ARNOLD SHERMAN, currently living in Tyler, Texas, is a freelance composer and co-founder of Red River Music. His undergraduate work in music education was done at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, and Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Arnold is the founder and Director of the East Texas Handbell Ensemble. A clinician and guest conductor, he has led choral and handbell workshops, festivals, and reading sessions throughout the United States, Canada, England, Japan and the Bahamas. Arnold teaches the Composing for Handbells class each summer at Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin. He has been a recipient of an ASCAP Standard Award every year since 1992. Arnold has numerous choral and handbell pieces in print and is an active member of the AGEHR where he has served as Area IX Chairman.
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