A musician with over 30 years of performance experience, 20 years of non-profit volunteer work, and lifelong church music ministry service, Kathryn Jurado has quickly gained prominence in the handbell community. Currently, she is Vice President and Event Coordinator, as well as one of the music directors, with Magic of Bronze, the community handbell ensemble in the Orlando area, which was one of the featured choirs at the 2020 National Seminar, and is a ringer with the Suncoast Bronze Ringers, a community handbell ensemble based in the Tampa area, where she just finished a term as Associate Director. Kathryn is also serving her second elected two-year term as Treasurer of Handbell Musicians of America, Area 4. Kathryn recently accepted the position as director of the Lake Magdalene Ringers at Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church in Tampa, where she has served for many years. She is a Province Officer with Sigma Alpha Iota, International Music Fraternity, and has been an educator for over a decade with Hillsborough County Public Schools, the seventh largest school district in the nation.
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