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Comment on Handbell Podcast Season 4 Show 79 – New Bells? – Recorded 12/8/2009 by samuelchan2005

samuelchan2005 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:20:12 +0000

there have been some discussions on the new bells in this video
i have also posted some brief translations to the picture descriptions there
http://hbpcommunity.ning.com/video/japanese-handbell-instrument

Comment on Handbell Podcast Season 4 Show 69 – Solo and Duet Music – Recorded 10/27/2009 by SharonB

SharonB — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:46:28 +0000

Hey Dean!

Thanks for saying my bells were in good shape for their age. It probably helped that they spent about 10 of their years in a closet before someone rescued them a few years back. I thought they would be in bad enough condition for you to laugh and point, so this is a good thing!

And don’t worry about using my last name — Handbell Podcast is a multiple-Sharon outfit so it’s good to make subtle distinctions. Cuz I’m all about the subtle…

Comment on Handbell Podcast Season 4 Show 6 – Starting a Com/Pro Group – Recorded 01/20/2009 by tparsons617

tparsons617 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:00:05 +0000

Thanks for playing Reunir, one of my all-time favorites. Got me emotional on a Thursday morning.

Love those parallel 2nd inversion 7th chords in the A-section! Genius. The V7 – VII – V7 progression in the middle section always gives me chills.

The first time I played this was actually in a massed ring…Ft. Worth National Festival…what was the year, 1992? 1995? Something like that.

Comment on 13th International Handbell Symposium Final Concert by Handbells4Life

Handbells4Life — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:22:29 +0000

I WAS PART OF DISTINCTLY TEEN! This symposiam was really a fun and unique experience. To this day we still play some of the pieces we learned in Church. Thanks for the awesome time!

Comment on Review of the Ring of Fire Concert by Handbells4Life

Handbells4Life — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:51:44 +0000

I was part of the Distinctly Teen group! That trip was one my handbells choir will never forget…

Comment on 13th International Handbell Symposium Final Concert by mdj411

mdj411 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:30:11 +0000

As one of the ringers in the massed choir along with some of my ringers at church, thank you for your glowing portrayal of our ringing. In addition, this is my first time at one of the International Handbell Symposiums, and I so want to be at the next one and the one after that. I certainly hope some of our publishers will carry some of Kazuko Okamoto’s music. She is extremely talented and in fact was in that massed ringing as well (ringing in the group right next to us).

Comment on 13th International Handbell Symposium Final Concert by Matthew Prins

Matthew Prins — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:05:35 +0000

If you don’t mind: Instead of saying how great the festival is, what tremendous musicality you’re seeing, what a great time you’re having, etc., could you instead say how much you hate it, what a waste of time the festival is, those people at home watching reruns of “Frasier” on TV instead of being here sure are lucky, etc. It would make me feel better.

Thank you in advance.

Comment on International Solo Concert #2 by Matthew Prins

Matthew Prins — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:33:40 +0000

Hey, it’s one of my songs! How exciting!

Seriously, though, this is about as high-profile a performance as any of my pieces have had, so I’m thrilled that Embellishments chose to perform “Good Vibrations” at the International Symposium. (I knew they were performing the piece at their spring concert, but I didn’t know anything about this.)

Not being in Orlando for either conference, I didn’t hear the performance, but I will say that the chorus is so stacked with different musical lines (five, I think — blame/credit Wilson and Love, not me) that unless you both bring out the melody and play precisely, there’s a decent chance the chorus will get somewhat muddled. The SoundPrint folks did a good job with their “recording”, I think, although I might have brought out the top line just slightly more.

Oh, and Dean, send me your address after Orlando’s done and I’ll comp you a copy of “Good Vibrations” to take a look at.

Comment on International Solo Concert #1 by organist37

organist37 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:53:38 +0000

Hi Guys – Can you post when the next concert is at the bottom of each wrap-up? I’m going through withdrawal here!