All the Difference

Part 2: Differentiation through handbell solos and small ensembles by Karla Hulne True differentiation means understanding your ringers current levels and challenging them to learn and achieve new skills. Every semester, I encourage students in each of my ensembles to...

Teaching Music Reading to Beginning Handbell Musicians

An effective, efficient and fun (but “colorless”) approach by Dian Ruder Much has been written about teaching beginners to read by non-traditional notation. I have tried and used several of these methods myself at times. Some are very simple, others very elaborate;...