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...
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...
Young handbell musicians gather for the Guild’s first event for college-age ringers For the last 18 years, Distinctly Bronze has remained Handbell Musicians of America’s premier event for serious and advanced handbell musicians. It continues to attract longtime...
Creation of the National Honors Handbell Ensemble by Neesa Hart Many big ideas start out as a sketch on the back of a scrap of paper. The big idea that became The 2016 National Honors Handbell Ensemble started on a Sonic receipt. Phillip Lanier, the musical director...
Musicians from three ensembles perform Christmas extravaganza by Colin Walker It all started innocently enough. Ron Mallory, director of Rainier Ringers, Jennifer Vangolen, president of Bells of the Sound, and Colin Walker, managing director of Emerald City Ringers,...
