All Glory Laud and Honor

Cynthia Dobrinski's arrangement of the tune ST. THEODULPH maintains excitement and energy from beginning to end with big chords and a sprinkling of shakes, martellatos, ring touches, swings, thumb damps, martellato lifts, and an echo, as well as a malleted section.

All Glory Laud and Honor

Angels From the Realms of Glory

Rhythmic and exciting, this Kevin McChesney arrangement of "Angels from the Realms of Glory" will become a consistent go-to for your Christmas or Easter worship services.

Angels From the Realms of Glory

Avengers, The

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has delighted moviegoers for more than a decade, and Alan Silvestri's score for the first Avengers team-up movie set a new musical standard for superhero film music. This arrangement for 3-6 octaves uses multiple handbell techniques and optional percussion to capture the adventurous spirit of the original.

Avengers, The

Beautiful River

Sandra Eithun’s beautiful setting of two well-loved hymns is a delight to both hear and play and is approachable for most ensembles. A rich setting of the tune HANSON PLACE gives way to a gentle setting of "Down to the River to Pray".

Beautiful River

Bells Must Ring

"The Bells Must Ring!" is the Winner of the 2021-2022 Handbell Musicians of America Area 3 Adult Handbell Festival Composition Contest. Each version - 3-5 octaves and 2-3 octaves - stands alone as a handbell prelude, but they also are compatible for use in massed ringing or in a bell program with multiple choirs.

Bells Must Ring

Celebration for Bells

English composer Robin Benton has created this delightful, celebratory work for the 20th International Handbell Symposium to be held in Nashville, TN, in 2022. The Symposium theme is "Out of Many, One" – and that theme is honored within this original work. A delightful melody sets the ambiance and is beautifully developed in this joyous piece.

Celebration for Bells

Celebration on Azmon

Opening with a bright, contemporary fanfare, this energetic work presents a popular hymn tune in creative rhythmic, lyric, and chord-based variations.

Celebration on Azmon

Christ Has Arisen Alleluia

Lively and with a joyous sense of celebration, this traditional song from Tanzania will be a divine addition to any Easter celebration. Handbell musicians will enjoy the driving rhythm. Worshippers will be uplifted by the simple, yet beautiful, African melody.

Christ Has Arisen Alleluia

Come Lift Your Hearts on High

Here’s a jaunty setting of the hymn tune MADRID. Set in ¾ time and using techniques such as malleting and LV, this charming setting will serve your choirs well for many seasons to come.

Come Lift Your Hearts on High

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Inspired by the text, "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it," the opening segment in this setting creates a quieter, more contemplative mood. The momentum eventually builds for the following rousing verse, followed by another more thoughtful verse on chimes.

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing

Commissioned by a church in celebration of their 50th anniversary, this arrangement makes use of the tune NETTLETON from John Wyeth's "A Repository of Scared music, 1813." Mallets on tabled bells in bouncy, fanfare rhythms provides the accompaniment for the first section. This is contrasted by a delicate section that incorporates five chimes in the 2-0ctave range on the melody.

Compassion

Challenging rhythms, meter and mood changes characterize this original composition for 3-7 octaves and an optional B flat 1 as well as 2 octaves of handchimes.

Compassion

Day to Rejoice, A

This joyous and beautiful original from the pen of Michael Mazzatenta is rhythmic, full of fun techniques (TD, malleted bells on table, mart, and echo), and features a very nice section where the optional handchimes play the melody.

Day to Rejoice, A

Do Lord

A delicate and gentle introduction gives way to an energetic and upbeat setting of the well-known song, accompanied with malleted and thumb damped bells.

Do Lord

Dona Nobis Pacem

This arrangement of "Dona Nobis Pacem" was the first-prize-winner in an internet arranging contest created by internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and sponsored by Sony Music and Indaba Music in 2009.

Dona Nobis Pacem

Eternal

This emotional original work from the pen of Jason Krug will tug on the heartstrings of ringers and listeners alike. Written in memory of a treasured pet, the piece, while not technically taxing, will nonetheless test the musicality of your ensemble.

Eternal

Fantasy on Restoration

A “cloud of mystery” created by the singing bell technique is soon replaced by music creating a fast-paced mode of excitement with an energized and syncopated melody. The “fantasy” is sure to please listeners and handbell musicians alike.

Fantasy on Restoration

Friend of Mine

This piece was a very popular solo turned community sing-along tune of the 80s, which was popularized by Hong Kong pop singer Alan Tam. This song was widely sung throughout Asia at its time, because of its lyrics & melodic phrases.

Grand Chorus

This well-crafted, original composition is ideal for a festival, concert, or worship setting looking for a grand and regal statement. Level 2 ringing with many engaging sounds and techniques makes it full of interest, accessible and, fun to ring.

Grand Chorus

Grandfather's Clock

Children of all ages will enjoy this unique arrangement from the pen of Pat Hurlbutt. It will be a new tune for some and well known for others but very pleasing for all. The use of an optional woodblock adds greatly to the performance.

Grandfather's Clock

Gratitude

Alex Guebert brings us achingly beautiful music filled with sophistication and a heartfelt sense of beauty in a piece that is technically very straightforward and mastered quickly.

Gratitude

Holy Holy Holy

Karen Buckwalter has given us an innovative take on the beloved hymn tune NICAEA. The opening gives the tune a meditative feel, complete with unexpected harmonies before growing in intensity to a more traditional, chordal setting of the tune.

