The Bay View Week of Handbells Concert 2024 is approaching! We’re looking forward to this year’s concert, where more than a hundred advanced handbell musicians will be performing some beautiful, challenging and exciting music under the baton of director Fred Gramann.

We’ve been attending the Week of Handbells together since 2010, and participating in this event is always a highlight of our year. It’s an opportunity to work with a large group of musicians to prepare a concert to share, in a place we love. The music is always varied, challenging and exciting, and designed to appeal to a variety of musical tastes. Whether you love energetic original compositions, beautiful sacred works, classical pieces or familiar traditional melodies, there will always be something in the Week of Handbells concert that will appeal to you. It’s unlikely that you will ever get to see a concert that features such a huge number of handbells and handchimes!

This year’s concert will be on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at 7:30pm, at the John M. Hall Auditorium at Bay View. Admission is free, and there will be an offering to benefit the Bay View Association Music Scholarship Fund. There’s no need to book tickets in advance, but you should plan to arrive in plenty of time to get good seats, because it’s a popular concert!