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The Raleigh Ringers is a concert handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. [1] The Raleigh Ringers perform interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music, including rock 'n' roll tunes, arranged for handbells. The Raleigh Ringers has performed in 39 states and the District of Columbia, in several cities in France and England, and ...
A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle – traditionally made of leather, but often now made of plastic – and moves the arm to make the hinged clapper strike the inside of the bell.
Wagner has a Masters of Music degree in organ performance from the University of Akron and a Bachelor of Music Education from Cedarville University. He is the Director of Music for the First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, and he is the founder and director of the Renaissance Ringers, a professional community handbell ensemble in ...
The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir is the internationally acclaimed community handbell choir from Fort Worth, TX. [1] Founded in 1964 to be a part of the annual Christmas play-pageant The Littlest Wiseman, the choir has evolved into a musical organization.
Handchimes were originally intended to be used as a training tool for prospective handbell ringers. They are cheaper, easier, lighter and more resilient than handbells, making them more accessible for school groups, church youth choirs and senior citizens' groups. [4] Handchimes are also frequently rung in conjunction with handbells.
The group is a double handbell choir, performing with 27 to 35 ringers on two sets of Malmark handbells (one seven-octave set and one 6½ octave set) and two sets of Malmark handchimes (six octaves each). The octave two bells are Malmark aluminums. Each part is usually doubled (played by two ringers on separate sets), except octave two.
Cynthia Dobrinski (1950 – October 12, 2021) [1] was an American composer and arranger of handbell music. [2] [3]She has more than 175 works in print. She also worked as an instructor [4] and conducted about 350 handbell workshops and festivals internationally.
Here 1 is the highest-pitched, and 6 is the lowest. Instead, a system of change ringing evolved, particularly in the early seventeenth century, which centres on mathematical permutations. The ringers begin with rounds, which is simply ringing down the scale in numerical order.