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This Month

Scholarships Available for Distinctly Bronze West and East Events

Registration Opens Sept. 6 for Distinctly Bronze East and Reaching for Bronze 2023

Spots Still Available for Distinctly Bronze West 2022

Video of the Month

Brian’s Music Notes

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Announcements

HANDBELL MUSICIANS OF AMERICA MAILING ADDRESSES

Please note that any PAYMENTS sent to HMA should now go to the following address:

Handbell Musicians of America
PO Box 221047
Louisville, KY 40252

This includes membership renewal, contributions, event registration payments, invoice payments, etc.

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Scholarships Available for Distinctly Bronze West 2022 and East 2023

The William H. Griffin Scholarship provides assistance to qualified individuals for participation in Distinctly Bronze events. Up to two scholarships are available for 2022 West and 2023 East. Scholarship includes full event registration and up to $500 to be reimbursed for travel and lodging expenses.

Deadline for Distinctly Bronze West 2022 is September 1, 2022

Deadline for Distinctly Bronze East 2023 is January 2, 2023

Scholarship Application

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Registration Opens Sept. 6 for
Distinctly Bronze East and
Reaching for Bronze 2023

Distinctly Bronze East – Feb. 23-26, 2023

The massed ringing event for advanced handbell musicians provides the opportunity to perform on the largest handbell sets available under the direction of Fred Gramann. Four days of rehearsal lead up to a Sunday afternoon concert which is open to the public.

THE CONDUCTOR

Fred Gramann earned organ performance degrees from Syracuse University and the University of Michigan, moving to Paris, France in 1972 for organ study with Marie-Claire Alain and Maurice Duruflé. He served as Director of Music at the American Church in Paris from 1976 to 2022. Fred is the permanent conductor for the Bay View Week of Handbells (Bay View, Michigan), UK Bronze (Sutton Surrey, England), BronzeFest (held alternately in Michigan and Ohio), and has previously served as conductor for both DB East and DB West. 

Learn more about Fred and Distinctly Bronze on our website.

Distinctly Bronze East 2023

 

Reaching for Bronze – Feb. 24-26, 2023

Have you wanted to apply for Distinctly Bronze but worry you are not yet at the skill level to be accepted? Then this is the event for you. Scheduled concurrently with Distinctly Bronze East, this event will give participants the opportunity to learn three pieces from the DB East repertoire list under the direction of master teachers and conductors Fred Gramann, and Brenda Austin performing them with the DB musicians on their final concert. In addition, the Reaching for Bronze choirs will prepare and perform two pieces of their own.

THE CONDUCTOR

Brenda E. Austin is a dynamic and energetic conductor, clinician, and composer, connecting musicians through handbells. She has served as the artistic director of the Detroit Handbell Ensemble (DHE) since 2016. Under her baton, DHE was honored to open the Handbell Musicians of America (HMA) National
Seminar in 2018 and to be the featured concert for HMA’s Area 2 2019 Festival in Lancaster, PA. In 2019, Brenda also joined the team at Hope Publishing Company in Carol Stream, IL as the editor in charge of the handbell catalog. 

Learn more about Brenda and Reaching for Bronze on our website.

Reaching for Bronze 2023

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Ringing Spots Still Available for
Distinctly Bronze West 2022

October 6-9, Portland, Oregon
Carlos J. Ávila Báez, Conductor

There is still time to register for Distinctly Bronze West 2022 and book your rooms at the Airport Embassy Suites, Portland, OR. We will be just minutes from the airport and right on the Max line for an easy ride downtown!  The group room rate is $169 (+ tax/fees) per night and includes in-room wifi. If you wish to extend your trip, this rate is available two days prior and two days after the event, based on availability. The self-parking rate is $18/day.

The deadline to book your room is September 9, though we encourage you to book soon. Hotel reservation details can be found on the website.

Details & Registration

 

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Video of the Month

For our video gamers out there, Forté Handbell Quartet on their “Trio Tour” perform the Super Mario Bros. theme.

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Brian’s Music Notes

with Brian Childers
Sakura Melody Fanfare

By Katsumi Kodama
AG4035
4-5 Octaves, Level 2

Sakura Melody Fanfare is a beautiful setting of an old Japanese song, arranged for and and played as a fanfare for the entrance of the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan at the first Abilympic in 1981.

Rated level 2 and just 24 measures in length can be easily mastered and rung by most bell groups. This is listed as 4-5 octaves, however there are only ONE bell outside of the four octave range (F3). With some simple adjustments, this could be rung by

many three octave choirs as well. There are two measures in which sixteenth notes are scored. These will not be problematic at the graceful speed of quarter = 60 BPM (both measures also include ritards, making the 16th note runs easily manageable). Check out this beautiful Japanese Melody set for handbells!

“Sakura Melody Fanfare” may be purchased from Handbell World and JW Pepper (Click the links to take you directly to this title on their websites)

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What was OLD has become NEW!

Check out these classics NEWLY AVAILABLE from AGEHR Publishing
We all know and love Gail Downey and her music from her partnership with Leila Norris at From The Top. Gail has written many wonderful compositions for bells through the years including this little gem! “Classic Prelude” is short (46 measures) and uses several ringing techniques, including TD, SK, plucking and martellatos. Composed before the leveling system was initiated, this composition is a solid
level 2.
“Prelude at Dawn” is ideal music for a beginning choir! Dotted half and quarter notes combined with basic techniques such as TD, Sk, vibrato, and gyro will make this a favorite with your choir. Scored for 2 octaves, this is a level 1+ (due to several time signature changes). This original composition will be quickly learned and beautifully performed!

Composer Howard Starks is perhaps best known for his beautiful, flowing original melodies (Check out his classic“Beside Still Waters”). “To the Glory of God is an original composition. It opens with a fanfare section, followed by a beautiful, lyrical original melody. Starks then introduces a statement of the DUNDEE hymn tune before returning to the lyrical melody. This wonderful composition closes with the fanfare with which it opened. Rated a level 2, “To the Glory of God” is definitely worth a look and listen

If you are an HMA member, watch your mailbox and email for the next issue of Overtones, which contains a complimentary copy of “To the Glory of God” for your exclusive use.

Until next month,

Brian Childers
Music Adviser

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