Dr. Bettsy Curtis
Adult Choir Director
Dr. Bettsy Curtis holds three degrees in piano performance, a Bachelor of Music from Southern Methodist University, a Master of Music from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin. She has held faculty positions at Baylor University, Howard Payne University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. College teaching positions shifted to public-school music teaching while her children were young. From 2010-2022 Dr. Curtis held both a full-time position directing music at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church and a part-time position at UNCW as a collaborative pianist. Since the Fall of 2022 her duties have included teaching a music fundamentals class for musical theatre students and directing musical theatre productions at UNCW. She is currently being commissioned by Opera Wilmington to write an opera scheduled to be performed in January of 2027. She is looking forward to serving St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran church as choir director & pianist.