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This original composition is flexible for use in church, school and festival settings. Thumb damps, LVs, shakes, martellatos and martellato lifts will both add appeal to the piece and keep ringers eng...

The upbeat and rhythmic African flavor of this original composition will delight both ringers and listeners. The percussion instruments needed are djembe, 2 smaller African drums, shekere, and an Afri...

Published in two compatible editions, this tender setting of the beloved Appalachian folk song may be played by either handbells or handchimes. With minimal bell changes and easy techniques such as sh...

In a flowing, contemplative style, Lorie Line's music is heartfelt and moving. Based on the familiar text "May the road rise to meet you," this setting is played using bells and piano. The optional so...

This arrangement includes five Easter carols, varied in style and connected by carillon patterns. It is written for one handbell and one handchime choir, but two handbell choirs, or one handbell choir...

This gently flowing music is based on one of Bach's most beautiful, haunting tunes. It is often heard as a choral anthem or a vocal or organ solo. With the constant ringing of solid chords building to...

A 15th century English tune is arranged here with a dance-like, renaissance flavor. With minimal bell changes and simple rhythms, it is a very accessible arrangement, and may be conducted in three bea...

This versatile arrangement of a well-loved hymn can serve as a congregational hymn accompaniment, and ensemble piece for bells and organ, or for bells alone. Careful attention is paid to text painting...

Based on an Argentinian folk song, this arrangement includes several repetitions of the short tune with variations in harmony and articulations. It is intended to set a mood of prayer and quiet praise...

Berceuse, translated cradle song or lullaby, is a transcription of a composition by Fauré originally written for piano. Its lyrical melodies are gentle and provide a nice contrast to the flowing sixte...

In a flowing, contemplative style, Lorie Line's music is heartfelt and moving. Based on the familiar text ""May the road rise to meet you,"" this setting is played using bells and piano. The optional ...

Also known by the title "Good King Wenceslas," this short and very easy Christmas arrangement uses no accidentals and no special techniques other than LV. Both treble and bass bells have the opportuni...

Based on a piano composition, this transcription also sounds lovely played on handbells. Lyrical music and a beautiful melody combine to make this a memorable piece. Voicing: 3, 4, or 4 octave handbe...

The familiar opening of Vivaldi's "Gloria" comes to life in this energetic arrangement for handbells and organ. Careful organ registration will help to achieve a good balance so that the bells can be ...

The melody of this old familiar hymn is presented in three different ways with flowing accompaniment; in a slower meditative mode, and in a full stately manner. Voicing: 3, 4 or 5 octaves handbells w...

Ethereal and delicate, this is a very easy setting of the 17th century French tune, Adoro Te Devote. Options are suggested for random ringing (with or without mallets) and the use of handchimes, if de...

Published in two compatible editions, this original composition is an excellent choice for massed ringing events. It offers options for malleting and the use of 2 octaves of handchimes. Written in 3/4...

Based on the "Southern Harmony" tune "Jefferson", this Advent arrangement creates a quiet but energetic feeling. Techniques include pluck, thumb damp or mallets, and martellato. This new edition for H...

Bursting with joy, this arrangement of the familiar song is malleted throughout. In addition to malleting the bells, the piece includes indications for ringers to click their own mallets together and ...

Inspired by the passage in Isaiah 40, this lyrical original piece will be a beautiful addition to any worship service or concert. Only minimal bell changes are required, but the LVs and lush harmonies...

"Be Still, My Soul" is one of the great hymns of the church. Lorie Line's flowing and expressive setting creates a prayerful atmosphere. This arrangement beautifully combines handbells and piano, alon...

This march, written in 1888, takes its title from the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis - "Always Faithful". The first performance was in the Inaugural Parade for President Benjamin Harri...

This work combines two of the best-known carol melodies associated with its title. It is delightfully simple enough for beginning choirs and also perfect for more advanced choirs to prepare at a momen...

Sandra Eithun offers a second piece written with no bell changes and comprised solely of whole and half notes. "Prelude to Sunrise" is suitable for school or sacred settings and can be rung entirely o...

