Kimberlee F. Strepka, DMA
Handbell Artistry Educator, Author & Arranger
Dr. Kimberlee Strepka has been teaching music for more than thirty years, and pioneering the application of Rudolf Laban’s Movement Theories to handbell ringing since 2006. Her text, Handbell Artistry from the Inside Out: Laban Movement Theory for the Handbell Musician (GIA, 2012), has been described by colleges as a long-missing resource for handbells in academia. She is an internationally-recognized clinician and enjoys teaching on a variety of topics through the lens of Movement. Kim holds music education degrees from the Hartt School of Music, West Hartford, CT, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Boston University. Kim has done graduate work at the Choral Institute in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and at the Laban/Barteneiff Institute of Movement Studies in Manhattan.
She founded the teen handbell ensemble, the Bronze Ambassadors, that toured throughout the United States, performed on four television networks, and appeared twice at national events sponsored by the Handbell Musicians of America. The Bronze Ambassadors have also performed with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra during its 2017 and 2019 Holiday Pops concert tours.
Kim is currently the Vermont State Chair for the Handbell Musicians of America Area 1 Board, and used to serve as the Area 1 Education Liaison. She performed with the New England Ringers during their Decade season, and is frequently a faculty member at national ringing events, including conducting HMA's "Distinctly Teen" in 2014 in Atlanta, GA. Kim is also a published handbell arranger, and collaborator with Dan Goeller Music. For more information or to schedule a workshop, contact: [email protected]
