St. Olaf College -- Northfield, MN
-- www.stolaf.edu
Salem State -- Salem, MA -- http://www.salemstate.edu/music/ensmbles/
Salzwedel, James V. (Jim) (TS) Honorary Life 1990.
.-- P.
O. Box 10123 Winston Salem NC 27108 -- (919) 721-1237
-- James V. Salzwedel was the editor of OVERTONES from 1971-75 and then
served as President from 1977-79. He is best remembered as the author
of the AGEHR motto, "Uniting People Through a Musical Art."
While serving on the Board throughout the 1970's, his visions were threefold:
a central or national AGEHR office, a firm financial base (365 club, annuities,
wills and bequests, etc.) and advances in using handbells in special education.
The first has been realized; the others remain important goals on which
we work. Jim served as a minister in the Moravian Church in Winston
Salem as well as an organist and choir director. His Hussite Ringers
made their first tour in 1965, and continued touring for many years. These
seven young people rang five octaves, each being assigned a letter (five
bells). He introduced handbells into the Virgin Islands, and
trained the first bell choir on St. Thomas while serving a church there.
Samford University -- Birmingham, AL
-- http://www.samford.edu/
Sanders, Laurie
Sanders, Rusty Webmaster, Ringer,
SAN DIEGO HARMONY RINGERS - San Diego, CA -
Director, Joe Rodriguez - Contact, Darin Marvin -- events@sdhr.org -- www.sdhr.org
SAN JOAQUIN RINGERS - Stockton, CA - Director,
Jon Townsend - jtownsend@deltacollege.edu
Schiele, Gottfried - Information Systems Administrator -
TWR Private Bag 987, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
Tel: +27-12-807-0053 Fax: +27-12-807-1266 - gschiele@twr.org.za
- http://www.twr.org - I have
been playing handbells as a member of a choir since 1995 starting in Cary,NC
USA. Moving back to my home country - South Africa in 1998, I started playing
as soloist with a set I received as a gift from Resusrection Lutheran Church,
Cary, NC USA to let people hear what handbells sound like and get people
join a choir. I now have a choir of 11 people. Our focus is to Praise
and glorify our Creator and let people hear and see handbells - most have
never seen and heard.
*Schink, Ronald J. (Ron) Honorary Life 1988.
Ron had the dubious honor of being appointed National Festivals Chairman
by eight AGEHR Presidents, beginning with Richard Litterst in 1967 and
continuing through the presidencies of Robert Ivey, Donald Allured, Nancy
Poore Tufts, James Salzwedel, Mary McCleary, David Davidson, and Mary Kettelhut!
From 1967 through 1985 he traveled thousands of miles visiting campuses
and convention centers, selecting sites for National Festivals, and negotiating
contracts for rooms, meals, classrooms, and social activities at the Festival
sites. He also handled all the registrations for the
Festivals! His annual report to the board was usually "We made
money!" To many of us, he was the one who welcomed us at the Festival
registration desk! He also organized and was the tour guide
for the Guild's 25th Anniversary Tour to England in 1979, and in 1984 he
organized and led a tour for adult ringers on a Guild-sponsored ringing
tour of Europe. Ron organized his first bell choir in 1961 and became
a member of AGEHR in 1961. In 1962 he was Chairman of Area V and
from 1963-1967 served as Festival Chairman for Area V. When his term
as Area V's Festival Chairman ended, he began his 18 years of continuous
service as National Festivals Chairman! For his service to
AGEHR, and especially for his many years as National Festivals Chairman,
Ron was made an Honorary Life Member in November of 1988. In the
May 1993 issue of OVERTONES, Mary Kettelhut wrote In Memoriam:
"AGEHR has lost a friend and worker. Ron Schink passed away on February
25th. At the funeral service held for Ron, a tribute was ready by
Pastor Michael Rothgery, a former ringer. He said in part, 'Emmanuel
Lutheran Church (Ron's church of service for 32 years) is known from the
White House to Hawaii and from England to Vienna because of Ron.
Ron took the young men of this congregation who may have never seen farther
than the corn fields of Henry County, and showed them the World.'
He will be missed, but his good works will be remembered by all who knew
and loved him. He played a big part in 'uniting people in this musical
art.'"
