Inaugural Organ Concert
Thomas Helms, Organist & Organ Builder

Mr. Thomas Helms

A native Floridian, Mr. Helms was self-taught until his college years. A graduate of The University of Alabama and Texas Christian University, he was awarded the latter's coveted Performer's Certification for his excellence in performance. After studying abroad, he has enjoyed an active touring schedule as a concert artist all across the United States and Canada. He has been a featured orchestral soloist performing the symphonic works of Mozart, Jongen, Saint Saens as well as numerous commissioned works. As a composer and arranger, Mr. Helms has written twelve movie scores and following the success of his ballet "Dracula", he has recently completed "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", his second commission from the Alabama Ballet. An organist at heart, he has served congregations from Texas to Florida, including his tenure as Director of Music for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Not content to spend all his time on the bench, Mr. Helms' talents in the tonal direction of the pipe organ industry are also widely pursued. As a tonal finisher, voicer, and designer, he has completed four of the largest pipe organs built in the United States in the last fifty years, including the mammoth instrument at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Mr. Helms is an avid collector of classic cars and also enjoys rave reviews for his excursions into the culinary arts.

First United Methodist Church Pensacola FL
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