TEWKSBURY — It started when his parents put him in the handbell-ringing choir at his church in Newton. “They needed to have something for this crazy teenager to get involved in,” Edward Henderson Jr.

On Sunday, May 6, Music Around the County will showcase the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble at 4 PM at Trinity Methodist Church in Pennsville, NJ in a performance entitled, "Theme Songs to Ring By". The ...

Handbells have been around for centuries. Originally invented for church bell tower players to practice their songs, they took on a life of their own in handbell ensembles, where groups of musicians ...

The Beatles’ “Help!” isn’t the first song you’d expect a bell choir to play, nor is a medley from “Star Wars.” But Long Island reSound is broadening the repertoire of handbell music. The community ...

With a flick of a handbell ringer's wrist, an ethereal tinkling floats forth. The heavenly sound produced by a handbell choir is apt to usher in a hushed reverence among listeners, whether they sit in ...

The seven women stood behind a long table. Their shiny brass handbells were arranged in front of them, smallest to largest in size, highest to deepest in notes. Cathy Miles stepped to the music stand, ...

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

This year the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble marks 25 years of ringing. A big part of the ensemble's mission is to share the art of handbell ringing and the beauty of handbell music with audiences of ...

Members of Bronze Unlimited perform a song on handbells. Music To Free is a nonprofit organization that brings handbell programs to low- and fixed-income senior living centers, veteran rehabilitation ...

DULUTH — Bill Alexander, founder and longtime leader of the acclaimed handbell ensemble Strikepoint, died early Monday morning at age 70. The cause was cancer, according to a CaringBridge page ...

Handbells dating from the 1800s have been restored and are ready to ring in a new era. Now the instruments have been newly refurbished, thanks to the work of Suzanne Rands and the Coastal Handbells, a ...

The work of a Dunblane woman who helped to establish the renowned Dunblane Handbells Ensembles group more than 40 years ago has received a ringing Royal endorsement in the New Year Honours. Elizabeth ...