Published in two compatible editions, this original composition is an excellent choice for massed ringing events. It offers options for malleting and the use of 2 octaves of handchimes. Written in 3/4...

Inspired by passages in John 14, this piece is an excellent choice for moments of meditation ore reflection. Though not rhythmically difficult, the shifting tonal centers provide aural variety and an ...

Based on the themes of nurture and growth, this original composition begins very simply, developing in both richness and complexity throughout. After a very straightforward statement of the melody and...

The well-known Shaker hymn is arranged for double handbell and handchime choir, with the chime part being much easier than the bell part. The first section is gentle and relaxed, and then the hymn tak...

Full chords, forward movement and hemiola rhythms are featured in the opening of this original composition. A softer and slower legato middle section provides contrast, and then the piece builds in mo...

Let bells "sing beautifully!" Ronald Kauffmann's lovely "Bel Canto" combines a beautiful melody with a sustained, arpeggiated accompaniment. The piece moves through two contrasting sections of increa...

This Christmas medley includes five carols (" O Christmas Tree," "What Child Is This," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "Silent Night and Go Tell It on the Mountain") with optional piano and opti...

This Christmas medley includes five carols ("O Christmas Tree," "What Child Is This," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "Silent Night and Go Tell It on the Mountain") with optional piano and optio...

This Christmas medley includes five carols ("O Christmas Tree," "What Child Is This," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "Silent Night and Go Tell It on the Mountain") with optional piano and optio...

Bill Mathis gives us a lovely handbell setting of Debussy's beautiful "Clair de Lune." While the notes are relatively easy, the piece offers great teaching opportunities for playing sensitively and ex...

The purpose of this collection is to offer simple music to young or beginning musicians that will foster success and provide the building blocks to future ringing experiences through repetition, the l...

The purpose of this collection is to offer simple music to young or beginning musicians that will foster success and provide the building blocks to future ringing experiences through repetition, the l...

A joyful fanfare announces the Savior's birth in this delightful setting of the French tune IL EST NE. Both ringers and listeners will enjoy the shakes, malleted rhythms, and varied techniques that gi...

Dan Edwards' expressive "How Still We See Thee Lie" combines two favorite Christmas carols, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear." It will be a lovely addition to any Chri...

Cathy Moklebust's "Joy and Hope Abounding" is a joyful, upbeat original composition alternating between 3/4 and 6/8 meters and enhanced by numerous techniques. A "restful" middle section of flowing ei...

Based on a 15th century French processional, Karen Lakey Buckwalter's enchanting yet simple arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" is accessible for any choir. A perfect Advent piece for worship or...

The spirituals "Rise Up Shepherd and Follow" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain" form the basis of this arrangement for the Christmas season. "Rise Up Shepherd" is presented first, in a slower tempo, wit...

"Starry Night" combines familiar Christmas melodies and weaves in the special techniques of singing bell, echo, vibrato and malleted suspended bells. Optional wind chimes add to the ethereal atmospher...

Published in compatible editions for 2-3 and 3-5 octaves, Anna Laura Page's "We Gather Together" will be a great addition to your Thanksgiving celebration. Not only is it fun to ring, but its accessib...

Published in compatible editions for 2-3 and 3-5 octaves, Anna Laura Page's "We Gather Together" will be a great addition to your Thanksgiving celebration. Not only is it fun to ring, but its accessib...

Level 2 (2 or 3 octave edition)/Level 2+ (3, 4, or 5 octave edition) . This uplifting piece is published in two separate, compatible editions. A full score is also available for use when ringing both ...

This jubilant, original piece begins with a processional of four individual, easy-to-memorize lines, entering one after another. The end of the processional then leads into the body of the piece. This...

Kevin McChesney's popular "Joyful Rhythm" is now also available for three, four, or five octave choirs. As the title suggests, this energetic piece is driven by its rhythm. There are no bell changes, ...

This handbell setting of the beloved hymn is based on a piano arrangement by Lorie Line. The combination of a traditional, well-known melody with a fresh harmonic treatment will make this selection a ...

This meditative setting of a seventeenth-century German chorale is appropriate for any time of the year. The arrangement involves key changes but no other bell changes within each section. It is a goo...

