Here’s our new twelve-bell arrangement of All Things Bright and Beautiful (hymn tune ROYAL OAK)! We’re sure you’ll have a wonderful time playing it. As always, there are versions for ranges C5-G6 and F5-C7.
Mar 14
Country Gardens – for twelve handbells!
Over Christmas, we (Larry, Carla, and JC) had a bit of time to record our arrangement of the English folk tune Country Gardens. You’ll enjoy hearing, and even better, you’ll enjoy playing it!
Jan 17
Give Me Jesus
The new year is bringing new music for you to play! Here’s our twelve-bell arrangement of the spiritual Give Me Jesus.
Have a listen!
Jan 12
Low Ding Zone’s “Yes, We Have No Bananas”
U.S. copyright law has now entered a new phase; music written in 1923 has entered the public domain. That means we can offer the Low Ding Zone arrangement of Yes, We Have No Bananas for sale!
Dec 17
“Silent Night” for eight handbells – at last!
We’ve wanted to have an eight-bell arrangement of Silent Night for some time. If you count your way through the score, you’ll find that the melody has eleven notes. Since eleven is a lot more than eight (to two four-in-hand handbell ringers), we couldn’t initially figure out how to make it into one of our very compact arrangements. But… after six years of trying, we’ve finally succeeded!
We have a special deal for you, too. Until January 5, 2019, it’s available for just $3.00 (after which it goes back to the normal price of $7.00).
Merry Christmas from Choraegus!
Nov 05
Two new arrangements for Christmas!
We’ve just released two new Christmas carol arrangements for handbell choir (three to five octaves) – do take a look!
- Sing We Now of Christmas
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- O Come, All Ye Faithful
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Oct 23
Kelvingrove
A few years back, we published a 2-3 octave arrangement of the Scottish melody KELVINGROVE (also known in modern hymnody as The Summons/Will You Come and Follow Me). Our attempts to get a video of it being played failed back then, and so we had to settle for an MP3.
However, the handbell choir at our church played it just a short while ago, and here’s how it actually sounds!
Sep 26
Mu Süda Ärka Üles
The Estonian handbell ensemble Campanelli visited the eastern United States in 2017, performing in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We had the privilege of tagging along with them for the week, and enjoyed their company and friendship. When we all went to the Malmark factory for a tour, Inna, their director, had us join their group picture, saying, “You are Campanelli now.” <3 We also had a chance to commission a piece for them to play. It's Susan Nelson’s arrangement of the Estonian song Mu Süda Ärka Üles, the title of which means Awake, My Heart. Sue even wrote an eight-bell part for us, which we subsequently filled out a bit and played with them on tour.
Sep 10
New Eight-Bell Music! Hooray! Hooray!
It’s been a while since we released a stack of eight-bell pieces, so we’re excited to share nine new Christmas arrangements! Take a look!
- Creator of the Stars of Night
- De Zak van Sinterklaas (Santa’s Bag)
- Go Tell In on the Mountain
- Hoe Leit dit Kindeke (Cold is This Little Child)
- How Great Our Joy
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (NOEL)
- Pat-a-Pan
- The Cherry Tree Carol
- The Friendly Beasts
We hope you have fun with this for the coming holiday season!
