Newburyport Choral Society

Kirsten Helgeland, Ph.D. is Organist and Music Director at St. Peter s Episcopal Church in Beverly. She has served as accompanist to the Newburyport Choral Society since 2005. Kirsten has performed widely in Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois, and on WGBH-Radio s Chamberworks. She teaches at Studio K, Beverly, MA, and is a part-time Lecturer in Graduate Music Education at Gordon College. Kirsten holds degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Cincinnati.