The haunting, traditional French tune "Une Jeune Pucelle" is the basis for this delightful setting for bells and percussion. Voicing: 2 or 3 octaves handbells with chime tree (or wind chimes), finge...

This peaceful, original composition was written for one of the composer's graduating youth ringers. It is inspired by the text from Isaiah 30:15 that says: ""In quietness and confidence shall be your ...

Here is a bright setting for the Christmas season that your developing 2-3 octave choir can successfully play with a minimal amount of rehearsal time. Ringers will enjoy shakes, LVs, contrasting dynam...

This upbeat traditional spiritual keeps ringers busy with many techniques, easy eighth notes, and melody in treble and bass. Optional scores for a L1- chime choir, an Orff ensemble, a guitar, and even...

Mallets, martellatos, mart-lifts, and plucks add to the energy and interest of this upbeat original composition. Suggestions are given for adapting the piece to handchimes. This composition will be us...

Developing choirs can bring "Silent Night" into their church and concert repertoire with this full-sounding setting of the familiar carol. With straightforward rhythms and very few bell changes, ringe...

This spirited, original composition fairly bounces along, using a variety of ringing techniques to challenge the ringer and maintain interest for the listener. Voicing: 3 octaves handbells Composer:...

Nothing makes the experience of Holy Communion more compelling than beautiful, prayerful music. This expressive setting's enhancement of the soaring original melody, with sensitive, celestial harmonie...

This transcription of a flute concerto by Antonio Vivaldi features several performance options and interesting interplay between the solo and accompaniment. If possible, use two contrasting instrument...

These two pieces may be sung as a unit or separately. Processional consists of four-measure, easily-memorized phrases, with optional tambourine and finger cymbals. "Bell Chime" alternates a joyful, st...

This exciting arrangement may stand alone as a piece for handbells only, or it may be enhanced with optional organ, brass, timpani, choir and/or congregation. A fanfare introduction leads into a joyou...

This all-malleted piece will be an exuberant addition to your Christmas repertoire. Instructions are provided for the assorted mallet clicks that add visual as well as aural excitement to the work. Th...

The optional brass quintet may substitute for organ, if desired. When both brass and organ are used, suggestions are offered for the brass to tacet during parts of the piece. The setting may be played...

This delightfully entertaining medley of four Christmas carols bears a Latin flavor. Included Carols: "O Little Town of Bethlehem" "O Sleep Now, Holy Baby" "Angels We have heard on High" "Go Tel...

The American hymn tune "Invitation" from "Southern Harmony" is arranged with techniques a-plenty, but no bell changes! Fun, bouncy, and rhythmic, this arrangement uses lots of malleted bass. Voicing:...

This gentle, reflective, easy arrangement of the tune "Beach Spring" for double handbell and handchime choir features very few bell changes, simple rhythms, and LV as the only technique. The tune is g...

Based on the early American tune LAND OF REST, this lively and varied arrangement features themes of joy and happiness that are obvious in the introduction and first stanza, with the use of dancing, s...

Suitable for sacred or secular settings, the gentle melody in this piece attracts ringers and listeners alike. This unique meditation piece set in a minor mode offers excellent practice in legato play...

A beloved Norwegian Christmas carol has been arranged with a cheerful original melody, reminiscent of a music box. The first stanza presents the traditional tune, accompanied by an LV eighth-note patt...

This lovely original composition will find a home in church, school and festival settings. Playable on either handbells or handchimes, ringers and listeners will enjoy the memorable melody and harmoni...

This powerful composition begins with a "trumpet call" of five measures followed by the interweaving of bells and keyboard in a regal, majestic style. At mm. 24-25, an uplifting key change occurs from...

Composed for a children's handbell choir, this arrangement will bring joy to ringers of all ages. The uplifting tune of the Baroque chorale, "In Thee Is Gladness," is further enlivened with a malleted...

This suite of four pieces can be played individually or as a set. The titles included are: Song of Triumph (Fanfare), Song of Prayer (Madrigal), Song of Joy {Dance), and Song of Praise (Finale). The p...

