TOMS RIVER — Ocean Classic Concerts will host its 26th Annual Ecumenical Handbell Festival on March 8 at 6 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of Toms River. The evening performance will showcase handbell ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Martha DiLorenzo wants handbell music to be heard in many more places throughout Lake County. To accomplish that mission, DiLorenzo has launched a new community handbell choir called Decibells. “We ...

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 ...