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This classical piece uses Ring, TD, and mallet techniques to highlight the various tempo changes throughout the piece. When all four ringers are malleting, it is as though eight mallets are dancing on the table! The tempo and key changes make this a challenging selection.

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Handbells Quartet

Written for piano in 1877, the title came from a performance suggestion made by the composer to "play both hands turned sideways, so that the movement of the hands imitates a chopping motion." This version takes you on a fun musical journey where the melody is played in both high and low bells, in a minor key, with mallets, and with a fun, surprise ending. It’s sure to delight listeners and ringers alike.

Fun With Chopsticks

The setting of the familiar carol uses Singing Bells and suspended mallets at the beginning to accentuate the silence of a starry night. In the middle, the melodic line is transferred from the bass ringer to the top ringer, with the other ringers using a 4-in-hand technique to play the accompaniment. The piece concludes like an echo that is fading, with suspended mallets to end the piece.

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

This piece is performed entirely with mallets with a few martellato lifts in the middle to create contrast and bring excitement to the piece. This is a challenging arrangement due to the tempo and key changes which emphasize the dexterity of ringing.

The Entertainer

This is a very cheerful arrangement of the familiar Christmas song. The audience will enjoy an extraordinary Christmas experience through this fast, vibrant, and vivid piece. The key element to moving this piece forward in a dance-like manner is the syncopated rhythm. The RT technique is particularly effective to emphasize the contrast between a rung sound and a stopped sound.

Jingle Bell Calypso

Handbells Quartet w/ opt. D7

In this arrangement of the traditional Neapolitan song, Ringers 1 and 2 use two simultaneous techniques (mallet roll and shake) to imitate the sound of a ukulele. After a short transition, the tune is played by Ringer 1 while Ringer 4 utilizes a TD/shake combination, which suggests an echo of a mallet roll. Each ringer has a chance to play the melody using different techniques to show the uniqueness and variations of the piece.

Santa Lucia

This popular Christmas carol is written in 6/8 time which gives a new flavor to the piece. Various contrasting techniques such as TD, LV, RT, vibrato, and martellato along with a subito tempo change engage the performers and provide visual and auditory effects for the audience.

We Three Kings

This well-known, lyrical Christmas carol is also known by the traditional name GREENSLEEVES. For this handbell quartet arrangement, different techniques are incorporated to showcase the musicality of each ringer as all four parts pass the melody and accompaniment between them.

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