Current Members

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Founding Artistic Director, Kath Wissinger, has her fingers in about every part of the Handbell Pie: director, composer, ringer, publisher, clinician, educator. She started ringing in high school, directed youth/teen bell groups in church for almost 30 years, taught handbells in the classroom for 18 years, has directed an adult church group for 8 years and Mosaic since its inception in 2010 - all while writing music for her groups' immediate needs. Kath has directed and taught at events across the country and in Canada and Japan. Being of a scientific bent, she helped fine-tune the beta models of 3D printed digital handbells and often mentors new directors, ensemble ringers, Bell Tree players and start-up events. She makes world famous Bread and Butter Pickles, cans all her own spaghetti sauce and enjoys reading a wide variety of books.

Joanne, one of the founding members of Mosaic, has been ringing for about 15 years. She is an RN by day, handbell ringer by night. Joanne lives in Earlysville, VA. She has three almost grown kids and enjoys quilting, embroidery, pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

Aimee never heard handbells play until she was in her late 20s, but jumped at the chance to begin ringing in 1999 when her church ordered a three-octave set. She played for nearly 10 years but changed from playing bells to teaching chimes to schoolchildren when personnel changes caused the church group to dissolve. She is thrilled to get back to playing with Mosaic and will be so happy if she can master four-in-hand but also bell tree.

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Mary Harvey-Halseth lives in Lexington, VA, and has been a member of Mosaic Handbells for 2 years. She has played handbells at Lexington Presbyterian Church for 28 years, is a retired (50 years!) private piano teacher, taught at Stuart Hall Academy in Staunton and Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista. She lived in different areas of the US throughout her career, and taught and performed in cities from RIchmond to Atlanta to Des Moines. Locally, she has been involved with music theater at Lime Kiln Theater and Washington and Lee University, as well as performing at functions throughout the Valley.

Val Heard moved from England with her family over thirty years ago.
She played bells in Chesapeake, VA., before moving to McGaheysville in 2022.
She joined Mosaic Handbell Ensemble in January 2023 & also rings with Gloria Dei at Muhlenberg Lutheran Church.

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Peggy is the mother of three daughters and has one granddaughter. She is a registered nurse. A Midwesterner by birth, Virginian by choice, Peggy began singing in the first grade when she scored her first on-stage solo as Mary in the school Christmas play. She was hooked. Peggy learned to play flute and oboe through the school band programs and  became a self-taught church organist as an adult. She joined the Gloria Dei Ringers in 2008 and Mosaic in 2015.

Carol Lown is organist at Massanutten Presbyterian Church, and directs the Massanutten Ringers and a youth handbell ensemble, Fun With Handbells.

Mike is a retired high school teacher from Northern Virginia.  He has been ringing handbells for 26 years. He currently rings with Harrisonburg Baptist Church and joined Mosaic in 2020.

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