Schmidt, Ann Y -- AnnYSchmidtCapitalCarillon@compuserve.com
-- Chair of Area III and the representative-elect to the national
AGEHR board for Areas III and V. Ann is the founder/director
of Capital Carillon, the only auditioned community handbell ensemble serving
the national capital area.
Schmidt, Stan -- agehrdollars@hotmail.com.
Finance Department Chairman (1999), Executive Committee and ringer in Capital
Carillon. Contributor to OVERTONES
Schumacher, Judy - 2254 NE 13th Ave., Hillsboro OR 97124 -- (503) 648-4318-- jshoebox@aol.com -- Judy has been active in the "handbell world" since 1976. She has been a member of AGEHR, was Area X Treasurer and Chairman, and served as National Secretary from 1991-95. Director of three choirs at a Christian elementary school, director of handbell choirs at Concordia University, and handbell choir at her church. She teaches piano lessons to both children and adults. She also rings in the Bells of the Cascades a community choir in the greater Portland, OR area. Clinician
Schwartz Greg -- Vice President of Engineering, Schulmerich
Bells, Carillon Hill, Sellersville, Pa 18960, 215-257-2771
gregs@schulmerichbells.com
-- Involved for over 24 years in the design of all of Schulmerich's
product line, including Handbells, MelodyChimes(R), Carillons, and Accessories.
Webmaster for the Schulmerich Bells web site.
SCOTTSDALE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Scottsdale, AZ -
Director, Kay Cook - Contact, Darla Holmes - kaycook@earthlink.net
- www.desertbells.org
-
SEATTLE BELL ENSEMBLE - Seattle, WA - Contact,
Malia Johnson - Malia_and_Jeff@msn.com
- www.seattlebell.com
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SERENDIPITY RINGERS, THE -- Williamsville, NY -- Director, Mildred J. Fischle -- mjfsparrow@aol.com
Sharik, Michele D. (formerly Hirt) -- Mountain View, CA -- michele@thegoldendance.com -- Michele studied Composition and Flute Performance at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. Joined a bell choir in Indiana because she could read bass clef, was hooked and began directing her own choir at a local church. Moving to Cleveland in 1993, she began dabbling in solo techniques, seriously pursuing solo work in 1998. In January, 2002, she moved to the San Francisco Bay area to ring with Sonos. Since then, she has toured extensively both with Sonos and as a soloist, appearing across the United States and Canada, as well as in the UK, Japan and Hong Kong. She is dedicated to presenting handbells as a concert instrument on apar with violin, flute or piano.
*Sharpe, Fredrick -- Honorary Life, Martha Lynn
Thompson wrote in 1991 that it was difficult to find information about
the Englishman, Frederick L. Sharpe, and most of what has been gathered
is due to the kindness and fine memory of Richard Litterst and to all early
OVERTONES articles written by the Alinda B. Couper. Mr. Sharpe was
probably the foremost English authority on tower bells and he wrote extensively
about the history, etc. of countless bell towers. He could be called
the "curator" of Bell Towers as he was a specialist on the strains and
stresses of these structures. He would receive calls from all over
the world, and if facts were stated accurately, he could diagnose what
was wrong with the tower and send a prescription to fix it. At the 1963
National (AGEHR) Festival in Detroit, Frederick Sharpe was the honored
guest. He taught the ringers how to ring changes, and he listened
to the massed concert of 800 ringers, the like of which he had never seen
or heard. For the final concert he had been given a small bell, and
after the group had played the last chord, he rose from his seat and played
his bell so that he might go home and say that he had run with the largest
gathering of handbell ringers ever to play together in the world!
He also brought the Festival to a close by striking a number 19F# (F#4).
Richard Litterst is quoted as saying: "Fred Sharpe was quite a bell
man. I should say that he brought status to AGEHR, rather than the
other way around." In the May 1976 issue of OVERTONES, Nancy Poore
Tufts wrote In Memoriam of Frederick Sharpe: "Bell ringers and architects
of England and America were grieved to hear of the passing of Frederick
Sharpe ("Mr. F#"), FSA, of Oxfordshire in February, 1976. "A former
President of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers of Great Britain,
a respected church architect specializing in the restoration of towers
and ancient church fabric, a renowned campanologist in the true meaning
of the term, an excellent Church Ringers and Handbell Tune Ringer, Mr.
