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This Month
Sessions from National Seminar 2020 Available in Virtual Bell Academy
Deadline Approaching for National Seminar 2021 Pre-Registration
NS 2021 Call For Faculty and Performers Deadline is Oct. 1
Limited Supply of HMA Facemasks Available
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Sessions from National Seminar 2020 Available in Virtual Bell Academy
We are excited to announce that some of the favorite sessions from the online National Seminar 2020 are now available in the Virtual Bell Academy. We’ve selected the classes that will be most beneficial to handbell musicians as they navigate ringing in these days of COVID. They include Keeping up Handbell Skills, Bells not Necessary, First Look: How to Introduce New Music, Assembling an Ensemble Virtually, and Sing-a-long with Henry, with more to come.
Members receive a $10 discount on all VBA archive videos, and National Seminar 2020 Registrants receive an additional discount on videos from National Seminar 2020 Online.
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Distinctly Bronze East Update
While plans are still underway for a Distinctly Bronze East event in February of 2021, we are in the process of developing alternative plans should the COVID-19 pandemic continue in its present course. The first week of November, the DB Planning Team will meet to determine if DB East can go forward in February as planned or be postponed until 2022. These decisions will be made entirely on the safety and well being of our members. We appreciate your patience in these uncertain days, and we will keep you informed about how and if we can move forward with events. Fred Gramman, who was supposed to be conducting this event, has been rescheduled to 2022 because of the uncertainty of international travel at this time.
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The following articles contain pre-registration information as well as the call for faculty and performers for National Seminar 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. We are optimistic for an in-person event, but we are prepared to be flexible with the event, and submissions/registrations can be adapted to an online or hybrid event format should that become necessary.
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Deadline Approaching for National Seminar 2021 Pre-Registration
Join us at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel and Spa in Glendale, Arizona (near Phoenix), for National Seminar 2021. Event dates are Tuesday, July 13 through Saturday, July 17. Pre-register by October 1 and freeze registration fee at $350. Also, those who opt for pre-registration will have the chance to register for the full event classes and tracks before everyone else. Full event registration will be available February 15, 2021.
Pre-registration requires a $125 deposit, which will be applied to your final registration. All but $25 is refundable if cancelled before March 15, 2021, and before you complete full event registration. If you cancel after completing full registration, the full event cancellation policy will apply. Pre-registrants must complete full registration by May 1, 2021, to receive the discounted rate. Registration completed after May 1 will be charged the non-discounted registration fee. The deposit will apply to full registration, whether the format is in-person or online.
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National Seminar Call for Faculty & Performers – Deadline for Submissions is October 1.
National Seminar 2021 will be Tuesday, July 13 through Saturday, July 17, at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel and Spa, in Glendale, Arizona (near Phoenix). Several performance opportunities are offered throughout the event. We are also seeking submissions for classes and faculty to present at the event.
Concerts
Apply to be considered for one of the following options:
Feature Concerts: There will be one feature concert each date of the event. This concert will feature one performing group or ensemble for a one-hour concert.
Mini Concerts: One to two Mini Concerts will be scheduled each day. Performers will present 30-40 minutes of music.
Application Submission Process & Timeline:
- Completed applications are due by 5:00 PM EDT on October 1, 2020.
- Performers must have a current membership in Handbell Musicians of America.
- Applications MUST be completed using the form below.
- Applications sent in any other format will NOT be accepted.
- Each application must include a link to a recently-recorded (within the past 2 years) video of the performer.
- All video submissions must include a minimum of two selections of contrasting style.
- Include live introduction of each piece on the video as it would be presented in concert.
- AFTER submitting your application, please send a current photo of the performer in jpeg format and with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi to [email protected].
- Applications will be reviewed by the selection committee in October, and those selected will be notified in November. Selected performers may not share their selection for the event until it is officially announced by Handbell Musicians of America.
