Kelvin Helmeid

Skilled Music Teacher offering 28 years of experience as educator, leader and performer. Strong attention to detail with creative and friendly style.

• Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences (SAAS), Seattle, WA, 08/2006, 06/2023, Student advising. Student advocate and primary parent communication for 10 upper school students. Co-leader for various grade level retreats
• Lakeside Middle School, 1996, 2006, Service Learning Coordinator. 5th graders tutored kindergartners weekly at a local elementary school. Faculty compensation committee. Worked to negotiate the current pay scale. Student advising. Student advocate and primary parent communication for eleven 5th-grade students Outdoor Trips/Campout. Organized and co-leader on 9 overnight camping trips Hiring Committee. Read resumes and interviewed candidates for a visual arts position

• Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle, WA, 2016, 2023, Persephone (Michael Curry, director) Become Desert (John Luther Adams, World Premiere) Buddha Passion (Tan Dun)
• Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church (Seattle, Washington), Seattle, WA, 2006, 2007, Worship and Music Coordinator Director of Sanctuary Choir and Contemporary Worship Ensemble
• Immanuel Lutheran Church (Seattle, Washington), Seattle, WA, 1999, 2002, Director of Youth Choir, selected and prepared appropriate music for services

• Illinois Wesleyan University, BFA, Music Theater, 1980
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1997, 2004, Psychology of Learning, Advanced Instrumental Conducting, Advanced Choral Conducting, String Pedagogy, Band Literature, Romantic Choral Literature, Educational Research
• Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle, WA, 2005, 2005, Theater in the Classroom
• Project Rhythm, Seattle, WA, 2005, 2005, African-Caribbean Drum Technique
• Washington Music Educators Association, Member

• Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences (SAAS), Seattle, WA, 08/2006, 06/2023, Designer and instructor of choral and general music programs, 6th – 8th grades Designer and instructor of vocal and choral programs, 9th – 12th grades Musical direction for productions, 6th – 8th grades, and 9th – 12th grades
• Lakeside Middle School, 1996, 2006, Designer and instructor of instrumental music program for 5th – 8th grades