Sharpe was the author of a number of books on bells of the various Shires
of England, personally having examined and identified and recorded many
forgotten and unusual bells.
"Mr. F# endeared himself when he consented to attend the Detroit Convention
of 1963 as guest campanologist and clinician. ... Those who met him
will never forget the large smiling Englishman perspiring in the Detroit
humidity! ..."We will never forget Mr. F#. " MPT
Sharp, Dr. Timothy (Tim) -- Director of Choral Activities,
Department of Music, Rhodes College, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN
38112-1690. Sharp@Rhodes.edu
or SharpSMNR@aol.com
-- Editor of Sacred Music News & Review, Elizabeth Daughdrill
Chair in the Performing Arts at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
Sherman, Arnold -- Red River Publishing
-- AGEHR Composer, Area X Chm., Composer, Arranger, Conductor,
Clinician
Shinn, Carolyn -- Dallas TX 75228-5937 AGEHR
Composer
SHORELINE RINGERS, INC. - Ledyard, CT - Director, Jane Nolan - http://shorelineringers.org
Shorter College -- Rome, GA --
http://www.shorter.edu/
Shull, Joan - 2809 Oregon Lane Manhatton KS 66502-
(913) 539-2116 jshull@flinthills.com
-- 1991-1999 Historian, Area Chm, first Resource Chairman,
conductor, Author Bach, Beethoven and .... in OVERTONES, Compiler
OVERTONES 1955-1986.
Shull, Kevin composer/clinician/arranger, Solo Ringer, Author
*Shurcliff, Margaret Honorary Life, Charter Member, NEGHR &
AGEHR, Inc., Pr.,1954-57
Silvey, Barbara -- bellsinWA@aol.com - 509-487-1934 home - cell 509-710-0928 -- Teacher of high risk and dropout students for 26 years, foster mom 15 years. Have been ringing 20 years, started with church choir, North Hill Christian Church; rang with Decolores, Spokane Community Handbell Choir - director Blanche Kangas, for 4 years; has been solo ringing since workshop with Christine Anderson 18 years ago. Rang with Campanile for 2 years playing musical percussion theatre, traveling with them on tours through the northwest, midwest, northeast United States and Taiwan. Did this while Campanile was located in Los Angeles and she was located in Spokane, WA :-) Rang with Bells of the Cascades (Portland, OR) for two years...drove 6 hours one way twice a month for rehearsals. Wouldn't anyone for the chance to ring under Nancy Hascall? Favorite ringing event yearly, Bayview Week of Handbells with founder, Don Allured and now current director, Carl Wiltse. Ring in the deep bass pit, all 2's and 1's, down to C1. Currently ringing at several churches, as well as putting on handbell workshops and ringing for weddings, special occasions and parties. Frequent Handbell-L contributor.
Image from Bayview 2006 -- in the Pit.
Sinclair Community College -- Dayton,
OH -- http://www.sinclair.edu/
6th DIMENSION HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Winchester, VA -
Contact, Rhonda Brooks - rjb@rma.edu
- www.6thdimensionhandbells.com
-
Slippery Rock College -- Slippery Rock, PA
-- http://www.sru.edu/
Smith College -- Northampton, MS --
www.smith.edu
Smith, Douglas Floyd 1 Fieldstone Circle Elizabethtown,
PA - 17022-1449 - 717.367.7722 dougsmth@paonline.com
-- Doug has been directing handbells since 1971 at State College Presbyterian
Church in State College, PA. With 2 1/2 octaves of P & F's and no G#'s,
he soon became an arranger. He has been at St. Paul's United Methodist
Church, Elizabethtown, PA since 1977, currently serving as Director of
Handbell Choirs & Youth Instrumental Ensemble. There he directs
both youth and adult ringers using a 6 octave plus set of handbells.
