, an Honours Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia and an Associate Diploma in Clarinet Performance from the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. 

Ms. Torney maintains a private studio where she teaches piano, clarinet and theory.  She is active as an adjudicator/workshop clinician and is a member of Canadian Music Festivals Adjudicators' Association.  She is a member of Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association, a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners and is a Senior Piano Examiner as well as an Examiner of Harmony, History and Rudiments.

Helen plays clarinet in the Northumberland Orchestra and the Concert Band of Cobourg.  She has also performed for many theatre productions and in chamber music groups, primarily the Northumberland Wind Trio.