Mr. Helm has been an in-house composer with software giants, Accolade and Sierra On-line (Vivendi). He was a co-founder of The Kessner-Helm Project, a musical record-ing act with five national releases to the New Age market. Helm had two symphonic works premiered by the Southern Indiana Orchestra, as well as an electronic score for Shere1 Ballet. He was music director for Shakespear's Titus Andronicus at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Helm earned the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award from Bellarmine University.