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      Hot 40 for March 1, 2010 through March 15, 2010
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name:  Holden, Oliver,Dobrinski, Cynthia,HP
Cynthia Dobrinski's rousing setting of the CORONATION tune is three minutes of festivity that would be an excellent opening selection for any concert or worship service.
 
Amazing Grace:  Traditional,Eithun, Sandra,RR
Sandra Eithun's ethereal Level 2 setting of "Amazing Grace" artfully employs the Singing Bell technique.
 
Beach Spring:  Traditional,McChesney, Kevin,JH
Kevin McChesney presents a fairly straight-forward arrangement of this well-known hymn tune, making it useful for just about any moment in worship.
 
Bell Prayer:  Taranto, A. Steven,,CG
As the name suggests, this piece is intended to be a musical prayer. It will serve well as a quiet prelude, a meditative response to prayer, or as any devotional music for worship.
 
Call to Celebration:  Angerman, David,,CG
"A Call to Celebration" is a festive, original composition filled with energy.
 
Celebrate With Joy:  Dobrinski, Cynthia,,HP
Written in memory and celebration of the life a 12 year old, Cynthia Dobrinski's original composition with its jaunty theme and interspersed lyrical lines captures a joyfully celebratory and mildly contemporary mood, which will be welcomed by both youth and adult choirs alike.
 
Christ the Lord is Risen Today:  ,Dobrinski, C.,HP
Combine forces of bells, organ, brass, trumpet, timpani, congregation with soprano descant. Bell part is generally easy. Brass ensemble consists of 2 trumpets and 2 trombones.
 
Come Thou Almighty King:  Traditional Italian Hymn,McChesney, Kevin,HP
Brimming with energy created by a driving, percussive malleted bass line, this festive new hymn setting from Kevin McChesney is for 3-5 octaves.
 
Everyone Sing to the King:  Lantz, David,,BE
15 handbells, ranging from E flat 4 to B flat 6,accompany the majority of this SATB choir anthem. The lyrics detail Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
 
Exultate:  Bauder, Josh,,AG
This spirited original work pulses with energy created by syncopated rhythms and techniques scored for precise emphasis. Most of the work is written in 6/8, but notation is given that it may be felt in 3/4 as well.
 
Gift of Grace, The:  Amazing Grace,Sherman, A.,HP
Performance options for this arrangement based on "Amazing Grace" include optional 3,4, or 5 octaves of handchimes, optional solo C instrument or optional C instrument duet (C instrument score provided in the back of the folio). The combination of the various instruments makes for "graceful" timbres and colors of expressiveness.
 
Hear the Bells Ringing Christ Is Risen:  Various,Wagner, Douglas E.,LC
The excitement never ends in this blended arrangement that pairs a favorite contemporary Christian song for the Easter season with a tune that suggests the hymn "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today."
 
He Leadeth Me:  Bradbury, William,McChesney, Kevin,RW
William Bradbury wrote the original hymn, Lorie Line created a beautiful setting for keyboard and cello, and now Kevin McChesney has transcribed this setting for handbells.
 
How Can I Keep From Singing:  Lowry, Robert,Sherman, Arnold B.,RR
Truly a unique work, this piece features Robert Lowry's rhythmic hymn tune supported in part by a "singing bell" technique, which uses round sticks rubbed around the outer rim of the bell, for a truly ethereal sound. Full instructions for this technique plus a biography on Robert Lowry and the full lyrics for the hymn are included.
 
How Firm a Foundation:  ,Eithun, S.,CG
This title is based on the Early American tune "Foundation". Good use of stopped techniques help create a lively arrangement.
 
How Majestic Is Your Name:  Smith, Michael W.,Hakes, Derek,LC
A musical and visual celebration of God's great love, this fun-filled setting utilizes mallets and mallet clicks as well as ring touches, martellatos, and echos. Ringers are sure to love this one!
 
I Am Thine O Lord:  Doane, William H.,Geschke, Susan E.,CG
This heartfelt arrangement of the beloved hymn will be a meaningful addition to worship services, concerts and festivals.
 
I Heard the Voice of Jesus:  English Melody,Bonar, Horatius & Schulz-Widmar, Russell,HP
Here is a mesmerizing, much-loved English folk melody, KINGSFOLD, set to a Scottish poem which speaks of the words of Jesus.
 
I'm Just a Poor Wayfaring Stranger:  ,Morris, H.,RR
An immediate mood is set as this somber spiritual begins with wind chime and random ringing. The saxophone enters on the melody plaintively and ad libbing.
 
In Christ Alone:  Townsend, Stuart & Getty, Keith,Eithun, Sandra,HP
Stuart Townend and Keith Getty's powerful new praise and worship song has been set for 3-5 octaves of handbells with optional handchimes.
 
In Remembrance:  Red, Buryl and Courtney, Ragan,Ingram, Bill,RO
Perhaps no song over the past 35 years has been more useful in communion than Buryl Red's "In Remembrance", and Bill Ingram's arrangement captures the simplicity and beauty of this wonderful song.
 
I've Got the Joy (Down in My Heart):  Traditional,Stephenson, Valerie W.,CG
Bursting with joy, this arrangement of the familiar song is malleted throughout.
 
