Beth Files

Director, YCKC Rhapsody South & Intermezzo South

Beth Files retired as a music educator after 32 years in the Raymore-Peculiar, Blue Valley, Harrisonville, and Lee’s Summit school districts.  She was named the 2014 Teacher of the Year in Lee’s Summit and received the Outstanding Educator Award in 1997 in Harrisonville. 

Choirs under the direction of Beth Files have won numerous awards, including several years of Outstanding Choir from Music in the Parks, and were selected to perform at the Missouri Music Educators Conference in 2009.  Her choirs have traveled to competitions in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, and Hawaii, where they received top honors.   

In addition to her teaching career, Beth has operated a private voice studio for over 40 years, where she enjoys helping students discover their vocal abilities.  She has served as a choir director for both Methodist and Disciples of Christ churches, currently holding the position of adult choir director and Traditional Music coordinator at Woods Chapel Church in Lee’s Summit, MO. 

Beth earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.  She also completed a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Central Missouri in 2000. 

Beth resides in Lake Winnebago with her husband, Mark, and their two dogs, Lulu and Roxy.  She loves spending time with her children, Alexandria (married to Sean) and Taylor (married to Amanda), and her two grandchildren, Caroline and Addison.