Serving Two Churches

by Nancy Youngman Nancy Youngman has been a handbell choir director since 1984, serving two churches since 1991. She is the founder/artistic director of Bell-issimo, Lincoln Nebraska’s auditioned Community Handbell Choir. Nancy has degrees in Instrumental Music and...

Programming Music for Youth and Adult Church Choirs

by Lisa Arnold Beth Ann Edwards serves as Director of Arts at Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines, Iowa, where she assists with arts programming and directs handbell choirs. Beth Ann holds a Master of Church Music degree with Handbell Emphasis, a Bachelor of...

In Search Of

Gathering Resources for Handbells in Worships by Beth Ann Edwards Beth Ann Edwards serves as Director of Arts at Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines, Iowa, where she assists with arts programming and directs handbell choirs. Beth Ann holds a Master of Church...

Best Practices: Trial and Error

by Beth Ann Edwards Beth Ann Edwards serves as Director of Arts at Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines, Iowa, where she assists with arts programming and directs handbell choirs. Beth Ann holds a Master of Church Music degree with Handbell Emphasis, a...

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

As this edition of Overtones is delivered to you, I will start my third job directing handbells in a different church. As I packed and purged, shared and schlepped, I wondered about the careers of church handbell directors and other church musicians. by Beth Ann...