Directors Seminar AREA 3 HANDBELL MUSICIANS OF AMERICA. Technique Classes taught by Members of the Raleigh Ringers

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1 1 Music Theory Certification Level 1 HANDBELL MUSICIANS OF AMERICA AREA 3 Directors Seminar Debbie Henning Bells for Smaller Groups Tim Navis Repertoire Creatively Using Handbells in Worship Technique Classes taught by Members of the Raleigh Ringers Directors Seminar Friday & Saturday, August 11-12, 2017 Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown 3415 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC 27609

2 WHO MAY ATTEND GENERAL INFORMATION New or experienced handbell directors/educators Prospective New Directors Directors who work with children, youth or adults in a church, community or school setting Individuals who wish to take Music Theory & Testing towards Level I Certification. WHAT SHOULD I BRING? Registrants SHOULD bring their music folder/notebook or tabletop music stand and GLOVES. Registrants are encouraged to bring mallets for the bell range they prefer to play. Bells and padded tables will be furnished. REGISTRATION Registration is now open. Register early! Registrants for the Directors Seminar will be accepted until August 5, The registrar will acknowledge registration within two weeks of receipt. ONLINE REGISTRATION Go to Sign in OR create a new sign on After entering the information, click on Create Sign On Click on Register in the gold bar and follow the directions. Mail your check, class form & a copy of the confirmation page to the Registrar to complete the registration process. FEES Handbell Musicians Member: $100 Music Theory Certification Level 1 & Testing Only. Maximum of 12 Participants Theory Participants are welcome to attend Friday Night s Repertoire Session. $225 Music Theory Certification Level 1 & Directors Seminar Those not taking Certification Test will attend Seminar. $200 Directors Seminar Only Non-Handbell Musicians of America Member: Add $90 to your registration fee for a One -year membership to Handbell Musicians of America. Cancellation: Refunds will be made for event registration cancellations received in writing or by until August 1, 2017, less a $25 administrative fee per registrant. Cancellations made after August 1, 2017 for any reason (including medical issues, family emergencies, etc.) are not refundable. EVENT HOTEL: Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, 3415 Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh, NC Reservations must be made on your own by calling 1 (800) HILTONS or accessing their Website You must use the 4 - Letter group code HAND in order to make reservations online. Special seminar rate is: Single Rate $109, Double Rate $114, Triple Rate $119, Quad Rate $124 (plus current 12.75% state and local tax). The Hotel offers complimentary parking. Rate includes a free breakfast per person, based on occupancy. Reservations should be received by the Hotel by July 11, Reservations received after that date will be accepted on a space and rate available basis. Mention the Handbell Musicians of America Area 3 event to get the preferred rate. INFORMATION Event information packets will be sent to the address that you provided on your registration form. Avoid your junk mailbox! Please enter the following addresses to your contacts so you will be sure to receive important event information: 2

3 3 Mark Gourley, Coordinator of Events - eventscoordinator.area3@handbellmusicians.org; Kyler Brengle, Area 3 Chair - chair.area3@handbellmusicians.org: Debbie Henning, Registrar - registrar.area3@handbellmusicians.org MEALS Friday dinner is on your own. Saturday breakfast is provided with your hotel stay. A sit down lunch will be served on Saturday and is included in the registration fee. VENDORS (application form required) HIC and HMA nonprofit vendors will be invited to display and sell handbell music, supplies, equipment and boutique items. The seminar has several shopping times built into the schedule. If you would like to be a vendor at the seminar, contact Mark Gourley at eventscoordinator.area3@handbellmusicians.org or Class Descriptions and Times Friday Music Theory Certification Class Session I - Friday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Theory - Session I Music Theory Certification Class Session II - Friday 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Theory - Session II Directors Seminar Class Session I 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Techniques A - Z This class covers every one-bell technique we know of, starting with the proper ringing stroke. This is a good class for beginning ringers or ringers who may not know many different techniques. Creatively Using Handbells in Worship Tim Navis Have you ever thought about the many avenues available in a worship setting using handbells? To often Music Directors get complacent in using handbells as a Prelude, Offertory, or Postlude; however, how about with the hymns, as a response to prayer, or to tell a Bible story. To go even further, how about using them as a prayer itself, or a benediction, or as the primary instrument in a worship setting when an organist/pianist may not be available? This session will brainstorm ideas, give repertoire possibilities, and give you the chance to voice your experiences and traditions! General Session - Repertoire - Friday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM The Handbell Repertoire Session will be done in two parts. The first part will focus on liturgical music for the fall or Ordinary time as well as music for major worship services such as All Saints Day, Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas. The second part will focus on the major liturgical worship services of the winter/spring season, including Transfiguration, Ash Wednesday, Lent (Season of), Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday. Both sessions will include music of various levels as well as some quick-learn pieces that are great to have on hand. (Those enrolled in Music Theory Certification are welcome to take part in this Repertoire Session.) Saturday Theory Testing (Only for those Registered for Certification) 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Class Session II - Saturday Morning 8:30 AM-9:30 AM Bells for Small Number of Ringers (less than a 3-octave group) Debbie Henning Are your volunteer bell choir members dwindling? Are several of your members going south for the winter? How can you play quality music for worship or concert with less than 11 ringers? This track will concentrate on answering those questions. Topics covered will include techniques & notations for 1 to 6 ringers (solo, duet, trio, quartet, quintet), and score study for converting a 3

