Some ways to help a new ringer feel at home by Katie Melton Katie Melton is a junior at Elon University, with a major in Cinema and Television Arts and a minor in French Studies. She has been ringing handbells for 13 years, starting with children’s choir at Davidson...
To Festival or Not to Festival by Martin Morley Martin Morley has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a pianist, church musician, music therapist, teacher, handbell clinician, and massed ringing conductor. As a pianist, he has performed in twenty-six states and Canada...
Music and the Physics of the Spiritby Alys Lindholm Alys Lindholm has been ringing handbells since childhood, and enjoys noticing how ringing in different acoustical spaces affects the pieces being performed. She babbles about sound wave length to both children and...
Or Church Musicians and Alcoholby Owen BurdickEditor’s Note: This article is reprinted with permission from the The Organist, the journal of the American Guild of Organists, and the author. A longer version originally appeared in a the journal of the Association of...
Handbell Ringing as Spiritual Discipline by Tracy DePue The purpose of Spiritual Disciplines is to provide a toolkit for transformation. As we engage in the spiritual disciplines of prayer, studying scripture, worship, and service, our lives become transformed as our...
