The following
materials are available to all Area 8 members and their choirs to
be checked out.
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Send requests to:
Kathy Harrison
2377 South Hilton Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65807
417-889-2555
Area ll Massed Ringing 1991.
Wayne, NJ. Bill Goff
and Dick Frey, organist.
Howard Moser and Hart Morris conducting.
Area VIII Massed Ringing 1994.
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Hart and Marty Morris conducting.
Bell Lore.
Ellen Jane Lorenz. Historical bell facts. (1986)
Celebration: The Story of Handbells.
(35 mm film strip with cassette)
Christine Anderson
in Concert.
Solo ringing concert.
Developing Skills for Solo and Ensemble Ringing. Jessup and
Calkins.
Facing
the Music: Seven minutes that will change the way you think about
copyright laws.
Produced by the Church Music Publishers Association, this short
video gives clear information about copyright laws in an
entertaining format.
Intro to a Handbell Festival.
Produced by AGEHR, Inc.
This video provides a glimpse of what a handbell festival is
all about.
Music Makes the Difference: Action Kit for Music Education.
National Coalition for Music
Education. Complete
with booklets and two videos, this kit will assist the music
educator with supportive material for the arts in education.
Ring of Fire.
Videotaped at the United Church of Christ in Claremont, California.
This tape will bring you to their May 2000 concert when they
played 12 of their most popular songs.
Songs for the Solo Ringer.
Instructional
David Weck and Christine Anderson.
Video with accompanying music text.
Songs for the Solo Ringer.
Christine Anderson in concert.
Sound Advice from Malmark.
Care for your Malmark
Handbells
Tinkling Handbells.
A CBS/Sony Inc. video
production featuring the Echo Handbell Ringers, Katsumi Kodama
conducting. Produced in
Japan in 1987, this video, visually blended with pictorial settings
of European culture and countryside is a new experience in visual
handbell performance.
Woodson Handbell Choir.
Demonstration of program for special ringers.
Tempo Setter Videos-Interviews of prominent handbell folk throughout handbell history:Don Allured, Elizabeth Bradford, Andrew Flanagan, Everett Jay Hilty, Robert Ivy, Mary Kettlehut, Mary McCleary, Jake Malta, Willard Markey, Ellen Jane Lorenz, Scott Parry, Marvin Reecher, James Salzwedel, Doris Watson
BOOKS AND PAPERS
Adaptive Notation for Handbells,
Letha McGrew
Bass Bells,
A collection of observations and ideas of various authors
Bell Lore,
By, Ellen Jane Lorenz
Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals,
Brock McElheran. Complete with diagrams, a must for all conductors
to read/review (1989)
Copyright: The Complete Guide for Music Educators, Jay
Althouse (1984)
Creative Use of Handbells in Worship,
Hal Hopson. Comprehensive text for ideas on using handbells to
enhance the worship experience.
Dalcroze Applications for Handbells, Marilyn Kieliarz.
Rhythmic skill and exercise text.
Developing Conducting Skills,
Michael Keller.
The Director as Teacher: Working with the Beginning Handbell Choir,
Venita Gorman.
Directors Manual, Janet Van Valey and Susan Berry.
Designed to introduce new directors to handbells and help prepare
them for their first rehearsals. Diagrams and instruction support
the material.
The First Quarter Century,
Elizabeth Bradford. A history of the AGEHR (1979)
Focus on Participation; Alternative Methods for Special Groups,
Joe Pinson, AGEHR
Fundraising for Fun and Profit,
Marlene Anderson.
A Guide to Handbell Assignments, Resource
book. AGEHR
Handbell Assignment Book; The eight-ten system,
Bob Ivey (1993)
Handbells in Education, A Guide to Learning,
Committee for Handbells in
Formal Education. Daniel Moore, Chair. (1990)
Handbells Making History; A Bell Tree,
Margaret O’Sullivan Hillman. History of Handbells.
Handchimes in General Music,
A curriculum guide grades
1-3,
Van Valey and Avery. A must for introducing chimes to schools.
Handchimes in General Music: A curriculum guide grades 4-6,
Van Valey and Avery. A must for introducing chimes to schools.
Mastering Musicianship in Handbells,
Don Allured. Comprehensive text with illustrations for getting
started or learning new techniques on handbells. (1992)
The Modern Conductor, Elizabeth Green. A college text in conducting. (1981)
Musical Elements: A
classroom method for Handchimes, Kenneth Liske. Basics, Music
with objectives.
168 Non-Musical Ways to Improve Your Band or Choral Program,
Jay Althouse. Applicable to bell choirs as well! (1986)
A Practical Handbook for Handbell Directors, Valerie Stephenson. Basics for beginning a choir through techniques.
Overtones 1955-1986,
Joan Shull, editor. Compilation of historical and instructional
articles.
Quick Foundations – Busy Ringer Series Book
Rehearsal Planning, Techniques and Procedures,
Michael Keller
Schulmerich Learning Package: A Complete Curriculum for Music
Education and Performance,
By Dr. James Fisher and Schulmerich
Score Study Techniques,
Michael Keller
Songs for the Solo Ringer,
Christine D. Anderson
Solo Ringing Musically, Michael Kastner and Kevin
McChesney. A new guide for the solo ringer.
Teaching Young Ringers
Carolynne Mathis,
A comprehensive guide for working with the young musician.
We Can All Ring,
Aaron Champagne
An Ear Training Course for Handbell Directors & Ringers - Book
Miscellaneous
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Mallets: Mallets from Jeffers, Malmark and Schulmerich are available to test before you buy.