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“Bell Blitz”
June 2016
Always friendly personalized service!
In This Issue Greetings
Preview Option
Servicing, Polishing and
Maintenance of Your Bells
and Chimes
Clinician
International Handbell
Symposium Final Concert
Music Reviews
Handbell Discovery 2016
JuBELLation – a ringing
opportunity for junior
high students in
Edmonton
11245 – 12 Ave NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T6J 6V6
1-800-578-BELL
(780) 437-9096 [email protected]
E-Blitz Greetings to All!
The International Handbell Symposium in Vancouver is almost here! If you are
attending, be sure to stop by JUBILOSO! Bells of Concordia choir to say hi to us.
Handbells etc is also leading a Reading Session as well as Sponsoring Glenda
Pickering’s workshop on “The Use of Handbells and Choir Chimes with Elementary
School” to help support the event. Susan will be spending some time at the Malmark
Booth in the Marketplace!
Handbells etc. continues to work hard to meet your handbell needs and we appreciate
your support. Please let us know how we can be of help to you. Call or email us for
all your handbell needs!
Susan Galloway and Camille Ream
Preview Option
We continue to offer our music preview option. It has helped many of you choose the
most appropriate music for your handbell or choirchime program. Call us with
information about your choir and what kind of music you are looking for and we will
choose some music that we think will suit your needs. We will send music for you to
preview. We request that you return the music as soon as possible so that others may
preview them. When you have made your choices, please call us, fax us, or email us
and we will process your order.
Servicing, Polishing and Maintenance
Now is the time to get your bells and chimes serviced! Bring them to Handbells etc.
now and we will do the polishing and servicing over the summer. We know that you
will be very glad that you did!
Clinician
If you are looking for a clinician for an upcoming workshop or an adjudicator for an upcoming festival, give us a call! We would also be interested in coming to your
rehearsal to work with your choir (fees to be discussed). We have been clinicians in
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and
Colorado.
Web page
www.handbellsetc.ab.ca
Email Us!
The final massed concert for the International Handbell Symposium will be Saturday July 30, 2016 in Vancouver at
2:00 pm. Vancouver Convention Centre East
999 Canada Place #200, Vancouver, BC V6C 3C1
If you have not been to an International Handbell Symposium Final Concert, you must try your very best to attend this one!
It will be amazing!
Join us to witness over 650 handbell musicians performing en mass
under the direction of some of the world’s preeminent conductors from
Japan, the United States, Canada, Korea, Hong Kong, Australasia, and
the United Kingdom.
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Music Reviews Veni Krug 345 octaves opt Choirchimes® Level 3- This piece is perfect for any Advent service or Christmas concert! Krug combines Veni Emmanuel (O Come O Come Emmanuel), Hyfrydol (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus), Gartan (Love Came Down At Christmas) and Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) together. Each piece flows beautifully to the next. Krug includes singing bell technique, flowing LV patterns, suspended bells, and a wide range of dynamics during rehearsal and performance. In the Bleak Midwinter Austin 345 octaves opt Choirchimes® Level 2 This Christmas tune is one of my favourites. Brenda has a fantastic job of arranging this music with the true meaning of the words. It is filled with legato flowing phrases and beautiful dynamics. It plays like a level 2 but sounds like a level 3! If you don’t have an arrangement of In the Bleak Midwinter in your music library, this is the one that you should get!
About Handbells Etc.
Handbells Etc. was
established in Edmonton,
Alberta in February 1994
and serves Handbell
Directors and Ringers across
Canada. We strive to fulfil all
of your handbell needs.
Susan Galloway has served
as clinician for workshops
across Canada and also in
Colorado. Susan has
directed with Edmonton
Public Schools as well as
both community and church
choirs. She is currently
ringing in the auditioned
community choir JUBILOSO!
Bells of Concordia. Susan is
the Western Canada Sales
Representative for Malmark
Handbells and
Choirchimes®.
Camille Ream has served as
clinician for workshops
across Canada and also in
Colorado. She is currently
ringing in the auditioned
community choir JUBILOSO!
She is currently the director
of the handbell program at
First United Church in Fort
Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Cold December Flies Away Arr. Osman 23 octaves Level 3 This Catalonian Carol is definite must for your library if you are thinking that you will be short a ringer at Christmas. It is a level 3 written for 2 or 3 octaves which doesn’t happen very often. It has 16th notes but few bell changes! What Child is This Arr. McChesney 345 octaves Level 2+ Greensleeves is a well known melody at Christmas. McChesney has written a fantastic arrangement with some creative harmonies. The best part is the gentle suspended mallets at the beginning or end! Christmas Angels Arr Tervo 345 octaves Level 2 Looking for a medley of Christmas Carols about the Angels? It truly feels that the angels are announcing the birth of Christ. Included in these arrangement is Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Angels from the Realms of Glory and Angels We Have Heard on High. These are full arrangements and listeners will really enjoy then! Reflections of Peace Arr. Krug 3456 octaves optional Choirchimes® Level 2+ This entire piece is filled with a delicate, peaceful feeling. The flowing accompaniment reminds of the peace being like a river. The final part of the piece includes Dona Nobis. This music will work perfectly during a prayerful part of worship. New Beginnings (Everlasting Praise) Mallory 345 octaves optional Choirchimes® Level 1+ This original composition will work well in any setting – school, church or community choirs. It is one of those pieces when played with dynamic and phrasing, sounds much more difficult that a Level 1 piece. The added techniques make it interesting for both the ringers and listeners.
Count Your Blessings
Linda R Lamb 3-5 octaves with optional Choirchimes® 3 octaves, Percussion Level 2
This Thanksgiving arrangement has wonderful Latin rhythms which are accentuated
by tambourine, shakers, maracas and stopped techniques. Percussion part is
included in the music.
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We are excited to announce that registration is open to Junior High youth for JuBELLation: A Handbell Orchestra, conducted by Debbie Rice.
Starting on Wednesday, September 14, JuBELLation will be held every Wednesday from 5:15pm to 6:00pm. The program will run until April 2017 at Concordia University of Edmonton's campus in the Continuing Education building, room 204 (CE204).
Debbie has been with Concordia University of Edmonton since 2010 as the artistic director of Jubiloso! Bells of Concordia, a community-based ensemble, as well as a sessional instructor for Concordia's School of Music.
Program fees are $275, which includes the binder, gloves and a t-shirt.
For more information contact Debbie at [email protected] or call (780)479-9355. To register, please download the JuBELLation Handbell Orchestra application form and e-mail it to [email protected] or send it to:
JuBELLation c/o School of Music Concordia University of Edmonton 7128 Ada Boulevard Edmonton, AB T5B 4E4
