Winifred May Copperwheat (10 October 1905 – 23 February 1976) was an English classical viola player and teacher.

[2] She studied under English violist Lionel Tertis at the Royal Academy of Music.

[3] As soloist, she gave the premiere performances of several works, including: She played in several chamber music combinations; including the Zorian String Quartet, of which she was a founding member.

In 1971, she pointed out to musicologist and violist Martin Jarvis, one of her students, some problems with the published editions of the Bach cello suites.

[10] Her name is inscribed in the Book of Remembrance in the Musicians' Chapel at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London.