Jerusalem My Happy Home:  American Hymn Tune,Moklebust, Cathy,CG
Based on the early American tune LAND OF REST, this lively and varied arrangement features optional parts for flute, cello, congas or djembe, bongos, chime tree, shaker or maracas, suspended cymbal, and claves.
 
Jesus Loves Me:  Bradbury, William,Glasgow, Michael J.,RR
Michael Glasgow brings a lush and beautifully elegant treatment to “Jesus Loves Me.” This unique setting is introspective, reflective and prayerful. 2-3 octave and 3-6 octave versions of the arrangement are provided in the same score, and may be played either separately or together, with optional piano or chamber orchestra.
 
Jesus Shall Reign:  Hatton, John,Dobrinski, Cynthia,CG
This joyful rendition of the DUKE STREET tune employs a careful and judicious use of full chords, shakes, martellatos, echoes, thumb damps, and swings, plus a martellato lift, brush damp, and ring touch.
 
Just a Closer Walk With Thee:  Traditional Gospel,Greer, Bruce ,RW
A New Orleans-style arrangement of the favorite gospel hymn for Bb clarinet and handbells, this “old-time” handbell favorite has been arranged for three octaves only or three to five octaves! You'll need a good clarinetist as the clarinet part is tricky (think Rhapsody in Blue) and NOT optional.
 
King of Glory:  Israeli Folk Song,Page, Anna Laura,CG
"The King of Glory" is an exciting, energetic piece based on a traditional Israeli folk melody.
 
Kum Ba Yah:  Traditional Spiritual,Krug, Jason W.,LC
This is "Kum Ba Yah" like you've never heard it before: rhythmically driven with a bright, happy, and energized feel.
 
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence:  Traditional,Turner, Julie,JH
This ethereal setting of the Advent hymn PICARDY begins and ends with the popular Singing Bell Technique.
 
Let Joyful Alleluias Ring:  Various,Ryan, Michael,LC
Four majestic seasonal hymn tunes (Vruechten, Llanfair, Hymn to Joy, and Easter Hymn) crown this superb outburst of joy and praise.
 
Lord Is My Shepherd:  Moklebust, Cathy,,CG
This lyrical, peaceful, original composition for handbells and optional violin solo directly reflects the text of the twenty-third Psalm.
 
Lord of the Dance:  Carter, S.,McChesney, K.,HP
Excitement and suspense are immediately generated as this arrangement of an adaptation by Sydney Carter begins with mallet rolls on C's in octaves. This pedal point continues under a fanfarish opener which leads into the next section marked "with driving rhythm." In this section melody is doubled in the treble above the "driving accompaniment. However, later on the middle range of bells carries the melody to a sudden change of accompaniment - half-note chords. The end sections are big and full with 16th-note rhythms and staccatos abound.
 
Love Divine All Loves Excelling:  Zundel, John,Raney, Joel & Sherman, Arnold,HP
This elegant Joel Raney/Arnold Sherman arrangement combines the familiar hymn tunes BEECHER and HYFRYDOL in a stunning ballad for 3-5 octaves.
 
On Eagle's Wings:  Joncas, Michael,Ryan, Michael,LC
This highly popular title is sung and played in worship by countless congregations worldwide, and now it is available in a 2–3 octave setting.
 
Passion Prophecy:  Moklebust, Cathy,,CG
This dramatic original work is a musical interpretation of the text from Isaiah 53:4-5, “Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.”
 
Power of the Cross:  Getty, Keith & Townsend, Stuart,Bettcher, Peggy,HP
This arrangement for 2 to 3 or 3-5 octaves of handbells truly enhances the meditative text of the hymn and draws listeners into worship, with an introduction and conclusion built around "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross".
 
Praise for the Morning:  Various,Akers, Michael E.,LC
This lovely piece combines the hymns "Holy Holy Holy", "Morning Has Broken", and "Jesus Shall Reign". With no subdivision of the beat or bell/chime changes required, ringers at any level of proficiency will have no problem quickly preparing this solid medley of tunes associated with three "morning" hymns.
 
Rock-a My Soul:  Spiritual,Stephenson, Valerie W.,CG
If your ringers love to mallet, this all-malleted piece is for you. The spirited chromatic melody and boogie-woogie bass lines will challenge ringers, and the work is also visually enjoyable with the addition of “mallet clicks” in the accompaniment parts.
 
Spirit Song:  Wimber, John,Wagner, Douglas E.,LC
The text and tune of this well-known praise song from the late 1970s gently carries the worshiper to a safe place of rest and peace, where the all-embracing love of God satisfies every need.
 
Via Dolorosa:  Traditional,Wood, Dale & Wagner, Douglas E.,LC
Based on his original organ work of the same name, Dale Wood's ardent interpretation of C. G. Liander's introspective tune enjoys a natural transition to the bell idiom.
 
What Wondrous Love Is This:  Traditional,Geschke, Susan,CG
Published in two compatible editions, this tender setting of the beloved Appalachian folk song may be rung by either handbells or handchimes.
 
You Raise Me Up:  Lovland, Rolf and Graham, Brendan,Eithun, Sandra,AP
This inspirational setting of the hit song made popular by Josh Groban is here arranged for the first time for handbells.
 
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