Category Archives: Handbell Events

The Redding Bronze Concert is Today!

The Redding Bronze concert is today! Northern California’s premier handbell ensemble has been working hard to bring you an exciting one-hour concert of music you’ll enjoy. Larry is the guest director for this event, and the ringers have come from northern California, Oregon and Nevada to take part.

The Redding Bronze concert today will include a varied selection of handbell arrangements and original compositions. We hope you’ll enjoy Michael Joy’s Dorian Dance, Lee Afdahl’s beautiful arrangement of Beach Spring, and Paul McKlveen’s lively Guantanamera. The performance will take place at 4:00pm at First Presbyterian Church in Redding. There’s no charge for admission, but we’ll be taking a freewill offering to help with costs.

Redding Bronze concert

Any questions?

Redding Bronze is an annual event, hosted by the Carillons Handbell Choir, a Redding-based ensemble. Please contact us if you have any questions, or if you need more information about this event or future Redding Bronze events. You can also get in touch with us on our Facebook page, where will be posting photos from this year’s event. If we don’t have the answers, we can put you in touch with someone who can help. We hope to see you at the concert later today!

On our Way to Redding Bronze!

Today we’ll be taking a long road trip – from Mountain View to Redding – to take part in Redding Bronze. After spending nearly three years in a long-distance relationship, we think road trips together are fun – and we always look forward to this one. We’ll be driving for several hours, and will be stopping en route to search for Cherry Sours, our traditional road-trip snack.  You’ll notice that they have no fat and no cholesterol – so they’re practically “health food”! Yeah, right. But we’re going to eat them anyway.

on our way to Redding - cherry sours

Redding Bronze is a fun and challenging handbell event! It takes place from Friday evening until Saturday evening, at First Presbyterian Church, 2315 Placer Street, Redding, CA 96001. Larry will be directing, and this year’s repertoire is as follows:

  • Moon Over the Ruined Castle – arr. Kazuko Okamoto
  • Beach Spring – arr. Lee Afdahl
  • Guantanamera – arr. Paul McKlveen and Ann Legarde
  • Knowing You – arr. Patricia Cota
  • Dorian Dance – Michael Joy
  • Festive Peal -Karen Thompson
  • I Will Arise and Go to Jesus – arr. Larry Sue
  • Diademata Festal – arr. Bill Ingram

There’s a public concert on Saturday at 4:00pm, and admission is free. If you’re anywhere near the Redding area, we’d love to see you there!

A Snail’s Pace, for 5-8 Octave Handbells

A Snail’s Pace is an original composition. Larry wrote it with a plush orange-pink-and-purple snail in mind. This laid-back jazz piece will challenge you – but you’ll enjoy it!

Thanks to the friendly bunch of folks at Pierpont Productions, we’re able to bring you this video. It was recorded at the Bay View Week of Handbells concert in August 2014.

A Snail’s Pace is written for 5-8 octaves and handbells, plus 5 octaves of handchimes. It’s Level 5+. We think you’ll love playing it!

How to get the sheet music

If you’d like to play this piece, it’s available for purchase and download from Choraegus. Purchasing the choir copy of this arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to fifteen copies for your handbell group – so you only need to pay once. You can also buy an individual copy for your personal use only. Purchase also gives permission for performance, broadcasting, live-streaming and video-sharing online. See our licensing agreement for full details. Please remember to mention the title and arranger of the piece on video-sharing sites, social media and any printed materials such as concert programs.

Please note that our music is designed to be downloaded as PDFs, so you’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail.

If you haven’t purchased music online from Choraegus before, you might like to look at our step-by-step guide. We designed this guide to help you navigate the purchase and download process in a (we hope!) stress-free way.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about buying or playing our music, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help!

A Snail's Pace - Larry Sue handbell composition