In 1991 he founded and contiues to direct the Mount Gretna Bible Festival
Handbell Concert each August. He is also a music teacher in Elizabethtown
Area School District Elizabethtown, PA. Doug holds a BS in
Music Education and Master of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance from Penn
State and is currently working on a Master of Music Education degree from
West Chester University. As a composer and arranger, his works have appeared
on concerts, festivals and recordings. His "Hava Nageela" arrangement
won the 1991 Area II Composition Contest and has been widely performed
and recorded, most notably by Ring of Fire at the 2001 Presidential Inaugural
Ball. Transcriptions include "Bacchanale" from the 2000 Distinctly
Bronze Festival, "Procession of the Nobles" released on "The Colors of
Bronze" CD by Embellish and "Prelude" performed on the "More" CD by the
Raleigh Ringers. Doug continues to compose, arrange and transcribe
several handbell
commissions annually. AGEHR Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Clinician
Smith, James C. 606 E. Melton Longview TX 75602-
(903) 753-9631 drjimtex@earthlink.net
-- Jim has been directing handbells since 1978, when he was given
a 5 octave set of bells while serving as Director of Music at First Presbyterian
in Houston, TX. His first festival was the Area IX event in Tulsa,
OK in the summer of '78, where he met and became friends with
Don Allured, who was to have a tremendous influence on his understanding
of and approach to bell technique. His first published handbell arrangement
was "Sacred Harp Tune", which was premiered at the Area IX festival in
Arlington in 1988. Jim has been active as a conductor and clinician
and has served AGEHR as chair of Area IX, and as Music Chair (1991-92,
1995-97). He holds a PhD from Florida State University and his occupations
include public school music teacher, college professor and church musician.
He retired as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Longview,
Texas in 1995 and currently serves Alpine Presbyterian in Longview director
of the Henderson Memorial Bells.
AGEHR Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Clinician
SONOS - Bay Area, CA - Director, Jim Meredith
- Contact, Jason Tiller - jason@sonos.org
-
SONORAN BELLS - Tucson., AZ - Director, Margi
Zearley - -www.sonoranbells.org
- zgal2@hotmail.com
THE SOUTH COAST HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Director/Founder,Susan Ullom Hungerford
http://www.southcoasthandbellensemble.com
Southern Baptist Seminary -- Louisville, KY
-- http://www.sbts.edu/
Southern Methodist University -- Dallas, TX
-- http://www.smu.edu/
Southern Nazarene University -- Oklahoma City,
OK (I believe this is the same as the next, in Bethany, OK … just
outside Ok City?
Southern Nazarene University -- Bethany, OK
-- http://www.snu.edu/home.asp
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
-- Fort Worth, TX -- http://www.swbts.edu/
Southwick, 764 Fairmount Avenue St. Paul MN 55105-
(612) 298-9564. davidsouthwick@earthlink.net
-- Resource Chairman AGEHR 1991-1995; 1993-97 National Treasurer,
Bass Bell specialist, clinician - president of Bells
of The Lakes community handbell ensemble, Minneapolis/St Paul.
Spalding, Marcia -- 3135 Radcliff,
Billings MT 59102 -- (406) 252-2606 swampie.s@mclone.com
1990-1994 Mmbership Chairman
Springer, Jeremy- Oklahoma - springer9@cox.net
- Jeremy starting ringing handbells at the age of 13 when
a family friend talked him into going to a rehearsal with them; and from
that moment on, he has been in love with absolutely everything handbells.
He began ringing with the beginning/intermediate handbell choir at his
church, the Grace Notes and quickly moved on to ringing with a four-in-hand
quartet, All-4-One. He is currently the publicist and website designer/maintainer
for Central Oklahoma Ringers and Directors -- CORD (www.cordbells.org),
an advocate group for8 handbells in Oklahoma. Jeremy currently is ringing
in three handbell choirs at his church, working with CORD to help further
the education of handbells in Oklahoma, and loving every minute of both.
Starks, Howard F. -- 1857 Westmoreland Ave., Florence,
SC 29505-2968 -- 843-669-5817 -- Maestrohfs@sc.rr.com
-- Howard graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1954
with a degree in Music Education. That was followed by a Masters of Sacred
Music in Theory and Composition from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, KY. He has been working in the field of handbells since
1963. Howard began composing for handbells because of the lack of handberll
repertoire in the early years. In 1993, he retired from Calvary Baptist
Church in Florence, SC to devote time to composing, writing and directing
workshops/festivals and serving churches as Interim Minister of Music.
