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Dec 31
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!
Carla and I have been really busy ringing this holiday season: Twelve hours at the Salvation Army kettle. One time our relief didn’t show, so we just stayed for an extra couple of hours… and on Christmas Eve we took both two-hour shifts. We decided that ringing the usual little bell wasn’t enough, so we …
Dec 04
Advent!
Advent is here, and we’re looking forward to Christmas with anticipation. Carla and I have had a wonderful time sharing our eight-bell music with the world. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re aiming to record a video of us playing each piece when we add them to our catalog. Of course, it also means we …
Oct 18
Finally! Finally! :D
At long last I’ve gotten to the point of having new music to sell! It took a lot to get there… and now that Carla, my wife and ringing partner is here, we can make videos of the new eight-bell arrangements. (Other ideas are in progress for working with bigger-than-duet compositions…). You’ll find them under …
Feb 01
Slow Goin’
I notice that life has caught up with me, and that I haven’t been here in awhile. Perhaps I’ll get to the point where I’ll be back to making progress again soon… but for now I’ll have to zip off to tend to other things! Grrrr.
Dec 03
Progress!
So far, building the Choraegus website has been a good experience. Among other things, I love how the new platform makes sweeping changes possible with a very small amount of effort. A little more effort, and you can do even more interesting things, too! I still have to uplink my music PDFs, and add a …
Nov 10
Updating “Spiritual Boogie”
LDZ (Low Ding Zone) has been going through a lot of changes over the past two seasons. One of the huge ones is the way we’re writing our scores. This is exceedingly important to us – there really isn’t any repertoire for an all-bass handbell ensemble to play! True, we’ve tried dropping existing music an …
Nov 08
Capital Area Handbell Festival weekend
This weekend was my annual trip to North Carolina for the Capital Area Handbell Festival. This year, just over 500 ringers got together to ring under Fred Gramann’s baton. If you don’t know about Fred, he’s been Music Director at the American Church in Paris for nearly 35 years, and over that time has become …
Nov 04
Welcome to the new Choraegus website!
Welcome to the new version of the Choraegus website! I’m hoping it’ll be a huge improvement over the original site, with a better focus on music publishing and education. Onward!
