The Allen family, members of the Allen Family
Bells.
David playing Dona Nobis Pacem on bells, measure 7 just before beat 3 in the sound file.
My daughter, Amy, and I are accomplished English
handbell soloists (we also do handbell duets) specializing in the multiple
bell techniques that I have developed. My book, Advanced Solo Ringing:
Multiple Bell Techniques, is the first work to detail many of these
skills. I am a member of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers,
AGEHR.
Our family group, the Allen Family Bells, also includes my wife, Cheryl, our
singer and accompanist. The Allen Family Bells tours providing concerts,
handbell workshops, and handbell music for worship services.
We have an advanced solo ringing article published in November/December, 2000 issue of AGEHR's magazine, Overtones.
Figure 4 is an except from O Lord Most Holy out of my book, Advanced Solo Ringing: Multiple Bell Techiques (see the Publications page).
See the Article Pictures page, as referenced in the article, for a sequential set of photos to visualize how the excerpt is played.
I play Dona Nobis Pacem, as a 3-part round. The sound file is of
the 8 measures where all 3 parts are being played simultaneously and lasts
about 34 seconds. The sound file is 375 K bytes in size and will take
about 3 to 4 minutes to download with a 28.8K modem and an average connection.
This sound file was recorded April 11, 1998 in wave format. If you have
saved it since then, you do not need to do so again.
With my techniques, now
listen to what a Soloist can do.
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Links to sites where we are listed:
[AGEHR] The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers - Official web site.
[AGEHR Members] The best listing of links to AGEHR Member's web sites.
[Allegro Bells] Web site of the Allegro Bells, Union Church, Hinsdale, Illinois - With small but growing list of links.
[Bonnie Woolley Bell Links] A great list of handbell links.
[First United Methodist Church, Orlando] My home church.
[The Handbell WebRing] A community of sites related to handbells, handchimes, and carillons.
[The Internet Party Planning Directory] A growing list of all the people you need for a party, wedding, etc.
[National Music Publishers] My Publisher
[OGEHR] Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers - Good information about Canadian guilds and other links.
[Who's who in Handbells] Jacques Kearns' list of handbell people - the most complete I've found.
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