4 4 Stuck in the Middle Saturday Morning 8:30 AM-9:30 AM (Continued) The middle bells, or battery, is a fun place to be! There can be a lot of action in the music of the middle bells, and this class will give you some strategies and practice for handling what comes up. Class Session III - Saturday Morning 9:45 AM-10:45 AM Techniques A - Z Creatively Using Handbells in Worship Stuck in the Middle Tim Navis Class Session IV - Saturday Morning 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Conducting Speaking Italics and Italian: Dynamics, tempo changes, expression phrases. They re typically in italics, Italian, or both! The course teaches basic conducting patterns and gestures (which directors AND ringers need to know!), and explores interpretation of how difficult-to-conduct passages may be approached, showing the importance of the left hand, getting ringers to learn conducting basics so they know what all that hand-waving is about (and ensuring that the directors are waving appropriately). Participants are welcome and encouraged to bring pieces that present conducting challenges so that we may customize the class for specific applications. Bells for Smaller Groups Area 3 Roundtable A What do you want from Area 3? discussion.. Debbie Henning Kyler Brengle & Paul Brill Class Session V - Saturday Afternoon 1:30 PM-2:30 PM Bass Bell Techniques Learn the proper techniques to handle the big bells without injury, and how to play them effectively. This is your chance to ring The Raleigh Ringers big buckets! Treble Bell Techniques Learn how to handle more than one bell in each hand. This class teaches the basics of Four-in-Hand and Shelly multiple bell techniques. Conducting Class Session VI - Saturday Afternoon 2:45 PM-3:45 PM Bass Bell Technique Treble Bell Techniques Questions??? Mark Gourley, COE eventscoordinator.area3@handbellmusicians.org Kyler Brengle, Area Chair chair.area3@handbellmusicians.org Debbie Henning, Registrar registrar.area3@handbellmusicians.org

