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Michael did his undergraduate work in organ performance at Lebanon Valley College and did graduate work in Music History and Literature at West Chester University. He is an active composer of handbell, organ, and choral music with over a hundred pieces in print. Michael has also won nine composition contests including the 1997, 1998, and 2000 AGEHR National Composition Contests. Mr. Helman is in demand as a handbell festival director and clinician all over the country. He is a past Dean of the Delaware Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and is currently Chair elect for Area III of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. In the fall of 2000, he founded and is the artistic director of the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble, which is the first auditioned community handbell choir in Delaware.
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Michael
Helman is currently Director of Music/Organist at St. Paul's
United Methodist Church, Wilmington, Delaware where he directs 4
handbell choirs, a bell quartet, two adult vocal choirs and one
of three children's choirs. Michael is also accompanist for the
Rainbow Chorale of Delaware and the Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus
as well as the organ instructor at Immaculata College.