Christmas Handbell Music

Two favorite carols are combined into a delightful and joyous setting featuring styles and rhythms from around the world. Beginning with a Celtic flair, it travels to East Asia, basks in the calypso style

A new twist on the beloved Christmas carol, this arrangement is fierce and holds nothing back. Yet it is accessible and not overly complicated to pull off. Replete with thrilling twists and turns, including

Four traditional bell carols are woven together to produce a festive arrangement useful for church or concert. Carols include: Kling Gloeckchen; Jingle Bells; Ding Dong, Merrily on High

Three Christmas tunes form this bell tree solo medley. The arrangement begins with the brightness of Ding, Dong, Merrily; moves to the mellowness of Good Christian Friends and ends with

This spirited holiday arrangement combines Deck the Hall and Gentle Mary Laid Her Child for a joyful celebration of the season. The familiar melodies are given a lively treatment

A jaunty opening figure leads off this arrangement of the well-loved Welsh tune. After a couple of traditional verses, the tune is set as a waltz before one last triumphant iteration of the theme brings the

This fantasy on the traditional Ukrainian Carol was written for a bell tree solo, duet or trio with two-octave chime accompaniment that is playable by three ringers. The included performance notes

This arrangement begins with the familiar and repetitive four-note pattern that develops into a series of creatively placed stopped techniques. Wonderful ascending sixteenth-note parallel octaves lead to

Christmas songs God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Fum, Fum, Fum are combined in what will become an audience favorite. The bell part stands alone as a fine arrangement, but adding

With a cheerful, buoyant pulse, this traditional English melody will be fun to perform and bring delight to the listeners. The dancelike rhythm provides a festive atmosphere to any Christmas worship or

Beginning with all ringers on mallets, this is an ideal piece to teach mallet technique. The developing ringer will enjoy the variety of other techniques, including mallet rolls, used to enliven this

This amazing setting flows from introspective to bold, lyrical to rhythmically dynamic, and even includes a lovely piano interlude with option to accompany it on handchimes (F5-D6). Perfect for both secular

If you have 11-12 bells (ranging from D5 to A6), 3 music stands and 4-6 ringers then you can ring the seven Christmas songs in this ensemble folio. Great for traveling to all those bell outings, especially

This light-hearted arrangement is a delight for both audience and ringer. The original English tune is interwoven with echos of sea shanty melodies and original material. The flute part, while optional,

This fun and boisterous arrangement includes mallets and many other stopped techniques. The lilting opening section gives way to a grandiose presentation of the melody and then returns to the sea-shanty

Patricia Hurlbutt's jaunty arrangement of this traditional German carol is sure to delight listeners this holiday season. The theme is set in 4/4 time instead of the usual 3/4, and syncopations abound. The

This bell tree processional is supported by the melodic sound of chimes. Adding drum, tambourine, finger cymbal and a few high bells makes this a mesmerizing processional. It will suit any choir with a

Lots of percussive techniques illustrate the text, "Willy, play your drum." An optional chime melody with bell descant gives interest to the middle section. Excitement increases as percussive effects (mart,