Professor Helen Mitchell is Professor of Musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. She holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of Sydney. With a multidisciplinary background as a singer, music scholar, and music performance researcher, her research is situated at the intersection of music performance practice and cognition. She currently serves as Acting Deputy Dean and Performance Honours Coordinator, supervising Honours, Masters, DMA, and PhD students in music performance research. From 2004 to 2005, she was Dean of Students at The Women's College, University of Sydney.

Helen Mitchell's research specializations include music education, music psychology, systematic musicology, singing, voice, voice quality, voice training, sound spectrography, experiential learning, and active learning. She led the project 'Redefining tacit knowledge in music performance evaluation' with the University of Wollongong, funded by the Office for Learning and Teaching. As Chief Investigator, she contributes to 'Bel Canto Rediscovered 1700-1800' and 'The Shock of the Old' on historical performance practices. Key publications include '“We hear with our eyes!” Unlocking tacit knowledge about multisensory music performing' (2024), 'The mock concert: How early-career performers decipher and develop stage mastery' (2025), 'Performance as theater: Expert pianists’ awareness of sight and sound in the concert' (2023), 'Rent-a-crowd! Understanding how applause magnitude impacts music performance appraisal' (2023), 'Orchestrating gender equality: How Australian female musicians navigate bias and achieve career success' (2023), 'NeuroMusic: protocol for a randomised-controlled trial of keyboard and singing music training programmes for older adults with mild cognitive impairment' (2025), and 'The associations between playing a musical instrument and grey matter in older adults at risk for dementia' (2025). Her work has over 340 citations. She engages in public lectures like 'Music on your mind' on music and dementia prevention.

Professional Email: helen.mitchell@sydney.edu.au