William Helliwell is a tenor who has spent most of his life in Giggleswick, North Yorkshire. After beginning his Undergraduate studies at Birmingham Conservatoire he went on to complete his BMus (Hons) at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, with tuition from Janet Price and Angela Livingstone in July 2010.

Recent roles include Tony (Bernstein - 'West Side Story'), Albert, Mike and Priest (Bricusse and Wildhorn - 'Jekyll and Hyde'), Chorus (Mozart - 'Don Giovanni'), Chorus (Puccini - 'La Bohème'), Chorus (Mixed music at 'Carols by Candlelight' at Symphony Hall, Birmingham with the Mozart Festival Chorus), John Ward (Williamson -

'English Eccentrics' under the musical direction of World famous Lionel Friend), Tenor soloist (Stainer - 'Crucifixion' under the direction of Andrew Padmore).

Most recently, William performed at the Wales Millenium Centre in a brand new devised opera titled 'Britten's Women' directed by Martin Constantine and conducted by David Jones.

William has performed in many different venues such as Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Royal College of Music, London and Crescent Theatre, Birmingham with people such as the British Youth Opera and Yorkshire Philharmonic.

Being a member of St Chad's Cathedral choir, Birmingham saw William performing many solos, touring Switzerland in July 2007 and most recently recording a modern hymn selections CD. During July and August 2006, he was given a place on the British Youth Opera Summer Tour, travelling Italy and France performing Puccini's 'La Bohème'. In the summer of 2009, William sang with Longborough Festival Opera in their production of Bizet's 'Carmen'.