Larry and Carla will present a demonstration of handbell duets at a reception with coffee and snacks, for guests at the 2019 Great Lakes Regional Convention of the American Guild of Organists. This event will take place at Third Reformed Church of Holland, at 9:00am and again at 10:00am.
On Easter Sunday we had the opportunity to be part of the celebrations at Los Altos United Methodist Church. We played a couple of our new hymn accompaniments (coming to our website soon!) as well as specially-arranged handbell parts for two choir anthems.
We also enjoyed collaborating with LAUMC’s talented Senior Organist, T. Paul Rosas. Paul recently wrote an organ accompaniment to Come Christians, Join to Sing. We played the 8-bell arrangement with organ and handbells at the three morning services on Easter Sunday. It was a lot of fun! Here’s a recording from one of the services:
Our thanks go to Los Altos United Methodist Church for making this recording available to us.
If you’d like to play this piece, the music is available for purchase and download from our music site.
When you buy music from Choraegus, please remember that the music will come to you as a PDF file. You’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail. See our printing guides for more information about this!
If you’re new to buying Choraegus music, you might find it helpful to look at our step-by-step guide. We designed this guide to take you through the process in a (we hope!) stress-free way.
If you have any questions about buying or playing our music, you might like to look at the Frequently-Asked Questions. It’s possible that someone else has already asked the same question and received an answer! If you don’t find the information you’re looking for, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
Here’s our latest 8-bell piece; it’s the hymn Faith of our Fathers (ST CATHERINE). We recorded this video during a rehearsal at the AGO Silicon Valley January Jubilee event earlier this year.
If you’d like to play this arrangement, the sheet music is available for purchase and download from Choraegus.
When you purchase handbell music from Choraegus, the music score will come to you as a PDF file. That means you’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail. Your purchase of this 8-bell hymn arrangement allows you to print up to 4 copies for your handbell group. Please see our licensing agreement for full details, and don’t pay for more copies than you need to!
If you haven’t bought music from Choraegus before, you might find it helpful to read our step-by-step guide. We designed this to take you through the process and make it stress-free!
If you have any questions about buying or playing our handbell music, please take a look at our Frequently-Asked Questions, in case the answer is there! If you don’t find the information you need, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
A huge “thank you” to everyone who came to the Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert in Menlo Park last Friday! We had a great evening, and very much enjoyed the opportunity to hear Angela Kraft Cross on the organ. Dr Kraft Cross has given over four hundred concerts across the United States. She has also performed in Canada, England, Holland, France, Hungary, Lesotho and Guam. To say she’s an experienced performer would be an understatement!
It was encouraging to have such a large audience in the church on Friday evening. These benefit concerts are a wonderful way to support the valuable work of the Alzheimer’s Association. We’re grateful to T. Paul Rosas, organist at Los Altos United Methodist Church, for inviting us to be a part of this fundraising effort.
Here’s a picture of us in the church before the concert, with Angela Kraft Cross.
Over the next few days we’ll be posting more photos and video excerpts from the concert in Menlo Park. You’ll be able to see them here on our website, and on Facebook and YouTube. If you couldn’t attend the concert, it’s not too late to make a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association. Contact us to find out how, and we’ll put you in touch with the concert organiser. Alternatively, you might enjoy taking part in a local Walk for Alzheimer’s event near you!
We’re looking forward to the next Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert. We’ll let you know when it will be happening!
Don’t miss the Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert on Friday, January 23rd!
If you love handbells… or if you love organ music… or if you know someone with Alzheimer’s Disease… these are all great reasons to come to this concert. In fact, who needs a reason to go to a concert? Even if you have no particular reason to leave your house on that Friday evening, we’d still love to see you at St Bede’s Episcopal Church in Menlo Park.
We’ll be teaming up with talented organist Angela Kraft Cross to present a varied selection of music. You’ll hear handbell pieces ranging from classical arrangements to hymns and Irish jigs. This Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert is sponsored by the San Jose and PA/Peninsula chapters of the American Guild of Organists. Admission is free, and there will be a free-will offering to support the work of the Alzheimer’s Association.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact us. If we can’t help, we’ll be happy to put you in touch with someone who can. Please feel free to share the concert flyer. Tell your friends and family about the performance, and help us spread the word. We look forward to seeing you on Friday evening!
