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Meet Howard Helvey
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Howard Helvey resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is active as a composer, arranger and pianist, and serves as organist & choirmaster of historic Calvary EpiscopalChurch. Nationally and internationally he is in frequent demand as a composer, conductor, speaker, and member of the Steinbach/Helvey Piano Duo.
Known particularly for his choral music, Mr. Helvey maintains an extremely active writing schedule, and his hundreds of compositions and arrangements are published by numerous publishers. His compositions have been featured on numerous recordings, national television and radio broadcasts, in such eminent concert venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA), the Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas), the White House, the National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), and many locations throughout Europe and Asia. His music, which has been acclaimed as “engaging” (Choral Journal), “definitive” (Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians), “magical” (The Hymn) and in response to his occasional inclusion of jazz elements “fun and certain to be of interest” (The Diapason). Mr. Helvey is commissioned frequently by church, university, and professional ensembles, and recent performance highlights have been presented by the Kansas City Chorale, Chicago a cappella, the Turtle Creek Chorale (Dallas), the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York), the Bach Society of Saint Louis, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Kammerchor Constant (Cologne), Pro Musica (Copenhagen) and by numerous university/collegiate choirs. As a pianist, Mr. Helvey since 1997 has collaborated with distinguished artist Richard Steinbach in concerts and recordings of four-hand and two-piano literature.
A Missouri native, Mr. Helvey holds a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Music degree in composition and piano performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Designated an undergraduate Chautauqua Scholar, he pursued additional studies in piano at New York’s Chautauqua Institution. Mr. Helvey has studied piano with Raymond Herbert, Jan Houser, Richard Morris and Dolores Gadevsky; and his composition teachers have included John Cheetham, Thomas McKenney, Darrell Handel and Frederick Bianchi. As one passionate about effective congregational hymn-singing, Mr. Helvey received additional training in hymn-accompanying and organ improvisation from Gerre Hancock.
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NCSM 2021 Choral Packet
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E Z Bock’s Best Volume 2
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Songs Of The Shepherd – Piano Solo
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Hymns For All Seasons – Piano Solos
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Come Share The Lord – Piano
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Three Communion Hymns
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Down In The River To Pray – Elena Sharkova Choral Series
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I’d Rather Have Jesus – SATB
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Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee – SATB
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Come, Christians, Join To Sing – Unison
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Awake, My Soul, Awake, My Tongue – 2 Part Mixed
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem – SATB
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Come Ye Disconsolate – SATB
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Blessed Redeemer – SATB
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Show Me Thy Way – SATB
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Saviour, Like A Shepherd Lead Us – SAB
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Rejoice, The Lord Is King – SATB
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Christ The Lord Is Risen Today – SATB
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Psalm 121 – SATB
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O Worship The King – 2 Part Mixed
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Silent Night, Holy Night – SATB
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Angels We Have Heard On High – SATB
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Psalm 42 – SATB
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Psalm 103 – SATB
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Crown Him With Many Crowns – SATB
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Crown Him With Many Crowns – Instr. – Instrumental Parts and Score
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O Magnify The Lord – SATB
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Psalm 23 – SATB
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Blessed Be The God And Father – SATB
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I Have Come To You – SATB
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When The Saints Go Marching In – SATB
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Jesus, Jesus, How I Love Him! – SATB
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I Need Thee Every Hour – SATB
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His Way With Thee – SATB
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Flee As A Bird – SATB
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The Love Of Christ, My Lord – SATB
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Gospel Favorites Medley – SATB
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Gospel Favorites Medley – Instr. – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Clean Heart – SATB
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Morning Has Broken – Brass Ensemble
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Be Thou My Vision – Brass Ensemble
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Master Hath Come – Brass Ensemble
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Lord’s My Shepherd – Brass Ensemble
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For All The Saints – Brass Ensemble
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My God I Love Thee – Brass Ensemble
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Steal Away – Brass Ensemble
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Nobody Knows The Trouble… – Brass Ensemble
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Were You There… – Brass Ensemble
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Go Down, Moses – Brass Ensemble
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Joshua Fought The Battle… – Brass Ensemble
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Roll Jordan Roll – Brass Ensemble
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What They See Is What You Get – Dvd – DVD
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The Alienor Book(Coll. Of Contemp. Pieces For Harpsichord) – Harpsichord
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Bring Brass – Full Score – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Bring Brass – Choral Parts – SATB
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Bring Brass – Instr. – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Take This Bread – Vocal Score – Vocal Solo
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Sunday Songbook – Unison
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Creative Hymn Singing – Vocal Solo
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Weekday Songbook – Unison
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Praise The Lord With Psalms – 2 Part Treble
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Festival Praise – SATB
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Day-Spring – SATB
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Festival Praise Companion – Instr. – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Mother Goose On The Loose – 2 Part Treble
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Journeys – Pilgrims And… – SATB
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Journeys: Pilgrims And Strangers – Instr. – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Children, Saints, And Charming Sounds – SATB
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Five Loaves And Two Fishes Full/Choral Score – Unison
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Laudamus – 2 Part Mixed
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Five Loaves And Two Fishes – Instr. – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Hymns Plus – Book
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Voice Building For Choirs – Book
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Singer’s Glen – SATB
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Morning Has Broken – SATB
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When The Saints Go Marching In – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Ceremonial Hymns And Fanfares – SATB
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The Lord Will Come – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Ye Holy Angels Bright – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Mighty Fortress – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Ceremonial Fanfares – Instrumental Parts and Score
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O God, Our Help In Ages Past – Instrumental Parts and Score
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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Praise The Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him – Instrumental Parts and Score
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All People That On Earth Do Dwell – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Now Thank We All Our God – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Ceremonial Hymns – Instrumental Parts and Score
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One Does Not Spell Mozart With A T – Book
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A Season To Celebrate – SATB
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Requiem Brahms – Score – Instrumental Parts and Score
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Requiem Brahms – Parts – Instrumental Parts and Score
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870 Direct Modulations – Organ
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Cantate – SAB
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Let Us Sing – SATB
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Choral Sounds Of Praise – 2 Part Mixed
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Sing The Lord’s Song – SAB
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Sing New Songs – Unison
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Christmas Stars – 2 Part Mixed
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