Helena Lent is a saxophonist originally from Poughkeepsie, New York. She is a current senior Music Performance major with a Film & Visual Media minor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. While at Carnegie Mellon, she has had the privilege to study under Dr. Jason Kush. In the Spring of 2023, Helena studied abroad in Milan, Italy, under Mario Marzi, who teaches saxophone at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi. At Carnegie Mellon, Helena has participated in the school’s Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic, Contemporary Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, Saxophone Quartet, and other chamber ensembles. While she focuses mostly on classical saxophone, Helena has experience playing jazz, having participated in the Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston, MA (2017), placed at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival in Rockville, MD (2018, 2019, 2020), and invited to perform at the Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans, LA (2020). Other notable performances include Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY (2018).

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Student Recital: Helena Lent

Carnegie Mellon University

The Carnegie Mellon School of Music Jazz Ensembles explore a variety of jazz genres, from traditional swing to current trends in jazz fusion and jazz chamber music, while also performing jazz classics in a big band style.

Carnegie Mellon Jazz Orchestra & JIVE-Carnegie Mellon Jazz Choir

Joint Student Recital: Ethan Carter & Billy Holtz

In accordance with Carnegie Mellon’s COVID-19 mitigation policies, all visitors to the university’s campus age 12 and older are required to be either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or, if not fully vaccinated, must have received a negative COVID-19 test result within three days of the event.

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Past events

Mar 17, 2024

Student Recital: Helena Lent · Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

Nov 20, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Jazz Orchestra & JIVE-Carnegie Mellon Jazz Choir · Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

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Conductor in Appalachian Spring by Copland

Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

Clarinet in Begin The Beguine by Porter

Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

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