Faculty
Elizabeth Helms
Accompanist/Voice
Elizabeth Helms coaches and accompanies vocal students at California Lutheran University where she also received her Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction with a Specialization in Music. She lives and works in Ventura County, and is proud to be part of the musical community here year round.
Elizabeth is Associate Director of the Ventura County Master Chorale and has served as its principal accompanist since 1981. She has taught in the Ventura College Music Department for 15 years, coordinating the College's Private Music Lessons Program since 1990. She also directs the College Choir, the College Chamber Singers, and teaches Musicianship.
Additionally, she is Choir Director at Church of the Foothills in Ventura, and was the principal accompanist for the Gold Coast Concert Chorus from 2000 to 2005, under the direction of her husband, and former CLU faculty member, Ken Helms. She has also performed with the Ventura Chamber Festival Orchestra, the Ventura County Chamber Orchestra, the New West Symphony, the Ventura County Symphony, the Ventura College Theatre and Music Departments, and the vocal studios of Geraldine Decker and Linda Ottsen, to name a few.