Gold Coast Concert Chorus Director

Elizabeth Helms

Elizabeth Helms has been Music Director of the Gold Coast Concert Chorus since 2006 but has enjoyed working with the Chorus for many years in other capacities. She was the principal accompanist for the Gold Coast Concert Chorus from 2000 to 2005, under the direction of her husband, Ken, and assisted the GCCC in keeping the music alive by directing their June 2005 concert. Elizabeth lives and works in Ventura County, and is proud to be part of the musical community here year round. Her most enduring association has been with the Ventura County Master Chorale, for which she has been principal rehearsal accompanist since 1981, and has recently been named as Associate Director. 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. Elizabeth has taught in the Ventura College Music Department for 19 years, coordinating the College’s Private Music Lessons Program from 1990 to 2005. She currently directs the College Choir, the College Chamber Singers, and the Ventura College Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop. Elizabeth is Choir Director at Church of the Foothills in Ventura, and coaches vocal students in the California Lutheran University Music Department.