This selection, written for the Bay View Week of Handbells, will push ringers' expressiveness and musicality to their limits. Soaring melodies and undulating accompaniment figures abound, giving the piece a
If you've ever had the opportunity to see the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, then you know of the sheer magnitude and stunning beauty of this phenomenon. This original work, one of the Bay View Week
This original work, part of the Bay View Week of Handbells Series, combines "bulwark," a fortifying wall, with "arcana," mysterious, ancient truths not fully understood. In this piece, the strong and
Show your audience the true power of advanced handbell ringing in this opus that combines intense technicality with deep emotion. Driving rhythms and soaring melodies carry us on a journey depicting a soul
An original piece for the advanced handbell ensemble, this rhythmic tour de force evokes both a Latin dance and a violent storm. While inspired by the sounds of Latin dance music, it defies any regular form
This is a tour de force of high-energy, rhythmically intense, dynamically stunning concert music. Using the flavors of Irish reels and jigs, Michael Glasgow gives us something reminiscent of
Composed during the summer of 2013 for the Rooke Chapel Ringers of Bucknell University, this original work features a wide variety of ringing techniques and tempi, lush harmonies, and pulsating rhythms.
O Leave Your Sheep is an old French carol sometimes called Quittez, Pasteurs. The carol text reflects the shepherds' visitation by the angels as told in Luke 2:8-16, and the
Named after the French ballet term meaning "dance for two," this piece was conceived as a duet between bells and violin. This sublime original composition is at once flowing and rhythmic, with opportunities
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A setting of Handel’s Suite No. 7 in G minor, this handbell transcription is well crafted and a sheer delight to hear. Passacaille, the French term noted by Handel in the original score, is
Starting with a small and simple idea, this virtuosic work evolves into an intense toccata using a fiery malleted line with flying arpeggiated chimes. Changing time signatures and asymmetrical meter create
This popular blues piece was first published in 1914 and has been performed by an impressive list of artists through the decades. Arranged for band by Jerry Gray in 1948, it was first played during the big
Inspiring, stately, dignified yet playful, intensely rhythmic with flourish and pizzazz – these are all ways to describe this high-level work. Painting the fiery picture of the Pentecost story,
This creative arrangement includes the carols O Come, O Come Emmanuel; Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence and On Jordan's Bank used in interesting ways throughout. An energetic passage of