Bellissima Ringers are geared up to leave for Scranton on Friday (June 26).

We have the honour of presenting a showcase concert on Sunday evening, June 28.  We're looking forward to hearing the Raleigh Ringers on Saturday night!

Wish us luck!

 

SPRING HANDBELL CONCERTS

Bellissima Ringers

Saturday, April 18, 2009,   7:00 p.m. at Wesley United Church in Welland, ON

(See attached poster)

This concert will be shared with the Harbour Lite Singers.  Come and enjoy an evening of choir and bell music.  A wide variety of selections is planned including classical, sacred and several light-hearted songs of yesteryear.

 

Sunday, April 26, 2009,   3:00 p.m. at Knollwood Presbyterian Church, London, ON

Free will offering will be accepted.

The concert will be a one-hour program, including several pieces from Bellissima Ringers' CD, Decade.  Come and relax for an hour and enjoy the music. 

 

 

Bells Ablaze

Friday, May 29, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at the Salvation Army in Woodstock

Sing Out!  Ring Out! 

A shared concert with the Cantabile Singers of Woodstock (Susan sings alto!)   Don't miss this wonderful evening of singing and ringing.   Women's choir, men's choir, combined choir, bell choir alone and everyone together!  LOTS of variety ..... something for everyone.  BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

(poster to follow)

For more information, contact Susan

Sunday, December 14 marked a first for Bells Ablaze.  We were invited to play with the TSO in their annual Family Christmas Concert.  How exciting!

We played after the intermission and entered in procession from the back of Roy Thomson Hall (4 of us down each of 2 aisles).  Susan wrote a simple processional which we played while the conductor, John Morris Russell read a poem by Edgar Allen Poe about bells.  Many folks in the audience were surprised as suddenly the ringers were right there!

Lined up across the front of the stage, we damped our bells to close the processional and then went right into Carol of the Bells, played by the full orchestra.

At the end of the concert, we returned to the stage ringing sleigh bells to join all the other performers and the audience in the Grande Finale carol sing. 

Needless to say, this was very thrilling and we had a blast!  And Susan's Auntie Cath greeted everyone backstage afterwards (with roses for Susan)!

Thanks to the TSO for looking after us so well and to Maestro Russell for his warm welcome!

 

Bellissima Ringers release their first CD to celebrate 10 years of ringing together.

THE ONLY FULL-LENGTH CD in CANADA recorded by a handbell quartet!!

Come and celebrate with us on Sunday, September 14, 2008  at Wesley-Knox United Church, 91 Askin Street in London, ON.

1:30pm to 4:30pm   Refreshments will be served and the quartet will perform each hour.

Hope to see you there.

If you can't be there to buy your CD in person ($20 each), you can order securely online through our website www.bellissimaringers.ca

 

 

Here is a comment from Ruth Falk who attended our concert on Sunday in Guelph.

 

The concert was magnifantabulistic!! (a combination of several superlatives) Where do I start?  All the music was beautiful.  Loved the organ with the bells.  Loved the amazing solo and quartet ringing.  Loved the versatility of each person to play any bells, any place and sometimes four at a time and with mallets here and there too!  Just wonderful, all of it, as I knew it would be.

Bells Ablaze and Bellissima Ringers will give a concert in Guelph on Sunday, Apr 29 at 3:30 pm.  It will be held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Norfolk Street and admission is by free-will offering.

The program will include a Gilbert and Sullivan tune, Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag played by handbell quartet and the final piece will feature bells and organ.   And, of course, Susan will be playing a couple of solos.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

Bellissima Ringers will be performing a noon-hour recital on Friday March 23, 2007 at 12:00 noon.

This is part of the Lenten Recital Series at First-St. Andrew's United Church in London, ON  (Queen's Ave and Waterloo)

Admission is by free-will offering and lunch is available for $5.00 following the recital at 12:30.

The program will include some spirituals and our version of Maple Leaf Rag.  Don't miss it!

 

Susan will be appearing as guest soloist at a concert of the Canadian Orpheus Male Choir this weekend in Welland.  See the attached poster for more information.

Susan will be the guest clinician at a workshop for new and not-so-new ringers at Wesley-Knox United Church. 

Morning and afternoon sessions followed by a concert with Bells Ablaze, Bellissima Ringers and a solo performance by Susan.

Don't miss this chance to help get the new bell choir started at Wesley-Knox and hear a fun and exciting handbell concert!

Enthusiastic audiences raved about our concerts last weekend!  We entered Aeolian Hall playing a peal as we walked up onto the stage.  Then, we were into our first piece, featuring Adam Guthrie on the violin. 

It was a wonderful evening.  If you missed it, you have the chance to attend our concert in Ingersoll on Sunday April 23, at 3:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church.  Call me for tickets.  Bring your friends.....they'll love you for it!

 

 

This is a new venture for me.  I hope you'll be patient as I learn how to do this.  Check back regularly for new articles, pictures and concert information!

I have wanted to have a "full" bell choir ever since I bought my bells in 1997 but for several reasons had to wait a few years to make this dream a reality.  Finally in September of 2004, my dream came true! 

I invited some keen, accomplished ringers to join with me in my new venture.  We are now starting our 3rd season. 

Click on "Future performances" to find out where and when you can hear us perform.  We promise you'll enjoy the concert!

Attached is a poster about a great handbell concert in April.  Bellissima Ringers, Bells Ablaze will be performing and Susan will also ring a couple of solos.  Check the attached poster for details.  Call me for tickets!   You won't want to miss it!  We're doing a few pieces with other instruments too, including violin, piano, organ and percussion.