Class Schedule – Thursday, July 11
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Session 5: 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Advanced Bass Bells: Developing the Individual Ringer and the Section, Justin Wooten
Arranging Rock, Pop, and Jazz for Handbells, Ron Mallory
Basics Revisited: Your 100,000k Measure Tune-Up, Michèle Sharik (Full)
Beginning Ringing Track*, (Session 2 of 5) Griff Gall
*starts at 8:45 AM
Beginning Solo Ringing, Ron Bellamy
Fascinating Rhythms: System of Ta, Susan Capestro (Full)
Handbells, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence, Mitchell Eithun
Ringers Rehearsal Techniques, Beth Judd (Full)
Spinning Around the Circle of Fifths, Michael Glasgow
Take Me Out to the Bell Game, Lisa Arnold
Whitechapel Maintenance, Sandra and Martin Winter
Showcase: There’s Always Hope, Hope Publishing, Brenda Austin
Session 6: 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Advanced Ringing Track, (Session 3 of 6), Andy Wallace (Full)
Basics Revisited: Your 100,000 Measure Tune-Up, Michèle Sharik
Beginning Bass Bells: Molding the Individual Ringer and the Section, Justin Wooten
Easy Programing with GarageBand, Damien Lim
Fewer Hands Can Still Make Big Music, Kathleen Wissinger
Going Digital: Using Technology for Music in Handbells, Rick Holdsworth
Instilling Musicality in the Beginning Handbell Choir, Daniel Moore (Full)
Practicing at Home With or Without Bells, Ron Mallory
Problem Solving for Rhythm Challenges, Marci Nuoffer
Quartet Ringing Basics, Sharon Schmidt
Showcase: Something Old, Something New, AGEHR Publishing, Brian Childers
Session 7: 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
All-Star Choir Rehearsal, (Session 3 of 7) David Harris
Between the Music, P.L. Grove
Do Not Be Afraid: Theory Is Fun!, Joy Toll-Chandler
First Look: Strategies for Sight-Reading Success, Stevie Berryman (Full)
Instilling Musicality in the Beginning Handbell Choir, Daniel Moore (Full)
Intermediate Ringing Track, (Session 2 of 6) Sandra Eithun (Full)
Intermediate Solo Ringing, Ron Bellamy
Left or Right: A Guide to Malleting, Jack Burdwood (Full)
Schulmerich Maintenance, Thomas Smith
Take It Up a Notch: How to Advance Beyond the Basics, Jennifer Stack
The Struggle is Real! Rehearsal Techniques and Strategies for Developing Directors, (Session 1 of 2) Lynn Atkins
Showcase: What’s New in Pop? 8-Bit Handbell Publishing, Nick Hanson, Brian Seemann
Session 8: 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Adaptive Notation: Evolving into the Digital World, Diana Montgomery
All-Star Choir Rehearsal, (Session 4 of 7) David Harris
Audition Skills for Ringers, Sharon Schmidt
Balloons, Stevie Berryman (Full)
How Do I Conduct That? Keeping the Bell Choir Together When the Music Gets Weird, Joel Plaag
Intermediate Ringing Track, (Session 3 of 6) Sandra Eithun (Full)
Just 2s and 3s: Rhythms Made Easy, Brian Seemann (Full)
Roundtable: I’m Excited, Now Where is Everybody?, Michael Glasgow
Take Me Out to the Bell Game, Lisa Arnold
When Left is Right: Weaving and Displacement, P.L. Grove (Full)
Showcase: The Diversity of Handbells: Small Ensemble and Solo Music, Heitz Handbells, Alison Pruett, Nikki Evans, Ingrid Daniel, Michèle Sharik, and Carol Scheel
Unpublished Reading Session, Led by Ed Rollins – 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM