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...
Reflecting on a Special National Seminar Concert by Hillary Marotta Hillary Marotta has played handbells for over 30 years. She studied both ringing and conducting under Dr. William A. Payn and looks forward to directing a choir of her own. Her most recent book,...
Blended! The RingNYC bridges the gap between old and new. by Laurel Cleary Laurel Cleary began playing handbells in 2002 in Gig Harbor, Washington. She’s rung with choirs up and down the West Coast and now rings with a community group in the San Francisco East Bay...