5 5 Faculty Michael J. Glasgow holds B.A. degrees in music and in journalism; as well as a Master of Church Music degree, in both choral and handbell music. He serves in leadership roles with the North Carolina Master Chorale and the Tar River Orchestra & Chorus. An award-winning composer, he strives to creatively advance the art of handbell and choral music, through special projects, assignments and commissions. Michael is proud to have served as the inaugural conductor for the annual Anthornis and Anthornis North advanced-ringing events in Minneapolis and Fargo; and to have conducted in England, Canada, and on a cruise ship in the Eastern Caribbean. He will make his Carnegie Hall debut conducting his Requiem in June He also serves as the editor for the Handbell Musicians of American Area 3 newsletter, The Bell -O-Gram, and is a member of ASCAP, American Composers Forum, Mensa and several other professional organizations. Additional information and samples of Michael s work may be found at Debbie Henning has been involved with handbells for over 45 years as both a ringer and a director. She currently rings with Westminster Ringers (serving as the managing Director & Treasurer), directs Accelerando - the intermediate ensemble of the Westminster Ringers, Inc., teaches early childhood music and movement classes, and is the Director of Music at Grace UMC in Gaithersburg, MD where she directs the Chancel Choir, Joyful Voices, Grace Ringers and oversees the Devine Ensemble & Caroling Angels. In addition to her musical adventures, Debbie loves to quilt, sew and cross stitch. Debbie has served Handbell Musicians of America (formerly AGEHR) Area 3 as Maryland State Chair, Treasurer, Program Chair for the Spring Festivals and Coordinator of Events. Debbie and her husband, Larry are the founding members of the Westminster Ringers, Inc. and have three grown children & a grandchild. Timothy (Tim) Navis was born and raised in Sheboygan Wisconsin. Following High School, Tim attended Silver Lake College in Manitowoc Wisconsin earning a degree in Music and Theology. Tim s major performing areas were organ and percussion. Following Silver Lake, Tim attended Concordia University in Mequon Wisconsin. There he studied organ and handbells with Dr. John Behnke; earning a MA in Church Music. While at Concordia Tim began serving at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in Danville, VA. Tim is a member of the American Guild of Organists and Handbell Musicians of America, and served locally on the board for the Danville Concert Association from Tim is the Music Director/Organist at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in Danville VA. In addition to Mount Vernon, he is the organist for Chatham Hall boarding school in Chatham Virginia and an adjunct instructor at Averett University in Danville. Tim and his wife Leslie and they have two sons, Evan and Jaden. In his free time he enjoys camping, kayaking, and anything outdoors. Tim and Leslie also enjoy being Foster parents in the city of Danville. The Raleigh Ringers is an internationally acclaimed, advanced community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since its founding in 1990, The Raleigh Ringers have been dazzling concert audiences with unique interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music, including famous rock n roll tunes arranged just for handbells. Under the direction of David M. Harris, The Raleigh Ringers has released six CDs, and two DVDs of holiday concerts titled One Winter Evening at Meymandi and A December Tradition. The first concert was broadcast on more than 250 public television stations in 44 states. The second one has been broadcast in 37 states on over 80 public television stations. The group has performed in 39 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, England and France during its tours, and plays two dates each year at a major venue in Raleigh. The Raleigh Ringers also sponsor an annual festival for children who play handbells, an annual festival for advanced adult ringers, a beginning ringers workshop, and a read & ring for advanced ringers and teach handbell techniques classes at Raleigh Ringers Central several times a year. The Raleigh Ringers promotes the art of handbell ringing by: Presenting entertaining performances of advanced handbell music to the widest possible audience: Commissioning composers to create works for advanced handbell choirs; Supporting and encouraging fellow handbell musicians; Offering educational opportunities through classes and event sponsorship.

6 6 Schedule Friday, August 11 10:00 AM-10:30 AM Music Theory Certification Registration 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Music Theory Certification Level 1 - Session 1 12:00 PM-2:30 PM Lunch (on your own)/study Time 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Directors Seminar Registration 2:30 PM-4:00 PM Music Theory Certification Level 1 - Session 2 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Directors Seminar Classes 1 4:00 PM-6:45 PM Dinner (on your own) 6:45 PM-7:00 PM Welcome 7:00 PM-7:50 PM DS General Session 1 8:00 PM-8:50 PM DS General Session 2 8:50 PM-9:30 PM Networking/Shopping Saturday, August 12 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Music Theory Certification Level 1 Testing 8:30 AM-9:30 AM DS Classes 2 9:45 AM-10:45 AM DS Classes 3 11:00 AM-12:00 PM DS Classes 4 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Lunch (provided) and Shopping 1:30 PM-2:30 PM DS Classes 5 2:45 PM-3:45 PM DS Classes 6 3:45 PM-4:00 PM Closing Class Pre-Registration Circle or highlight classes that you wish to take each session on the sheet that is included in this brochure and return it with your registration. You may take Music Theory even if you are not enrolled in Certification. Registration priority given to Certification students; class size maximum is 12. If you are not enrolled in Certification, you do NOT take the Test. Please see the page concerning fees.