Holy Holy Holy

Hope for Reconciliation

Lee Afdhal’s original work begins with a somber feeling of tension which gives way to a mournful melody of yearning. The middle section drives the piece forward before the return of the opening theme, which now has a more hopeful feeling than before.

Hope for Reconciliation

Luna

Luna is a composition dedicated to mankind, who experienced all kinds of sufferings during the pandemic over the past few years.

Luna is the divine embodiment of the moon. There are plenty of myths and legends about the moon's power. People believe that moonlight brings hope in the darkness. It brightens the darkest corners of the night. Moonlight is the guidance for vulnerable ships sailing on the sea.

Luna

Mosaic

"Mosaic: Folk Songs of Canada" was chosen by the Handbell Musicians of Canada as their selection for the 19th International Handbell Symposium in Hong Kong in 2020. It features five Canadian folk songs: "Flunky Jim", "Feller from Fortune", "Red River Valley", "Ho Ho Watanay", and "Vive la Canadienne". Each of these unique tunes has been creatively arranged into this engaging collection. (Lyrics to these folk songs are included.)

Mosaic

Old Time Promised Land

This medley by Linda Lamb combines "When We All Get to Heaven" and "Gimme That Old Time Religion" in a fun arrangement of gospel classics about Heaven.

Old Time Promised Land

Praise the Lamb Who Reigns in Glory

"Praise the Lamb who Reigns in Glory" was commissioned for the glory of God and in honor of the congregation of the historic Lexington Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Virginia, for the February 9, 2003 rededication of their sanctuary, which was the rebuilt after a devastating fire.

Praise the Lamb Who Reigns in Glory

Prisms

"Prisms," written over 30 years ago, is one of Bill Payn's first compositions written for handbells. It was composed because he was concerned that the high and low bell ringers in his senior high ensemble at the time (The Ringers On-the-Green of the Presbyterian Church of Morristown) were often just standing with very little to do while the middle bells seemed to be having all most fun! "Prisms" was written specifically to engage ALL of the ringers.

Rays of Hope

Throughout all of life’s trials, hope gives us the strength to rebuild and confidently reinvent our circumstances. "Rays of Hope" is an original piece for handbells that depicts the remnants of a storm that has passed, and then begins to hint at the light that is coming to bring us a new day.

Rays of Hope

Reflections on Kelvingrove

Jason Krug gives us his own stirring take on this traditional hymn, and even those unfamiliar with the original tune will be moved to worship.

Reflections on Kelvingrove

Remembering

"Remembering" is an original piece to remember those that have passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are minimal bell changes and no sharing of bells. The music begins with a tolling bell and a melody emerges which seeks to express the significance of each life lived, including their struggle with this virus.

Note: 2 octave version is NOT compatible with the 3-5 octave version.

Remembering

Reverberations

This award-winning piece by Sallie Lloyd is given new life and enhanced sound in this 5-7 octave revision of the original 4-octave composition! Driving eighth notes and rich harmonies abound throughout the piece, which has a very classical feel overall.

Reverberations

Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us

This arrangement, dedicated to a handbell choir director for more than thirty years of leadership, is an idyllic choice for use in worship. Combining the Bach chorale "Sheep May Safely Graze" with the hymn tune BRADBURY, it masterfully alternates between the two tunes, casting them both in a new light.

Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Sojourner's Prayer

Crafted by a noted handbell composer, the beautiful and haunting lyrical melody in g minor becomes increasingly intense throughout this musical journey, finishing as it began with a sense of reflection and prayer.

Sojourner's Prayer

Take My Life

This upbeat, delightful setting combines an original melody with the familiar hymn tune HENDON. The optional handchimes give depth to the two tunes. NO SHARED BELLS.

Take My Life

This Is My Father's World

The tune TERRA BEATA is the basis for this flexible arrangement which includes optional parts for flute, organ and congregation.

This Is My Father's World

Toccata on King's Weston

Arranger Matthew Compton has provided us with another high energy arrangement. True to a Toccata, this arrangement based on the “King’s Weston” tune flies along with fiery rhythms and continuous intensity from beginning to end.

Toccata on King's Weston

Variations on the Doxology

OLD HUNDREDTH is the tune used in this knockout arrangement. A straightforward chorale setting leads into an energetic toccata section, then an easy fughetta morphs into a brilliant finale.

Variations on the Doxology

Vasylyna's Tears

Vasylyna's Tears was written in honor of the Ukrainian people, who continue to struggle for their freedom under a government that refuses to heed their cries. Vasylyna is a common Ukrainian woman's name - she weeps for her lost countrymen.

Vasylyna's Tears

Wade In the Water

Combining this well-known spiritual with a fast, yet "bluesy" feel creates a fun and exciting experience for players and listeners alike.

Wade In the Water

Wellerman

"Wellerman", a traditional New Zealand sea shanty (c. 1860), hit the internet by storm in early 2021 with Nathan Evans' TikTok collaboration. This jaunty arrangement includes some of the voicing heard in the now-famous recording. Two non-compatible scores are included in the folio: Score A is Level 2 for 2 octaves, and Score B (more complex) is Level 3 for 3 or 5 octaves.

Wellerman

Yesterday

This timeless classic from the Beatles is one of the most recorded tunes of all time, and it's easy to understand why with this arrangement from the Handbells ROCK! series.

Yesterday