Processional on “Hallelujah”

Processionals are relatively easy to play and perform: there are only four measures of music to memorize. This one uses elements from Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and so is especially useful during festive occasions. Choir members enter individually, beginning...
Farewell to Valerie Stephenson

Farewell to Valerie Stephenson

The handbell community has lost an icon and good friend with the passing of HMA Honorary Life Member, composer, clinician, educator, and author Valerie Stephenson. Valerie’s introduction to handbells came when she discovered a set of bells in her school storage closet...

How We Learn

Re-thinking Learning Practices by Kathleen Wissinger Kathleen Wissinger is all about the bells…and bell people! Known for her creative teaching style, clear directing, and engaging compositions, she has led scores of events across the US and in Canada and Japan. She...