Biography
 
Gold Coast-based Singer-Songwriter Helen Rae (Dr Helen Rae Glindemann) has been expanding her local and international fan base since releasing her debut EP ‘You’re The One’ in 2012.  In 2013, she released her popular single Ripples On The Water and was accepted as an AMRAP artist, making her first music video along the way.  With a background in opera and music theatre, Helen Rae continues to evolve her musical style combining elements of pop, rock, jazz and EDM.
 
Though primarily a solo artist, Helen Rae has performed live around Brisbane and on the Gold Coast with her band and in duos at major venues and events. The Helen Rae sound has a decidedly and intentionally “old school” vibe with its goal to combine elements of old and new!  Helen Rae has recorded 2 singles with Sunshine Coast producer Jason Slack-Smith.  One of these singles ‘Rewind’ received international airplay and also won an Akademia pop/jazz category award in December 2015. 
 
In addition to writing and performing her original music, Helen Rae has worked on a number of collaborative projects with DJs, producers, artists and writers such as Emm Watkins (Bad Love) and performed in a one woman show (Beware of Boys) written and directed by Lisa Maree Southgate in 2018. 
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In 2016 Helen Rae released her vampire-themed single Cat Amongst The Pigeons and was again accepted as an AMRAP Airit artist for 2016/2017. The accompanying studio-recorded music video was filmed on location by students at The Australian Performing Arts Conservatory (APAC) in Brisbane where Helen worked as a Curriculum Writer and Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Screen & Stage course.  In 2017 Helen recorded  a "sequel" vampire-themed track  As Darkness Falls with Paradox Productions. In 2018 she released her single Winter which featured on local and international radio. Helen Rae also worked as the musical director and voice coach on the domestic violence themed one woman show 'Bad Love’ with lyricist and performer Emm Watkins which debuted at the Anywhere Theatre Festival in 2022.
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Helen Rae recently completed her doctoral studies at the Queensland Conservatorium (Griffith University), focussing her research on multi-genre song performance and voice pedagogy.  In 2022 Helen Rae's first journal article A Tale of Two Teaching Styles: A multi-genre singer’s experience of music theatre and classical voice lessons was published in Australian Voice. Helen Rae was also runner up in the British voice Association's prestigious Van Lawrence Prize in 2021. Helen Rae is a Full Writer Member of the Australasian Performing Rights Association Limited (APRA) and Owner/Manager of the Young Artist Development Company.