Take 12 guys from the freshman football team, put them in a room with 37 handbells and a teacher, add a crash course in reading music and before you know it, they’re making beautiful music. It’s a ...

There’s a good chance you’ve seen those handbell players at church around the holidays gleefully ringing in Christmas carols and other familiar tunes. But as the Belles and a Beau – an Auburn ...

Christmas may be more than a month away, but at United Methodist Temple in Beckley, bells are already ringing in harmony. Seven church handbell choirs from across West Virginia gathered at The Place, ...

Handbell ringing in the US has become more popular over the past 50 years. A Handbell Musicians of America predecessor had fewer than 50 members in 1955; in 2012 HMA has roughly 7,000 registered ...

Beautiful sounds of ringing bells fill the venue as musicians ring, pluck, swing, strike and rotate a set of shiny handbells. It looks like a simple enough task, however, don’t be fooled. Often taking ...

This rehearsal by Long Island reSound, a community handbell ensemble with another group in Rocky Point, included arrangements ...

COLD SPRING — Once a week, in the basement of St. Boniface Church in Cold Spring, you can hear the clattering of bells and chimes, as the Handbell Choir rehearses for Mass and concerts. You can also ...

MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. -- After lightning struck the bell tower at Messiah Lutheran Church and burned the building to the ground here in 1998, the congregation had to make a sound decision. Finances ...

Handbells played by hearing-impaired students have been around since the early 1980s. The handbells allow students the opportunity to play and listen to music through vibrations. Several of the most ...

Mindi Vetter, 16, left, and Sarah Tupper, 16, of the Spokane Valley Adventist School Handbell Choir perform their solo, "Jubilation" during Ringspiration 2005 at the Cathedral of St. John the ...

NEWFANE -- The Newfane Church Handbell Choir is seeking new members. Organized in 1989, the choir performs regularly at the church and at various community events throughout the year playing a variety ...