Howard continues to compose for a number of publishers and directs festivals
and workshops.
Stephenson, Valerie -- Area VI Past Chair, AGEHR, Inc.
-- 904-880-1806 Phone
and Fax -- valeries1@comcast.net. From Jacksonville, FL, Ms. Stephenson is an experienced vocal and instrumental teacher of all ages. She is an active handbell composer, arranger, author, conductor, and clinician. Ms Stephenson served on the Area VI Board of the AGEHR in a variety of positions for 14 years, including representing that area on the national board. She is currently serving as Florida State Chair for Area IV of the AGEHR. Valerie also conducts and rings in the Southside Handbell Ensemble (a quartet). Ms. Stephenson graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. She subsequently attended the University of Wisconsin and obtained a Master’s degree in Composition and Theory and was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant for that study. She is a “Nationally Registered Music Educator” and “Nationally Certified Music Educator” by the Music Educators National Conference. During her tenure as music director at Trinity Episcopal School (1979-1992), she was granted one of the first “Exemplary Handbell Program” awards ever given by the AGEHR. Her school parent group further awarded her their “Enrichment Grant” for summer study of change and tower ringing and boys’ choirs in England. While also at Trinity, Ms. Stephenson co-wrote three musicals for children (4th grade through adults) called “Awareness Musicals”. These musicals entertained the environmental themes of pollution (La Cypriere), recycling (Galactic Garbage), and destruction of the rain forest (Holding Up the Sky). Two of these plays were subsequently performed at the Petit Theatre de Viex Carre in New Orleans, LA and the Summer Arts Program in Jacksonville, FL. In 1992, Ms. Stephenson retired from public and private school teaching to actively pursue composing and conducting in the field of handbells which she still actively pursues today. In 2002, she moved back to her hometown of Jacksonville, FL to care for some family members. She enjoys occasional visits to see her four grandchildren in AZ and SC.
STOW HERITAGE RINGERS - Stow, OH - Director,
Sherri Stoffer - stowheritageringers@gmail.com
STRIKEPOINT - Duluth, MN - Director, Bill Alexander
- http://www.strikepoint.com
- strikept@cpinternet.com
STRIKEPOINT OF TEXAS - Kingwood, TX - Contact,
Patti Surratt - PLGSurratt@aol.com
- http://www.strikepointoftexas.com
-
Strybos, John Peter -- 15 Cedar Street, Bronxville, NY 10708 -- (914)
337-9205 -- JPStrybos@aol.com
-- BM: Baylor University MEd (Summa Cum Laude): University of Central Oklahoma
- Dalcroze/Orff/Kodaly Certificate: Manhattan School of Music. Organist/Director
of Music, The Church of St. Joseph, Bronxville, NY. Handbell Clinician:
1976 Texas Conference Choir and Organ Clinic (Palestine, TX). Intermediate
& Advanced Handbell Instructor: Foundation's '83 (National Music Conference
sponsored by the Fellowship of United Methodist Musicians in Dallas, TX)
Sue, Larry -- c/o Choraegus ShareMusic, P.O. Box 4444, Mountain
View, CA 94040 -- larry@choraegus.com,
650-968-3903 -- Involved in church music since 1973, handbells since 1987. Bass ringing specialist, bass bell soloist, handbell clinician (often bass bells, but also practically any other topic), festival conductor, published handbell composer/arranger, including commissioned works, and a founding member of Low Ding Zone. Also owner, composer/arranger, editor, and webmaster of Choraegus ShareMusic (http://www.choraegus.com)
SUMMIT BELLS - Akron, OH - Director, Charles
Kobb - Jeanne Seifert - GJISEIFERT@aol.com
-
Susquehanna University -- Selinsgrove, PA
-- http://www.susqu.edu/
SWISS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Oberdorf SO, Switzerland
- Director,
Eric Nuenlist - swissbells@gmx.ch
- www.swissbells.org
- +41 32 621 21"
SWISS HANDBELL RINGERS OF MIDWAY - Midway, UT -
Director, Britt Wilde
SYMPHONIC HANDBELLS OF COLUMBUS -- Columbus, OH --
Director, William H. Griffin - Contact, Lynn Pease -- LynJasBrad@aol.com
- 614-873-8046