- We encourage innovation and new ideas. If you plan to include a new concept, performance technique or feature in your event, please include a representation of this in your video submission. Also, please ensure your performance has been fully tested and vetted prior to your concert at National Seminar.
- Any questions about the application, video requirements, or selection process should be directed to [email protected].
Performer Details & Application
Faculty/Classes
Application Process & Requirements
- Those submitting must have their own individual Handbell Musician Membership or be the primary contact for an organization’s Handbell Musician Membership.
- Consider all aspects of handbell musicianship in all settings as you develop your class ideas. The committee strives to select a wide variety of classes for all constituencies of our membership. We also encourage innovation and new ideas. However, please make sure any new concepts are fully tested and vetted prior to presentation at National Seminar.
- Those submitting more than one class topic will be given priority consideration.
- Those interested in teaching at the event must submit a separate Class Submission Application for each class topic/idea they would like to present using the form below. ONLY submissions completed using the form below will be accepted.
- Any applicant who has not taught at a National Seminar in the past three years (since Grand Rapids 2018) must provide two letters of reference from individuals who have observed the applicant teaching within the past two years. These letters must be sent directly to [email protected] by the person providing the reference. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the required recommendations are received.
- Deadline for submission is 5:00 PM EDT, October 1, 2020. Applications will be reviewed by the selection committee in October, and those selected will be notified in November. Selected faculty may not share their selection for the event until it is officially announced by Handbell Musicians of America.
- Class sessions at National Seminar are 75-minutes long. Topics may be offered as single classes or multi-session courses. Single-session classes will usually be offered twice in the schedule during the event. Multi-session courses will only be offered once in the schedule.
Questions regarding the process should be directed to [email protected].
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Introducing our New Business Membership – Coming Oct. 1
Handbell businesses and individuals who perform handbell-related services are an integral part of the handbell world. We are pleased to introduce a new Business Membership with all the benefits you are used to with the current HIC membership, plus some new ones at a new, lower fee.
This new membership will include all the benefits you’re used to receiving plus some new ones, including e-blasts sent by HMA on behalf of the business; a new, enhanced online buyer’s guide that the member can manage with rich text and photos; inclusion in an annual printed buyer’s guide in Overtones with contact information, photo, and description; and more.
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Video of the Month
Our selection this month is a favorite of many musicians, “Flight of the Bumblebee,” as performed by Forté Handbell Quartet. You can visit their Facebook page HERE.
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Next Member-Chat
Music for Handbells & Other Instruments
Saturday, May 30, 2020
5:00 p.m. Eastern
Join handbell musician Beau Lochte from Baltimore Maryland as he describes the wide variety of instruments that he has paired with handbells. Beau directs church and community handbell choirs in the Baltimore area.
Please note: While Member-Chats are normally a members-only benefit, during this time that we have opened up our members-only site to all handbell musicians, non-members may register to attend as well.
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Members-Only Site Open to Non-Members
Extended through June 30
We hope you all are staying healthy and coping well during this time that most Americans have been asked to stay at home to help slow and eventually stop the spread of COVID-19.
To help ease the anxiety and isolation of social distancing and staying inside, Handbell Musicians of America has extended the opening of our members-only site to all handbell musicians, members and non-members alike, through June 30. There you will find the online edition of our quarterly journal, Overtones, archives of Member-Notes and Member-Chats, and a wealth of other handbell resources, all for you to enjoy during this time.
Please stay United Through Our Musical Art and, above all, and stay well!
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Handbell Happy Hours Continuing on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Looking for a fun way to help ease the isolation of self-quarantine and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic? Join us each Tuesday and Thursday for a casual, virtual chat with your handbell friends.
