First United Methodist Church’s Handbell Choir is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a concert, free to the public, on Saturday. The choir performs during services, bell choir festivals and ...

Whether played in church or outside church, handbell music is beautiful. People will have an opportunity to hear the four handbell choirs from Midland's First United Methodist Church perform on ...

The Viroqua Community Bell Choir has been sharing their talents and music with the community since it was organized in the spring of 1986. The choir, which is made up of 11 ringers, is gearing up to ...

Twelve years ago, Bill Alexander walked into the practice room of the bell ringers at United Methodist Church without a clue about how to direct a bell choir. Sure, he taught music at Marshall School, ...

From left, Abbie Vavrik, Bekah Goebel, Noelle Taylor and Makenna Gray, members of the bell choir at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Champaign, rehearse Wednesday evening at the church ahead of their ...

The Bells of Christmastide returned from a two-year hiatus Sunday to ring in the new year. The faith-based concert brings together handbell choirs from four area churches to perform Christmas music as ...

Friends of Tabatha Romaker, the president of the L.D. Bell High School choir who died after a car crash in March, wanted to remember her with special words and music. During its spring concert last ...

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 ...

SIOUX CITY -- Eleanor Tasker got a big surprise on Sunday. Tasker, 93, is the founder, longtime director and tireless promoter of the Twelfth Night Handbell Festival, an annual performance by several ...

Beautiful sounds of ringing bells fill the venue as musicians ring, pluck, swing, strike and rotate a set of shiny handbells. It looks like a simple enough task, however, don’t be fooled. Often taking ...