Corinthians 13:13 is the inspiration for this original composition, making it a perfect musical offering for weddings, or any time this scripture passage is used. Written in A-B-A form, the first and ...

Flexibly designed, this piece may be used as a congregational hymn accompaniment with brass quintet, timpani, organ, and mixed chorus, or the vocal and instrumental forces may be omitted and the handb...

A lilting amalgamation of Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (IN DULCI JUBILO) and Here We Come A-wassailing provides the opportunity to use a handbell tree or other solo instrument in combination with h...

This quiet and thoughtful original composition features a serene, haunting melody supported by rich harmonies in the lower bells. The selection requires no bell changes and is an excellent piece for t...

Three of the familiar melodies commonly associated with the text Away in a Manger are incorporated in this warm and tender lullaby. The use of handchimes can provide a lovely color contrast in this at...

Andre Thomas's popular choral work for Christmas is the source for this delightful handbell arrangement. An energetic malleted bass pattern drives the piece through the first and final sections, enhan...

The well-known Shaker hymn is arranged for double handbell and handchime choir, with the chime part being much easier than the bell part. The first section is gentle and relaxed, and then the hymn tak...

He Is Born is a lively arrangement of the traditional eighteenth-century tune "Il Est Ne". This well-known French carol comes from the region of Provence. The dance-like character of this arrangement ...

When We Are Living is an arrangement of the Spanish melody SOMOS DEL SENOR. It's first and last sections feature a simple, malleted Latin beguine rhythm, accompanied by optional claves, maracas, and c...

When We Are Living is an arrangement of the Spanish melody SOMOS DEL SENOR. It's first and last sections feature a simple, malleted Latin beguine rhythm, accompanied by optional claves, maracas, and c...

This exciting arrangement may stand alone as a piece for handbells only, or it may be enhanced with optional organ, brass, timpani, choir and/or congregation. A fanfare introduction leads into a joyou...

"Everlasting Light" is based on two contrasting hymns dealing with light. "Conditor Alme Siderum" is one of the oldest Christian hymns, whose simplicity and rhythmical flow reflect the freedom of spe...

An energetic, rhythmic figure helps drive the easily memorized sequence of this exciting composition. The fanfare-like opening announces the main body of the work, and measures 7-22 are labeled as the...

This energetic arrangement of a traditional Catalonian carol employs percussion and mallet technique to convey the anticipation of the season. Following two statements of the melody in D major, a slow...

Available in two versions, 2 octaves and 3-4 octaves (CGB144), both are written to be compatible in festivals and other combined choir situations. This is a joyous arrangement of a favorite carol. Vo...

This arrangement joins two favorite hymns "Day By Day" and "He Leadeth Me: Oh, Blessed Thought." A variety of orchestrations from a trio section to full choir harmony are used to explore the melodies....

This moving setting of the tune PASSION CHORALE (O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) will add depth and meaning to Lent and Holy Week services. The opening motif is a unifying element in the arrangement and s...

Level 1 arrangements such as this need not be dull. Even though they require a fairly short rehearsal period, they can be rung musically and expressively. Your ringers will not think of these arrangem...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE313, CGE314 and CGE315 An Irish Blessing by Mary Lynn Lightfoot. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources:...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE354 !Alegria! by Jerry Estes. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE354 Two-part $2.35

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE350 and CGE351 Deep River by Victor C. Johnson. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE350 SATB $2.3...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE305 and CGE306 Asante by Dave and Jean Perry. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE305 Three-part ...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE339 Tres Trabalenguas by Mark Burrows. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE339 Two-part $2.35 ...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE338 Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel by Russell Robinson. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE338 Th...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE334, CGE335, and CGE336 Sing to Me by Cynthia Gray. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE334 SSA $...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE353 Gather Love All Around by Greg Gilpin. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE353 Two-part $2.25...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE309 and CGE310 Old Time Religion by Jay Althouse. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE309 SATB $2...

Performance/accompaniment CD for CGE303 Eldorado by Glenda E. Franklin. Includes demo tracks, performance accompaniment tracks, and rehearsal cuts. Additional Resources: CGE303 TB $2.25