AMY CHINNERY-VALMASSEI

Music Director, Summer Ringers Academy

Amy has been an enthusiast for handbells since 1984 when she became a youth member of the St. Paul Ringers.  Her participation continued in the early 1990s when she participated in the Handbell Choir of St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church in Rochester, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.  There she participated in numerous community bell events, learning advanced techniques and solo ringing.  

 Mrs. Chinnery-Valmassei was appointed director of St. Paul Ringers in 2005.  In 2019, she was appointed a member of the select civic ensemble, Kansas City Bronze.