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 ...

While handbells are stereotypically thought of with sacred music, participants will be playing a wide range of music.

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 ...

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 ...

Because playing Handel on handbells should always be a physical workout. As if playing Handel’s ‘The Hallelujah Chorus’ on handbells wasn’t already awesome enough, these musicians have turned the ...

This year the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble marks 25 years of ringing. A big part of the ensemble's mission is to share the art of handbell ringing and the beauty of handbell music with audiences of ...

The Beatles’ “Help!” isn’t the first song you’d expect a bell choir to play, nor is a medley from “Star Wars.” But Long Island reSound is broadening the repertoire of handbell music. The community ...

The seven women stood behind a long table. Their shiny brass handbells were arranged in front of them, smallest to largest in size, highest to deepest in notes. Cathy Miles stepped to the music stand, ...

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 ...

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 ...