The following are available for you to borrow from Area VIII. There is no rental charge but you must pay shipping each way. Materials should be returned within two weeks unless other arrangements are made or instructions given. 

Send requests to:
Kathy Harrison
 2377 South Hilton Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65807
417-889-2555

The following materials are available to all Area VIII members and their choirs to be checked out. There is no rental, we just ask that you pay postage both ways and a small packaging charge. We hope that these materials will be another area of assistance for you and your Handbell Choir.

• Advanced Solo Ringing and Handbell Techniques.  Demonstration by Erin Downey.

• Alive! Featuring the Echo Handbell Ringers under the direction of Katsumi Kodama.

• Area ll Massed Ringing 1991. Wayne, NJ.  Bill Goff and Dick Frey, organist.  Howard Moser and Hart Morris conducting.

• Area VIII Massed Ringing 1992.  St. Joseph, MO.  David Davidson conducting.

• Area VIII Massed Ringing 1994.  Cedar Rapids, IA.  Hart and Marty Morris conducting.

• Bell Basics.  David Weck and Susan Berry walk us through ringing skill demonstrations.  An excellent tape for the beginning ringer or director

• 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.

• Masteringers Festival, 1988.  Allentown, PA.  Filmed by PBS, massed ringing and solo concerts, plus commentary on techniques and history of handbells.

• 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.

• Ring of Fire

• Tempo Setter Videos-Interviews of prominent handbell folk throughout handbell history.

  • Don Allured                         

  • Elizabeth Bradford

  • Andrew Flanagan                 

  • Everett Jay Hilty

  • Robert Ivey                          

  • Mary Kettlehut

  • Mary McCleary                    

  • Jake Malta

  • Willard Markey                    

  • Ellen Jane Lorenz

  • Scott Parry                         

  • Marvin Reecher

  • James Salzwedel                 

  • Doris Watson

• 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
   

• Mallets: Mallets from Jeffers, Malmark and Schulmerich are available to test before you buy.

Materials will be sent as soon as they are available.

Calling for your Suggestions - Do you have any Favorite Books or Videos that you would like to suggest for the Area Library to Purchase? Please send you recommendations to Kelly Stohl, Area VIII Librarian

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