Will you be attending your first Area 12 conference? There is a scholarship available for a ringer and director attending for their first time. It covers registration and 1/2 of double occupancy room.
Submission deadline is April 30, 2024.
Calendar
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Concordia Handbell Home Concert
April 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CU Center, Irvine, CA 92612, USAConcert Handbells Alex Guebert, director
Spirit Handbells Erik Der, director
Save the date for a world-class handbell concert from one of the nation's top handbell programs. Concordia's Home Handbell Concert is a showcase of sacred, classical, popular, and new music - using over 127 handbells, hand chimes and other instruments.
Concert Handbells and Spirit Bells are the touring ensembles of Concordia, representing a program that has become highly respected internationally for its performances and for its preparation of handbell musicians and directors. They have performed in 12 nations of Asia, Europe, and Australia as well as 38 states and provinces of North America. Together, they perform some of the highest difficulty of handbell repertoire at a virtuosic level, including original compositions written by faculty and student composers. They are also featured annually across the nation during Concordia’s made-for-TV PBS Special.
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Bells Ain’t Just for Christmas Concert
April 28, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Dr, Vacaville, CA 95687, USARiver Bells in concert
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Ringing Dusk to Dawn - The Bell Music of the Night
April 28, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
35522 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, CA 92672, USASouth County Community Handbell Choir in concert.
The concert will start with selections from Phantom of the Opera and end, fittingly with Here Comes the Sun. We will explore all sorts of "Night Music." Come and check out the fantastic music that handbells can make. They are not for just church anymore.
For more information: http://schandbell.org
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