Calendar of Events

Composers, it turns out, love to wax poetic about other people. They love to celebrate, remember, mourn, characterize, and otherwise recognize the important individuals in their lives. Join Tapestry this season to explore some of the many ways NAMES have been set to music!

tapestryringersandsingers.org/performances

Composers, it turns out, love to wax poetic about other people. They love to celebrate, remember, mourn, characterize, and otherwise recognize the important individuals in their lives. Join Tapestry this season to explore some of the many ways NAMES have been set to music! A pie party follows this concert!

tapestryringersandsingers.org/performances

Dear "Want to be Challenged" Ringer,

This spring we welcome Nick Hanson as our conductor for the Intense Ring. Nick and Handbell Ventures have selected an exciting and challenging repertoire for this year’s intense ring!

If you have not participated in this event before, it is a chance to play music under a seasoned director, at a more advanced level than you might experience with your home choir. You will work the pieces up to performance level in only two days, with 4-1/2 hours of straight rehearsal, and a run-through right before the concert on Saturday afternoon: it's intense! But if you love to ring, it's also very fun!

For more info and to register, please click here.  Deadline to register is April 5th. 

Now in its 30th year, this year's Bay Area Spring will feature Conductor Nick Hanson and offer an array of fun and educational classes, massed ringing, a Youth track - also led by Nick Hanson, and will culminate in a final concert at the end of the day.  A place to hone skills or learn something new, Spring Ring has something for everyone! 

And for those who want an additional ringing challenge, this year's Intense Ring will begin Friday night.

For more info and to register, please click here. 

LA Bronze under the direction of Alex Guebert present their 2019 concert repertoire.

www.labronzehandbells.org

Composers, it turns out, love to wax poetic about other people. They love to celebrate, remember, mourn, characterize, and otherwise recognize the important individuals in their lives. Join Tapestry this season to explore some of the many ways NAMES have been set to music! A pie party follows this concert!

tapestryringersandsingers.org/performances

Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail.com for more details.

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They're back!

Just three years ago, Larry and Carla Sue left the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Holland, Michigan. Since then, they have spent their time proving that yes, you can play eight bells with only two ringers, and they've built a thriving online music business in the process. Now they're back in the Bay Area to showcase their talents as a duet and feature their music.

Larry and Carla first met when they started chatting via an online handbell community. Their in-person meeting was delayed (since Carla lived in England and Larry in California), but a year after they finally connected at a handbell event in 2010, they were engaged. They have been arranging music for handbells and performing duets together ever since. So far, their performances have taken them to New York City, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey, and they have been featured at weddings, memorials, concerts, corporate events, worship services, holiday events, classes, workshops, and even on television.

This dynamic duo plays with an ease that showcases what can be accomplished with just two ringers and only eight handbells. The Bay Area is pleased to welcome Larry and Carla back in a one-time concert this spring — don't miss it!

Composers, it turns out, love to wax poetic about other people. They love to celebrate, remember, mourn, characterize, and otherwise recognize the important individuals in their lives. Join Tapestry this season to explore some of the many ways NAMES have been set to music!

tapestryringersandsingers.org/performances

The Cathedral Bells, St. John’s premiere Handbell Choir, presents an inspiring concert of handbell music. Alex Guebert, the director of the Cathedral Bells, has chosen a variety of awe inspiring music for this year’s event.

www.stjohnsorange.org/event/663201-2019-05-05-cathedral-bells-concert

Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail for more details.

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Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail.com for more details.

tintabulations.com

Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail.com for more details.

tintabulations.com

Southern California Spring Ring - Bronze Vision with Alex Guebert,  and Beginner's Track with Elizabeth Mays. 

Bronze Vision: Are you a handbell addict? Do you like to be challenged? If you answered YES to either of these questions, then Bronze Vision is for YOU! This option features four hours of intense ringing — something all you handbell addicts will love! Alex will work to bring out all the music that's in these "meaty"pieces and in YOU, all the while keeping it lively and fun for everyone. Individuals who register for the Bronze Vision group will present two pieces at the Saturday afternoon concert. Expect to work hard, but expect to go home with a BIG SMILE on your face! Rehearsals are Friday night 6:30-8:30 and Saturday morning 8:00-10:00. Massed ringing begins at 11:00 on Saturday. Concert is at 5:00. 

