Honorary Life Award

Honorary Life Award

New Honorary Life Members Named by P.L Grove We are pleased to announce the addition of two new Honorary Life members this year at National Seminar in Anaheim, California. These dedicated individuals have devoted many years of their lives to growing and improving the...
The Original Tempo Setter

The Original Tempo Setter

A visit with Guild historian Joan Shull by John Behnke Joan Shull served as historian of AGEHR, now Handbell Musicians of America. In that position, she took on a long-time project creating the Tempo Setters videotapes, a series of interviews with many of the...
Distinctly New Experience

Distinctly New Experience

A first-timer’s perspective on Distinctly Bronze by Krystle Hara reprinted from Area 12’s Twelfth Tone Distinctly Bronze remains the Guild’s premier performance event for advanced ringers, attracting musicians who have regularly attended the event since its...
Dreams and Success

Dreams and Success

In June of 2015, Queen City Bronze, a Cincinnati community ensemble, presented a workshop on music and handbells for the Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired as part of the center’s Discovery Camp of Dreams and Success. This summer program for youth...
Bringing Music to Those Who Can’t Hear It

Bringing Music to Those Who Can’t Hear It

by Alex Gartner In November 2015, Epiphany United Methodist Church, a suburban church outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, began a partnership with Ohio Valley Voices, a regional school for the severely hearing impaired, to bring formal musical instruction to their...