Bill Alexander has been director of handbells at First United Methodist Church in Duluth for the past 29 years. His program includes ringers of all ages and ability levels, in five choirs! At the top is Strikepoint, an ensemble which has toured extensively throughout Hawaii, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, England, Scotland, Wales and most regions of the continental United States.

In his other lives, Bill directs the Upper School Band and Jazz Band and coaches multiple Minnesota Music Listening Contest teams at Marshall School, an independent college preparatory school in Duluth, MN. He owns the Gopher Shoe Repair and excels at a craft his grandfather taught him over 30 years ago. Bill can be found there on weekends and whenever there's a day off from school.

Bill is a former officer of AGEHR and an internationally known handbell clinician and massed ringing conductor with a reputation for musicality and fun.