Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 14—OTHELLO — It's difficult enough for a director to keep musicians in line when they're all playing at the same time. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christmas may be more than a month away, but at United Methodist Temple in Beckley, bells are already ringing in harmony. Seven church handbell choirs from across West Virginia gathered at The Place, ...

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, ...

The Peace Lutheran Church handbell choir started in 1982 when two families in the church tragically lost two young men, and donated English handbells to the church as a memorial. From there, Choir ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- There is nothing like the sound of a handbell choir, especially at this time of year. CBS 2's Kate Sullivan introduces us to one of Chicago's finest handbell choirs: Chicago Bronze. It ...

LANCASTER - The coronavirus has been hard on musicians and performers, with few outlets for their creativity and significant risk in doing things like getting together and singing. Necessity is the ...

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, ...