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 ...

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, ...

“Handbell ringing is fun and it is a big puzzle,” noted Sharik. “We have a saying, if you can tell your left hand from your right hand and count to four, you can learn to play handbell.” When Peng and ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s become a lost tradition for many churches in the metro. On Saturday, St. Thomas Lutheran Church held a handbell festival Jason Horner the music director of the church said ...

The Over the River Ringers, an 11-member handbell choir, are preparing to play at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. SKOWHEGAN — The handbell ringers begin trickling into the basement of the All ...

Mindi Vetter, 16, left, and Sarah Tupper, 16, of the Spokane Valley Adventist School Handbell Choir perform their solo, "Jubilation" during Ringspiration 2005 at the Cathedral of St. John 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 ...

Jake Malta left his job as chief engineer at Schulmerich, the world's biggest handbell company, in 1973. But Malta couldn't stop thinking about bells. He had a vision for a perfect bell — a bell he ...

They call themselves “ringers” and they come from across the North and Northwest suburbs. Literally, members come from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Elgin, Lindenhurst, Mundelein, ...

Beautiful sounds of ringing bells fill the venue as musicians ring, pluck, swing, strike and rotate a set of shiny handbells. It looks like a simple enough task, however, don’t be fooled. Often taking ...

Bright and festive notes rang out at First Presbyterian Church of Babylon last month — but not from an organ or traditional choir. They came from 61 bronze handbells, each rung by one of a dozen ...