Background
Arkus, Helena B. was born in New York City. Daughter of Aaron and Esther (Munstock) Bankoff.
Arkus, Helena B. was born in New York City. Daughter of Aaron and Esther (Munstock) Bankoff.
Student, New York University, 1925—1927. Student, Boston University, 1936. Piano student, Alberto Jonas, Arthur Friedheim, Edwin Hughes.
Composition student, Percy Goetschius.
Private teacher piano, since 1925. Writer program notes New York Orchestral Society, Jamaica Symphony Orch, since 1965. Lecturer Piano Teachers Congress, 1976.
Chairman New York State National Music Week, 1976—1978, New York State Chairman Mason and Hamlin Competition, 1976—1980. United States representative European Piano Teachers Association, since 1978.
Member of Piano Teachers Congress., New York Orchestral Society, Brooklyn Music Teachers Guild, Bach Society, Associate Music Teachers League, Leschetizky Association, Piano Teachers Congress New York, American College Musicians, Music Teachers National Association, National New York.
Married James H. Arkus, August 9, 1927 (deceased 1949). Children: Albert, Deanne Arkus Klein, Edmund, Muriel Arkus Celkupa.