Take 12 guys from the freshman football team, put them in a room with 37 handbells and a teacher, add a crash course in reading music and before you know it, they’re making beautiful music. It’s a ...

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 ...

COLD SPRING — Once a week, in the basement of St. Boniface Church in Cold Spring, you can hear the clattering of bells and chimes, as the Handbell Choir rehearses for Mass and concerts. You can also ...

Christmas may be more than a month away, but at United Methodist Temple in Beckley, bells are already ringing in harmony. Seven church handbell choirs from across West Virginia gathered at The Place, ...

There’s a good chance you’ve seen those handbell players at church around the holidays gleefully ringing in Christmas carols and other familiar tunes. But as the Belles and a Beau – an Auburn ...

Imagine ringing one bell that’s as round as a metal trash can and another that’s as small as a thimble. Add 78 bells of different sizes to fill that seven-octave stretch. How would they sound? “In ...

MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. -- After lightning struck the bell tower at Messiah Lutheran Church and burned the building to the ground here in 1998, the congregation had to make a sound decision. Finances ...

A late friend's memory rings on at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Rochester. On March 16-17, the church's 12-member handbell choir premiered a musical piece written for the choir in memory of former ...

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 ...

NEWFANE -- The Newfane Church Handbell Choir is seeking new members. Organized in 1989, the choir performs regularly at the church and at various community events throughout the year playing a variety ...