Music and entertainment have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. From the time when I was still in school and I played Christopher Columbus and received “fan mail” from an elementary school girl, I knew the special feeling of speaking to...
In our various columns over the last year, as well as in E-Notes, on Facebook, and at events, we’ve been telling you that now is a great time to be a member of the Guild. With new member resources in recent years, such as Handbell Musician Certification, MemberNotes,...
Ever since sustaining an injury five years ago, I have had a particular kind of neck pain flare up anytime I would drive a long distance, sit in a side section of a theater where I would have to look to one side for a period of time, or ring handbells. I attributed it...
This is Overtones. It is your magazine. Every other month, it is filled, we hope, with articles that give you an idea how other people do things, some of the special projects and events they have created to make differences in the art and in other people’s lives, and...
Handbell Musicians of America has gone through many changes in the last decade, from the development of a new website and a name change reflecting the Guild’s presence in the current era, to a full-color magazine and a robust online membership system. It’s taken some...