Hello to Helen Griffiths who joined the Z/Yen head office team in mid July. Before August was through, Helen, a part time violinist with the All Souls Orchestra (ASO), was already on leave to go on tour to Northern Ireland. Shy, retiring Helen was too modest to tell us about the challenging works she played, but Now & Z/Yen has exclusively managed to obtain a transcript of the conductor’s interval team talk which was brief and revealing. "We’ve shafted Schoenberg and buggered Bartok, so now we might as well f-Orff", he said. Despite this, the ASO has now booked Helen to do another mini tour in September; this time to Bulgaria. Z/Yen’s holding a sweep on the next destination after that; Macedonia is the current favourite. Seriously, we extend a big warm welcome to Helen and look forward to her providing musical entertainment at Z/Yen events.