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| Ms. Moklebust began her musical career as a public school instrumental music instructor in South Dakota. She is an active percussionist, and has performed as principal or section percussionist with several professional bands and orchestras throughout the upper midwest. Cathy has played in and conducted church and community handbell ensembles in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. She has worked for over 20 years in the music retail and publishing industry, and currently operates a music editing and engraving service with her husband. Cathy earned both her B.A. (Percussion, 1982) and M.Ed. (Teacher Education/Music, 1988) at South Dakota State University, in her hometown of Brookings, SD. Her handbell education began in middle school with the Towers Handbell Choir at First Lutheran Church, Brookings, under the direction of Mrs. Barbara Berntson. Ms. Moklebust and her family reside in rural Eagle Grove, Iowa, on her husband's 112 year-old family farm. (updated 7/9/2007) |
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Cathy
Moklebust
(b. 1958) has developed and directed handbell music programs since
1983, and has played bells since childhood. She is in national demand
as a handbell clinician, conductor and composer, with over 100 published
compositions and arrangements to her credit, several of them reaching
"bestseller" status. Her music has been widely performed,
including performances on "Today", "Good Morning,
America", and New Year's Eve on Times Square in New York. She
has been commissioned to write music for many festivals and other
events, as well as for numerous individual handbell ensembles, including
five for the Raleigh Ringers. Cathy has been the recipient of the
Donald E. Allured Composition Award, the 2005 "Composer of
the Year" for Jeffers Handbell Supply, and has won ASCAP Writer's
Awards every year since 2001. She was selected to be the guest conductor
for the 2007 National Residential Ringing Week in London, UK.
