Handbell Choir

Never rung handbells before? We'll teach you! Can't read music? We can help with that, too. We perform roughly once a month at the 8:00am and 10:30am Sunday worship services and in December go "bell caroling" in local nursing homes and retirement villages to spread a little Christmas cheer.

Please join us. It's great fun! LEARN MORE AT WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_choir A handbell choir or handbell ensemble (in the United States) or handbell team (in England) is a group that rings recognizable music with melodies and harmony, as opposed to the mathematical permutations used in change ringing.

The bells used generally include all notes of the chromatic scale within the range of the bell set. While a smaller group uses only 25 bells (two octaves, G4-G6), the sets are often larger, ranging up to an eight-octave set (97 bells, C1-C9). The bells are typically arranged chromatically on foam-covered tables; these tables protect the bronze surface of the bell, as well as keep the bells from rolling when placed on their sides.

Unlike an orchestra or choir in which each musician is responsible for one line of the texture, a bell ensemble acts as one instrument, with each musician responsible for particular notes, sounding his or her assigned bells whenever that note appears in the music.