Beginner's Track: For those groups and/or individuals who want to focus more on skill-building, while still participating in some of the massed ringing. This option features four hours of rehearsal with Elizabeth on two Level 1 pieces to be presented at the Saturday afternoon concert, plus two hours of class time in techniques and articulations. This is a great opportunity to learn from one of the best handbell teachers around. Rehearsals are Friday night 6:30-8:30 and Saturday morning 8:00-10:00. Massed ringing begins at 11:00 on Saturday. Concert is at 5:00. 

You'll find all the event information, including a detailed schedule and registration forms here, or email Michele Sharik at socal.area12@handbellmusicians.org

2019 Southern California Spring Ring with Alex Guebert & Elizabeth Mays

In addition to having Alex Guebert return as our clinician for both massed ringing and Bronze Vision, this year's Spring Ring will have Elizabeth Mays conducting a Beginner’s Track, PLUS Jane Booth (leader of the Encinitas Handbell Change Ringers) will be offering a class in Change Ringing.

The day kicks off at 8:00am with Bronze Vision and Beginner's Track rehearsals (continued from Friday night), and shifts into high gear with a chance to learn Change Ringing at 10:00am. This is followed by plenty of opportunity for Massed Ringing and technique classes beginning at 11:00am, and culminates in an opportunity to present everything you've been working on in a free concert at 5:00pm. 

For all the event information, including a detailed schedule and registration forms, click here, or contact Michele Sharik at socal.area12@handbellmusicians.org

The 17th annual Sierra Spring Ring is presented by Tintabulations, and includes classes, massed ringing, and a public sharing time at the end of the day which allows groups to present a favorite piece as well as music worked on throughout the event. For all ages and ringing abilities!   Featuring Barb Walsh as clinician. 

Additional info and registration form can be downloaded here. 

tintabulations.com

Please join South Orange County handbell musicians in a day of massed ringing and classes. Guest clinician is Jeanette McMahon.

Please contact Sharon Guilliams at sguilliams@cox.net for more info.

Southern California Spring Ring concert, with Alex Guebert and Elizabeth Mays

The culmination of the annual Southern California Spring Ring conference, this concert will feature groups from all over Southern California coming together to present a concert of massed ringing, individual group solos, and selections from the Bronze Vision and Beginners Track conference choirs.

Admission is free, an offering will be taken.

For more information contact Michele Sharik at socal.area12@handbellmusicians.org

Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail.com for more details.

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Join Velocity Handbell Ensemble for a 10-year anniversary revival of their Vintage and Vogue concept concert. Whether you like classical or contemporary, this concert will have something for you. Featuring standards from Rossini, Fauré, Pachelbel, Holst, and Bach, along with original works for handbells, this concert will include full-choir selections from the Vintage and Vogue CD and a world premier commission. 

Celebrate with Velocity Handbell Ensemble at their Vintage and Vogue Redux concert!

www.velocitybells.org

We’re scooping up some more of our favorite music and it will be sweet!
Artistic Director, Richard J. Colla

$15/adults | $10/students | $5/children under 12

www.opushandbell.org

Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail.com for more details.

tintabulations.com

Join Velocity Handbell Ensemble for a 10-year anniversary revival of their Vintage and Vogue concept concert. Whether you like classical or contemporary, this concert will have something for you. Featuring standards from Rossini, Fauré, Pachelbel, Holst, and Bach, along with original works for handbells, this concert will include full-choir selections from the Vintage and Vogue CD and a world premier commission. 

Celebrate with Velocity Handbell Ensemble at their Vintage and Vogue Redux concert!

www.velocitybells.org

Join us for a free concert of music from the Big Band Era performed on English handbells.

riverbells.org

LA Bronze under the direction of Alex Guebert present their 2019 concert repertoire.

www.labronzehandbells.org

Join Tintabulations' merry music making and storytelling in their Spring/Summer concert series, "Every Time a Bell Rings". Email us at tintabulations@gmail.com for more details.

tintabulations.com

Please join us for a day of celebrating elementary music, in a collaboration between music teachers of different schools, showcasing the wonder and variety of handbells and handchimes. We would love to have you join our festival.

Contact Melanie Graber at mgraber@washoeschools.net or call/text 775-720-5715


Click here for the registration form.

Cost: $2.00 per ringer

Music: "Nevada Rondo" by Dr. James C. Smith. Available for free as a download here. There will also be a processional taught that day.