7 7 MUSIC THEORY CERTIFICATION - LEVEL I This track is part of the Handbell Musicians of America Certification Program. If you intend to take this Certification Track, you must be pre-enrolled through the National website to get credit for the course completion. Please go to and scroll down to How to Participate in Certification to enroll in the Certification Program. The maximum is 12 students. This track consists of two (2) ninety minute sessions plus the test. Music Theory 1 Building on the basics of note-reading and rhythmic constructions will ensure a basic working knowledge of music theory, both generally and as it pertains to handbells and handchimes. This class is NOT a music fundamentals course, but a music theory course. It assumes students already have a solid working knowledge of basic treble- and bassclef reading and standard time signatures/note values; an understanding of what sharps and flats do; and, ideally, a general navigation of the notes of the piano keyboard. In order to successfully pass this course as part of the certification curriculum, students must be able to: Know mechanical parts of a handbell score (barline, notehead, stem, beam, grand staff, etc.) and pitch names for C3- C6 (handbell designation C4-C7). Understand the one-octave aural transpositional nature of handbells and handchimes as instruments. Recognize and identify rhythmic values of notes and rests from sixteenth notes through whole notes (including the mathematical comprehension of dotted notes and triplets). Understand measured construction of music and time signatures related to perfect simple and perfect compound meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 2/2, 3/2, 6/8, 9/8 (3+3+3), 12/8), including abbreviations for common time and cut time. Recognize key signatures and associated scales up to 3 sharps and 3 flats, inclusive; understand and identify relative- minor equivalencies. Comprehend basic dynamic markings (ppp through fff), diminuendo/decrescendo, crescendo, mezzo; as well as understand common basic performance markings. Recognize intervals of octave, perfect fifth, perfect fourth, major/minor third; understand difference between prime unison and colloquial unison (e.g., unison at the octave ). Have a basic understanding of triadic harmony and chord construction, and the difference/relationship between major and minor triads. Recognize and understand basic enharmonic equivalents. Comprehend simple score navigation: repeat signs, basic endings, D.S., D.C., Coda. Evaluate a handbell score and create a Handbells Used Chart for a three-octave piece. Replicate any rhythm which may appear in a handbell score of Level 1, 2 or 3. Required Text: Handbell and Handchimes Notation Guide, Dayton, OH: AGEHR Music, R101, 2010 Recommended Texts Randel, Don Michael (ed.), New Harvard Dictionary of Music, The, Harvard University Press/Belknap Press. ISBN (4th edition), 2003 Various handbell music as recommended by instructor Surmani, Andrew, Surmani, Karen Farnum, Manus, Morton. Alfred s Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self-Study Course for All Musicians, Alfred Publishing, 2004, ISBN (includes 2 CDs and answers)

8 8 Registration Form Area 3 Directors Seminar August 11-12, 2017 Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown Raleigh, NC Please complete one form (both sides) for each person attending the Seminar Make as many copies of this form as needed. Register by sending the completed form with check payable to Handbell Musicians of America Area 3: Debbie Henning, DS Registrar 737 Holland Lane, Westminster, MD NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP HOME PHONE OTHER PHONE ORGANIZATION ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP GUILD MEMBERSHIP # Your address is very helpful in sending out your confirmation and other information. It will not be shared with anyone. Persons registering for this Area 3 seminar who have served as Chair of Area 3, are currently serving as an Area 3 Board member or Appointee, or are serving as faculty/staff for this seminar, do not have to pay the festival registration. Please list the name(s) below of any person(s) in your group who are in this category: Handbell Musicians Member: Music Theory Certification Level 1, Testing, & Directors Seminar ($225) Directors Seminar only ($200) Music Theory Certification Level 1 Only (No Directors Seminar) ($100) (deadline to apply is July 8, 2017) Non-HMA Member (Add $90) Total Amount enclosed $ $ $ $ $ Cancellation: Refunds will be made for event registration cancellations received in writing or by until July 15, 2017, less a $25 administrative fee per registrant. Cancellations made after July 15, 2017 for any reason (including medical issues, family emergencies, etc.) are not refundable. Please check all that apply: I am under the age of 18 I am a first-time attendee. I would like to have a mentor assigned to me. I am willing to mentor a first-time attendee at the seminar. I have special physical or dietary needs. Please explain: By participating in this event, I hereby certify and acknowledge that photographs, recordings and/or video may be taken during this event and that these images, interviews, or recordings may be used by the Handbell Musicians of America Area 3 or its assignees in publications, promotional materials, and/or website as approved by the Area 3 Board of Directors. Signature Over please

9 9 Name: Track & Class Pre-Registration Circle or highlight the classes that you would like to take each session. Friday 10:30 AM Music Theory Level I - Session I 2:30 PM Music Theory Level I - Session II 3:00 PM Creative Use of Bells in Worship Techniques A - Z Saturday 8:30 AM Music Theory Level I Testing (For Certification Only) 8:30 AM Bells for Smaller Groups Stuck in the Middle 9:45 AM Creative Use of Bells in Worship Techniques A - Z 9:45 AM Stuck in the Middle 1:30 PM Bass Bells Treble Bells 1:30 PM Conducting 3:30 PM Treble Bells Bass Bells