Alanna Teragawa

Past Chair

6600 Pleasant Ave S #154
Richfield, MN  55423
USA
Home: 612-819-5778
pastchair@areaviiagehr.org

Employment

Alanna spends her days as the administrator of a document archiving service bureau in St. Louis Park, MN. Having been hired primarily to do their accounting, her job has grown into quite a diverse job description, including production advisor, a counselor, a mom, a chaplain, and whatever else comes to her office door on each new day.

Experience

Alanna Teragawa has been involved with handbells since the mid 1980s. Having a love for the viola but no venue in which to play, she was so excited to discover handbells. Handbells allowed her to express her love of music when she realized that the piano was not going to be that outlet.

Ringing led to the passion of conducting. After attending many director seminars offered by the national office of AGEHR, Alanna has discovered the joy (yes? it's fun!) of score study, which helps her use each piece of music as a basis for teaching and strengthening basic techniques, with the goal of producing fine music. She directs a couple handbell choirs in a couple of churches in the southern Twin Cities area. Working with intergenerational choirs - from 9th grade up to women in their 80s - guarantees a weekly challenge, diversity and lots of fun.

Alanna finds it challenging and fun to serve the members of Area VII through the year 2010 as a member of the Area Board of Directors. She will continue beyond 2010 as the Area Events Coordinator.