Tips & Tools
Accompanying Singing Using Rung Chords
I worked this little piece up as an assignment for the Music Educator Certification through HMA, (Marilyn Lake, instructor.) This may be performed 3 different ways with bells or chimes using 1) chord families, 2) chords on a chart or 3) reading notation (see score).
I worked this little piece up as an assignment for the Music Educator Certification through HMA, (Marilyn Lake, instructor.) This may be performed 3 different ways with bells or chimes using 1) chord families, 2) chords on a chart or 3) reading notation (see score).
Feature
An Orchestra of Bells
Musicians from three ensembles perform Christmas extravaganza
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, met one Monday morning early in the summer of 2014 to unload a truck of equipment after a successful Area 10 conference.
Handbells in Worship
A Fresh Take
Teen choir combines handbells, youth, and a praise team
Once upon a time there was a youth pastor and a music director. They wanted to bring together the teen handbell choir and the church’s contemporary praise team—but how should they do it? They both started looking for ideas. They did find a few pieces of contemporary music that could be played on bells (a [...]
Handbells in Education
How Music Works – Part 3
Part 3: Finding Your Way, with Savvy
This is the third in a series of articles about the inner workings of music theory. It’s the first rehearsal of the season and your bell notebook is full of new pieces. Your director says, “OK, let’s start rehearsal with…”
Community Connections
Paying it Forward
Community ensembles use festival to place handchimes in Boston schools
In the Boston area, handbell musicians and fans reserve the third Tuesday in May for the annual Boston Handbell Festival. Why this day? For twenty-five years, the Perkins Handbell Festival, run by Adele Trytko, brought local handbell musicians together on this date to celebrate the transformative nature of our instrument.
Board Messages
The Story of Sonos
During the past year, several of our members have shared stories of how the Guild has impacted their ringing life and, in some cases, personal life and even career. I think it’s safe to say that Handbell Musicians of America has also had a great impact on the creation of many of the wonderful community [...]
During the past year, several of our members have shared stories of how the Guild has impacted their ringing life and, in some cases, personal life and even career. I think it’s safe to say that Handbell Musicians of America has also had a great impact on the creation of many of the wonderful community [...]
Membership Matters
Taking Advantage of Your Membership
Here we are at the start of another new year, full of possibilities. I have a suggestion for a New Year’s resolution that does not involve food, exercise, or money. It is a suggestion to make a resolution to take full advantage of your membership in Handbell Musicians of America.
Here we are at the start of another new year, full of possibilities. I have a suggestion for a New Year’s resolution that does not involve food, exercise, or money. It is a suggestion to make a resolution to take full advantage of your membership in Handbell Musicians of America.
Executive Notes
Looking Ahead
At the beginning of each new year, it is a tradition for many to set resolutions and new goals for the coming year. Similarly, our national board creates new Ends (goals) for this organization each year. As executive director, it is up to me to work with staff, volunteers, contractors, vendors, and other resources to [...]
At the beginning of each new year, it is a tradition for many to set resolutions and new goals for the coming year. Similarly, our national board creates new Ends (goals) for this organization each year. As executive director, it is up to me to work with staff, volunteers, contractors, vendors, and other resources to [...]
From the President's Pen
Customer Service
My neighbor recently retired from his administrative leadership role at the local, yet nationally-owned, hospital. He served the hospital for over thirty years, even taking on the position of interim president on two occasions.
My neighbor recently retired from his administrative leadership role at the local, yet nationally-owned, hospital. He served the hospital for over thirty years, even taking on the position of interim president on two occasions.
Chiming In
It’s Your Magazine
This is Overtones. It is your magazine. Every other month, it is filled, we hope, with articles that give you an idea how other people do things, some of the special projects and events they have created to make differences in the art and in other people’s lives, and a look at the constantly evolving [...]
This is Overtones. It is your magazine. Every other month, it is filled, we hope, with articles that give you an idea how other people do things, some of the special projects and events they have created to make differences in the art and in other people’s lives, and a look at the constantly evolving [...]
