EILEEN LAURENCE
Eileen Laurence holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Juilliard School of Music with a double major of voice/opera theatre and organ/church music. Her handbell experience spans 30 years, with her initial training coming from Robert Ivey at the Westminster Choir School in Princeton, NJ. As Director of Music at the First Presbyterian Church in Katonah, Mrs. Laurence plays the organ, directs the Adult Choir and conducts the advanced handbell choirs. With the Katonah Celebration Ringers she has concertized internationally. Mrs. Laurence is a published composer and frequently serves as clinician at handbell festivals. She has conducted handbell festivals in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mrs. Laurence is accreditated by the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers as a Full Director and Massed Conductor.