West Tennessee Handbell Association

08/30/2024

REPERTOIRE has been selected for RIVER CITY RING 2025 with Bob Bidewell! We hope you plan to join us for a great day of ringing on Saturday, March 1!

CELEBRATE WITH RINGING
Michael Mazzatenta
AGEHR MAG35326, 3-5 Octaves, Level 2+

JESUS AND HIS LOVE
Ben Tucker
Alfred/Jubilate MJMG1288, 3-5 Octaves, Level 2

LAUDATION
Brenda Austin
Composers Music Co. MCP7096 (2-3 Octaves)
MCP7097 (3-5 Octaves), Level 2

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Sandra Eithun
Alfred/Jubilate MAP25337, 3-5 Octaves, Level 3

Challenge Piece
COME, YE THANKFUL PEOPLE, COME
Lloyd Larson
Beckenhorst MBEHB818, 3-5 Octaves, Level 3+

02/09/2024

Tim Waugh was our 2017 clinician for River City Ring. He was so generous in his willingness to help others learn and feel loved.

We are saddened to report that internationally acclaimed conductor, composer, performance arts educator, and friend Tim Waugh passed away on Thursday evening, February 8, 2024. He will be greatly missed by the handbell community, and we extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and music groups.

Tim was well known in many performance mediums, including handbell, choral, church music, and musical theatre. Read more about Tim at https://handbellmusicians.org/news/hma-says-farewell-to-tim-waugh/

We will share arrangements as they become available.

01/05/2024

Registration is now open for River City Ring with Sandra Eithun. Visit wtnbells.org for our registration brochure. Orphan ringers welcome! Cost is $25 per person, with an optional McAllister's lunch available to order for only $11. Hope to see you there!

07/19/2023

WTNHA announces the repertoire for River City Ring 2024 with clinician Sandra Eithun. On Saturday, March 2, we'll return to Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis for a day of massed ringing!

A flyer and registration form will be posted in late August. Meanwhile, here's the list:

God Be with You (S. Geschke) Level 1+ (Alfred Pub)
Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven (S. Eithun) Level 2 (GIA publications)
Grand Chorus (J. Raney) Level 2 (Hope Publishing)
Variations on the Doxology (S. Tucker) Level 2+ (LMG)

Challenge piece:
Glad Tidings of Joy (L. Larson) Level 3 (Beckenhorst Press)

07/17/2023

MEMPHIS FRIENDS: can you or someone you know help transfer handbells from a broken down uhaul to the replacement truck? This is manufacturers equipment that is traveling from Dallas to Pennsylvania, and the truck broke down. We have five maybe six people, but more hands make easier work. Let me know if you can help for half an hour or so between 11 AM and 1130, noon at the latest.

12/08/2022

Check-out the repertoire selections and schedule for the 2023 River City Ring! Below is the complete registration brochure.

09/21/2021

Here is the registration form for River City Ring! Deadline to register is February 1, 2022. Hope to see you there!

09/10/2021

08/29/2019

Repertoire has been selected for River City Ring 2020, led by Greig Ashurst:
HYMN TO JOY
Michael Keller
Agape 1457, 3-7 octaves, Level 3

O SACRED HEAD
Arnold Sherman
Agape 1732, 3-5 octaves. Rated easy.


THE CLOUD’S VEIL
arr. Kurt Meyer
GIA 9587, 3-6 octaves, Level 3

TAKE TIME IN LIFE
Greig Ashurst
Will be published by Hope
later this fall. Stay tuned.

CHALLENGE PIECE
LET ALL CREATION
BLESS THE LORD
Cathy Moklebust
Choristers Guild 1129, 3-5 octaves, Level 3+

08/20/2018

Here is the repertoire for our 2019 River City Ring with Stevie Berryman! You can download the brochure at wtnbells.org. Groups as well as individuals are welcome to register.

10/07/2017

THE EMMANUEL PROJECT My former church, Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas (click link to open church website for pictures and video), was decimated by floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of “Grace All-Sufficient” by Sondra Tucker will be donated to the chur...