With a flick of a handbell ringer's wrist, an ethereal tinkling floats forth. The heavenly sound produced by a handbell choir is apt to usher in a hushed reverence among listeners, whether they sit in ...

Music lovers of all ages are invited to experience “Resonance,” a handbell concert presented by Forté Handbell Quartet, an advanced ensemble from Colorado Springs, Colorado. The concert takes ...

Whether they are jingling all the way or proclaiming the arrival of Christmas time in the city, it just wouldn’t be the holidays without the sound of ringing bells. If you’re not in the spirit of the ...

Handbell ringing in the US has become more popular over the past 50 years. A Handbell Musicians of America predecessor had fewer than 50 members in 1955; in 2012 HMA has roughly 7,000 registered ...

Arnold B. Sherman lives quietly in Tyler, yet his music compositions and arrangements, mostly for handbells, have made a resounding impact in church music and festival circles across the United States ...

Laine Heltebridle has been ringing handbells for 40 years, and from the first moment he learned how to play — he’s been hooked. “It’s different than other musical things that I have ever done,” ...

Bruce McClurg, minister of music at the First Congregational Church of Redlands, will present a concert of handbell music when the Spinet music club meets 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at First ...

Many churches have handbell choirs. Not many have five of them, though, nor have they stayed together for four decades like at First United Methodist Church. “We’ve been vibrant, continuous 40 years ...

Members of Bronze Unlimited perform a song on handbells. Music To Free is a nonprofit organization that brings handbell programs to low- and fixed-income senior living centers, veteran rehabilitation ...

NEW PALESTINE — It’s one part tuneup but most parts concert. Early in the Christmas season, Cross of Grace Lutheran Church includes several area handbell choirs in an invitational, where each of the ...

DULUTH — Bill Alexander, founder and longtime leader of the acclaimed handbell ensemble Strikepoint, died early Monday morning at age 70. The cause was cancer, according to a CaringBridge page ...

Whether played in church or outside church, handbell music is beautiful. People will have an opportunity to hear the four handbell choirs from Midland's First United Methodist Church perform on ...