Happy Hour Times:
Tuesdays – 4:00 P.M. Eastern (1 P.M. Pacific)
Thursdays – 7:00 P.M. Eastern (4 P.M. Pacific)
Use this time to check in with each other, share ideas for staying musically connected, and discuss your love for all things handbell. No need to pre-register, just follow the link each week. https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1482015406
Sessions will last up to an hour. Have ideas for topics to discuss on these chats? Just email your suggestion to [email protected]. We will continue our Handbell Happy Hours as long as they are useful and valuable to our members.
So grab your favorite snack and beverage and join us online!
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Brian’s Music Notes
with Brian Childers
“Triumphal Entry” by Michael Bedford
3 Octaves AG3038
4-6 Octaves AG46026E
Level 2
Originally Released Spring 2011
Liturgical Season: Palm Sunday/Holy Week
Usage
Need a great selection for Palm Sunday that can be learned and mastered quickly? You will want to take a look at Michael Bedford’s “Triumphal Entry.” This is a fantastic way to open your Palm Sunday celebration! You can hear a recording, preview the music and order it for your bell choir from Lorenz: Order “Triumphal Entry” here
Overview
This original composition moves from the downbeat to the closing chord! This 55 measure piece set in D major goes by quickly! Utilizing scale passages, repetition, and imitation, “Triumphal Entry” will help set the stage for a festive Palm Sunday service or open any concert with flair.
NOTES from Michael
I was in need of a Palm Sunday piece for my middle school bell choir at Broadmoor Community Church in Colorado Springs back in the 1980s, and as they say, necessity is the mother of invention. I wanted a simple ABA form so that the piece would be easy to learn. I also wanted activity to be spread out as equally as possible among all the ringers.
Suggestions for conductors:
Having the ringers clap the rhythms in the first four bars will make the syncopated spots easier to feel when ringing.
YouTube Recording:
Triumphal Entry Michael Bedford.
Michael’s background
How were you first introduced to bells?
While a student at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, I was on the staff at University Christian Church. The organist, Betty Boles, formed a handbell program from the ground up, and I was able to see how it was done.
What brought you to composing for bells?
I was drawn to composing for bells when I had my first full-time church job and organized my own handbell program. I had three choirs of varying ages and abilities.
What was your first published composition?
My first published piece of any kind was “A Modal Air” for 2-octave bells, written in the mid 1970s and published by Choristers Guild.
Any thoughts for others to know about your compositional process
My initial approach to composing is somewhat old-fashioned. I still love to sit down with pencil and staff paper and write away from the piano. Usually I can hear the music in my head. Once I have it down on paper, I take it to the piano to be sure I have heard everything correctly. Then I input it into the computer with my composer program, Dorico. I love to compose at a coffee shop or a bookstore, anyplace where good coffee is available! I have no set routine, and any time of day will work if I am free. Since I retired five years ago, there are more and more opportunities to write music, and thank God, the commissions still come in!
What do you love most about composing?
The ability to try to create something beautiful that you can eventually hear performed is gratifying. And I find the whole process therapeutic. It is totally different from playing, rehearsing and conducting.
Personal Information about Michael
Family: Married Marilyn Holmgren Bedford January 19, 1974. Two grown children: Allyson Ruth Bedford, 35, of Birmingham, AL; and Phillip Michael Bedford, 28, of Austin, TX
What does your family think of your composing?
They have always been totally supportive, and seem to take pride in hearing my music performed. If not, they are putting up a very good front!
At 70 years old, I still spend time three days a week in the gym, working out with weights and swimming. I also write mystery novels on the side, and will soon be self-publishing my first book, The C Major Murders, set in a small-town east Texas college music department. I have published a couple of short stories, so I think I can call myself an author.
My mother played the piano in church, and my father sang in the choir. My daughter studied the piano, and my son studied the trumpet. Both play the guitar, and they sang in my choral program growing up. So music is an all-in-the-family venture.
I am a devout neatnik, and extremely detail oriented. I like everything in its place, done just a certain way, and I detest clutter! There is a word that describes this, but I’m not sure we should print it!
Until next month,
Brian Childers
Music Adviser
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