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Abide With Me - A beautiful, full setting of the favorite hymn tune EVENTIDE.
Comp:
Monk, William Henry
Arr:
Krug, Jason
Octaves:
2-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Abide With Me - One of the great traditional hymns of the church – EVENTIDE – receives a contemporary yet sensitive setting in this Ron Mallory arrangement.
Comp:
Traditional
Arr:
Mallory, Ron
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
All Day Long - This arrangement uses a traditional tune as the source and is a statement plus 4 variations. It is rhythmically easy.
Comp:
Arr:
Page, A. L.
Octaves:
3
Level: 3
Rating:
Easy
All Hail King Jesus - A fanfare introduces this arrangement of Dave Moody's contemporary Christian praise chorus.
Comp:
Moody, J.
Arr:
Ingram, B.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name - Kevin McChesney gives this familiar tune a truly triumphant character. The setting uses 3-6 octaves of handbells and an optional keyboard. Although the keyboard is optional, its use will greatly enhance the arrangement!
Comp:
Holden, Oliver & Chapman, Don
Arr:
McChesney, Kevin
Octaves:
3-6
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name - Kevin McChesney gives this familiar tune a truly triumphant character. The setting uses 3-6 octaves of handbells and an optional keyboard. Although the keyboard is optional, its use will greatly enhance the arrangement!
Comp:
Holden, Oliver & Chapman, Don
Arr:
McChesney, Kevin
Octaves:
3-6
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
All Is Well - A quiet and peaceful selection with an optional flute part. Perform year round by omitting the flute since only it contains fragments of "Silent Night."
Comp:
Smith, M.
Arr:
Christopher, K.
Octaves:
3
Level: 2+
Rating:
Easy Medium
All My Heart This Night Rejoices - An optional narrator quoting the word of this hymn tune by Johann Georg Ebeling enhances the music of the Christmas hymn.
Comp:
Ebeling, J.
Arr:
McChesney, K.
Octaves:
3
Level: 2+
Rating:
Easy Medium
All Night All Day - Convincing with 2 or 3 octaves, this is a creative, rhythmic arrangement of the spiritual in which the rhythm is emphasized with the use of the plucking technique.
Comp:
Arr:
Morris, H.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 3
Rating:
Easy Medium
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 1 - The Alpha Series is for 2-3 octave choirs and written to appeal to children through senior adult; it contains easy chordal arrangements.
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Waldrop, T.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 3 - "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella" and "Good King Wenceslas" are separately arranged in volume three of the "Alpha" series. This collection/suite is ideal for the beginning group.
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Waldrop, T./Ingram, B.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 1+
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 4 - This is number 4 in this series designed as accessible music for 2-3 octave choirs and appealing to a wide age range. It contains 2 spirituals: "Lord I Want to Be a Christian" and "Go Down Moses."
Comp:
Arr:
Ingram, B.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 5 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This 5th volume contains: "Morning Has Broken" and "It is Well With My Soul."
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Waldrop, T.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 6 - The Alpha Series is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version contains "O How He Loves You and Me" and "I Love Thee".
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Braman, Barry
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 7 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version contains: "Let Us Break Bread Together and Peace Like a River".
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Ingram, B./Hendricks
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 8 - The Alpha Series is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version on grace contains "Grace Greater Than Our Sin" and "Amazing Grace".
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Jones, Bobby
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 9 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This joyous version contains: "Joyful Canticle" and "Hymn to Joy."
Comp:
Various
Arr:
McChesney, K.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Amazing Grace - Thirteen bells ranging from D5 - G6 are scored in this solo version of the early American melody. Performance instructions are written right into the score.
Comp:
Arr:
Rogers, S.
Octaves:
2
Level: NA
Rating:
Medium
Amen - Hart Morris has "done it again!" He packs his traditional bouncy beat and fun techniques into this favorite spiritual. The optional rhythm section includes parts for bongos, sandblocks, triangle and handclaps.
Comp:
Arr:
Morris, H.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 4
Rating:
Med Adv
Amen - Hart Morris has "done it again!" He packs his traditional bouncy beat and fun techniques into this favorite spiritual. The optional rhythm section includes parts for bongos, sandblocks, triangle and handclaps.
Comp:
Arr:
Morris, H.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 4
Rating:
Med Adv
Angels We Have Heard on High - Here is a golden opportunity to use 2 choirs, a 2 octave group and a 3-4 octave group. Use chimes and bells or 2 bell choirs.
Comp:
Arr:
Ingram, B.
Octaves:
2-4
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium
Angels We Have Heard On High - Bagpipers and field drummers show up (figuratively speaking) in this arrangement of the favorite French carol. Grace notes played as martellatos give the effect of being in the Scottish highlands, while drum-like staccato rhythms punctuate the piece.
Comp:
French Carol
Arr:
Lamb, Linda
Octaves:
3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium
Ascension - Handbells and piano combine in this original work written in memory of one who "was devoted to the Risen Saviour, Jesus Christ."
Comp:
McChesney, Kevin
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Ascension - Handbells and piano combine in this original work written in memory of one who "was devoted to the Risen Saviour, Jesus Christ."
Comp:
McChesney, Kevin
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
As the Deer - Here's a set-up you don't see often, an arrangement JUST for three octaves with no parentheses! The favorite praise chorus is set in fast four, making good use of all the bells in the three octave range. The melody appears in upper and lower registers.
Comp:
Nystrom, M.
Arr:
Littleton, R. Lyndel
Octaves:
3
Level: 1+
Rating:
Easy
At Calvary - Nine measures of straightforward ringing introduce Jefferey Hall's arrangement of D.B. Tower's original gospel hymn. But hang on! In measure 10, the piece takes off for a bouncy ride!
Comp:
Tower, D.B.
Arr:
Hall, Jefferey A.
Octaves:
4-6
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
At the Cross - Good attention to the varying tempos, tenutos, and fermatas will help strengthen the musicality of this setting of Ralph Hudson's gospel hymn.
Comp:
Hudson, Ralph E.
Arr:
Lamb, Linda R.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Awake My Soul - Psalms 108 begins - "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing praises, even with my soul" and it is on this and following verses that this original composition is based.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
2-6
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Awake My Soul - Psalms 108 begins - "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing praises, even with my soul" and it is on this and following verses that this original composition is based.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
2-6
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Away in a Manger - Ideal for the beginning or less experienced handbell choir, this is a very easy, quiet arrangement of the familiar favorite Christmas tune.
Comp:
Murray
Arr:
Waldrop, T.
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 1
Rating:
Easy
Away In a Manger - Ron Mallory's sensitive and creative arrangement of this favorite Christmas hymn is simple in technique but lovely to hear. The melody is played by both high bells and low bells at different points to feature each section of the choir at its musical best.
Comp:
Murray, James R.
Arr:
Mallory, Ron
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2-
Rating:
Easy
Away In A Manger - A dreamy, lullaby mood is created in the second section of this traditional carol arrangement by the use of mallets on suspended high-treble bells.
Comp:
Traditional
Arr:
Roth, Karen
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium