CROWN POINT | Harmony Handbells, a nonprofit community handbell choir, is offering classes for children 7 through 14 two Mondays a month, beginning Oct. 21 at Eisenhower Elementary School, 1450 S.

CROWN POINT | Harmony Handbells, a nonprofit community handbell choir, is offering classes for children 7 through 14 two Mondays a month, beginning Oct. 21 at Eisenhower Elementary School, 1450 S.

KEARNEY — Christopher Nabors classifies a handbell concert as a “team sport.” “The trick to playing handbells is to make the sound musical without being athletic,” he said from his home in Dallas. “It ...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Brecksville is pleased to continue its inaugural Concerts@CRLC series, inspired by Martin Luther’s words: “Next to the Word of God, music ...

During the 10th century, those who rang bells in the church tower practiced their skills with handbells indoors. Centuries later, handbell music remains popular. At the First Church of Christ earlier ...

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 ...

FORT BRANCH, Ind. (AP) - Derek Barton can’t remember a time where music wasn’t in his life. Barton has directed Fort Branch Community School’s English handbell choir, the Bells of Harmony, for more ...

Perhaps Edgar Allan Poe best captured the sonorous nature of bells in his poem “The Bells.” In the poem, Poe explored and elaborated on the different characteristics bells have and the sounds they ...