Linda Boatright,  a life-long Nebraskan, has a Bachelor of Music Degree from Wright State University (OH) and a Master of Music degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She started playing handbells in 2005, beginning with Immanuel Lutheran Church in Omaha and later with River City Ringers. After 31 years of successful teaching in instrumental music classrooms, Linda is retired and spends much of her time reading, quilting, and writing and arranging handbell music.