By now, you may be putting on the finishing touches to your Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter Sunday music and it time to make music choices for the weeks that follow. At ChimeWorks, we offer some wonderful collections of music that will give you the opportunity to finish the season with ease. These budget-friendly resources offer a variety of options for your ensemble allowing you to be flexible as Spring sports, travel and other obligations gear up.
All of the following collections are available for immediate purchase and digital download from our store. Click the links below to learn more about these collections appropriate for handchimes or handbells which will allow you to ring in Spring!
All Things Bright and Beautiful (2 – 3 Octaves) (3 – 5 Octaves)
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Cathy Moklebust
- Level: Level 1+, Level 2, Level 2+
- Topic: Christmas, Communion, Easter, General, Lent, Palm Sunday
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
Cathy Moklebust’s reproducible collection contains several well-known hymn tune arrangements and original compositions for use during various seasons of the church year. Two of the pieces include instrumental parts. Published in compatible editions for 2-3 and 3-5 octaves, this budget-stretching reproducible collection will be a great addition to the libraries of church handbell choirs. Contents: All Things Bright and Beautiful; All Glory, Laud and Honor; God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens (Brethren, We Have Met to Worship); Calming Peace (Prayer for Kristin); Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior; Kyrie, Processional on All Glory, Laud and Honor; Now the Green Blade Rises (Sing We Now of Christmas); Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (From the East the Donkey Came)
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Sandra Eithun
- Octaves Used – Select One: 1.5 – 2 Octaves, Small Ensemble
- Level: Level 2
- Topic: General
- Options: Keyboard
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
Tunes: LYONS; DIX; KINGSFOLD; CRUSADERS HYMN: CANDLER; DUKE STREET • General • Contents: O Worship the King; For the Beauty of the Earth; I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (O Sing a Song of Bethlehem); Fairest Lord Jesus (Beautiful Savior); Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown; Jesus Shall Reign • Level 2 • The purpose of this collection is to offer a wide range of performance options when you may have “more or less” ringers and could possibly use a keyboard to add fullness if desired. These reproducible arrangements have been set for use with or without keyboard and with or without bass clef ringers. They can be performed with 12 bells in the treble (from C5 – G6), or with the addition of the bass clef for a full 2-octave ensemble sound. The general hymn titles are perfect for year-round ringing in any concert or worship service.
Essential Classics for Two Octaves
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Barbara Baltzer Kinyon, Cynthia Dobrinski, Kerry Boyce, Ruby Shaw Hollis, Susan Geschke
- Level: Level 1+
- Topic :Advent, Christmas, Easter, General
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
This 60-page collection includes thirteen of our best-selling arrangements of recent years, all for 2 octave choirs. Levels range from 1+ to 2+. These tried and proven winners come from a variety of composers and arrangers and represent a wide range of styles and are useful throughout the church year. Single copies of these 13 titles exceed the cost of this one book which you can then reproduce for all your ringers!
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- Author/Composer/Arranger: Michael Ryan
- Level: Level 1
- Topic: Praise
From arranger Michael Ryan here are eight, solid Level 1 settings of a variety of popular hymns. There are no bell changes and no subdivisions of beats making these settings easy to learn by any size, or level, bell or chime group.
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Reproducible Rings II (2 – 3 Octaves) ( 3 – 5 Octaves)
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Lloyd Larson
- Level: Level 2
- Topic: Easter, Holy Week, Lent, Patriotic, Pentecost, Transfiguration
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
Arranged with the volunteer handbell ringer in mind, these eight hymn settings by Lloyd Larson are quickly learned and ready to perform with limited preparation time. Engaging settings of familiar hymn tunes guarantee broad appeal to both ringers and listeners. Includes: Ah, Holy Jesus; All Glory, Laud and Honor; America The Beautiful, Fairest Lord Jesus, I Know That My Redeemer Lives; Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart; The Day of Resurrection and What Wondrous Love Is This
All Glory and Praise (2 – 3 Octaves) (3 – 5 Octaves)
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Dan R. Edwards
- Level: Level 2, Level 2+
- Topic: Easter, General, Lent, Palm Sunday, Pentecost
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
Tune sources: American spiritual; ST. THEODULPH; ELLACOMBE; EASTER HYMN; Jean Sibelius; Camille Saint-Saëns; BROTHER JAMES’ AIR; MORECAMBE • Lent, Palm Sunday, Easter, Pentecost, General • Contents: Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley, Palm Sunday Processional (with All Glory, Laud and Honor and Hosanna, Loud Hosanna); Easter Triumph (incorporating Christ the Lord Is Risen Today); The Lord Is My Shepherd; Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart • Levels 2 and 2+ • Ring in the spring with this collection of seasonal favorites carefully selected to highlight Palm Sunday, Easter, as well as other special Sundays in the spring. The selections will be meaningful additions to worship and can be mastered with minimal rehearsal time. Published in editions for 2 or 3 and for 3, 4 or 5 octaves, the two editions are compatible for massed ringing events.
God Reigns, Let Earth Be Glad (2 -3 Octaves) (3 – 5 Octaves)
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Anna Laura Page, Bill Ingram, Cathy Moklebust, Kevin McChesney, Sandra Eithun
- Level: Level 1, Level 1+, Level 2
- Topic: General, Lent, Pentecost
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
Playable by either handbells or handchimes, this delightful reproducible collection includes accessible hymn arrangements by five outstanding composers. Published in compatible editions for 2 or 3 octaves and for 3, 4 or 5 octaves, the two editions are compatible for festivals and other massed ringing events. The collection will be excellent for developing choirs as well as more experienced groups who need music they can learn quickly.
Tune sources: CRUSADER’S HYMN; ASSURANCE; TERRA PATRIS; O LAMM GOTTES, UNSCHULDIG; HOLY MANNA
Spring Ring! (2 – 3 Octaves) (3 – 5 Octaves)
- Author/Composer/Arranger: Tammy Waldrop
- Level: Level 1
- Topic: General, Palm Sunday
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
The reproducible Spring Ring! collection, published in compatible 2-3 and 3-5 octave editions, is a valuable resource of accessible music for general and lenten worship, Palm Sunday, concerts, and festivals. Titles include: The GatheRing (easily memorized); Amazing Grace (in 4/4 meter); Sweet Hosannas Ring! (a setting of “All Glory, Laud and Honor”); Morning Has Broken (a step-up piece which incorporates Grieg’s “Morning Song”) and Spring Ring! (an original composition full of techniques and fun!) Contents: Amazing Grace; The GatheRing; Morning Has Broken; Spring Ring; Sweet Hosannas Ring