by J.R. Smith The international handbell community has lost a great leader recently with the passing of Sun-Joo Shin, of Japan, a founding member of the Handbell Ringers of Japan and co-founder of the International Handbell Symposium and International Handbell...
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Her life and career as a virtuosic organist led her to become a prolific composer of handbell music by J.R. Smith To see videos of various ensembles playing the many handbell works of Cynthia Dobrinski, GO HERE. Anyone who has regularly played handbells for almost any...
Say handbells, and people think church. People think Christmas. And when we aren’t ringing in church or as Christmas entertainment, handbell ringers attend handbell weekend workshops and festivals. There we spend days ringing with and for ourselves. The repertoire...
Reaching Out to Those Not in the “Cult” by Sharon Guilliams Sharon Guilliams has been ringing for right around 40 years. A retired engineer, she is the artistic director of the South County Community Handbell Choirs in San Clemente, California. She is the...
