DULUTH — Bill Alexander, founder and longtime leader of the acclaimed handbell ensemble Strikepoint, died early Monday morning at age 70. The cause was cancer, according to a CaringBridge page ...

The Plain City Music, Arts & Theatre Society will present SPRING RING & SING, a handbell dinner concert at Journey Community ...

This year the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble marks 25 years of ringing. A big part of the ensemble's mission is to share the art of handbell ringing and the beauty of handbell music with audiences of ...

ORWIGSBURG – The joyful noise heard at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Sunday was the handbell choir of the church celebrating 25 years of ringing the right notes for the ears of those willing to ...

They call themselves “ringers” and they come from across the North and Northwest suburbs. Literally, members come from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Elgin, Lindenhurst, Mundelein, ...

Martha DiLorenzo wants handbell music to be heard in many more places throughout Lake County. To accomplish that mission, DiLorenzo has launched a new community handbell choir called Decibells. “We ...

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, ...

With a flick of a handbell ringer's wrist, an ethereal tinkling floats forth. The heavenly sound produced by a handbell choir is apt to usher in a hushed reverence among listeners, whether they sit in ...

“In 1998, we were also invited to play and did some music on our own, silly songs like ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.’ We all wore reindeer antlers and had red noses,” recalled Rausch, who by 2012 ...

At 91, Marie Reynolds has been the only director of the handbell choir at Asbury Church in Smyrna since the group started in ...