Handbell Musicians of America Area 2
What is a Read & Ring and What is a Festival Music Ring?
READ & RING
An Area 2 Read & Ring is a 3-hour workshop/sight reading event designed for individual ringers, a partial choir, or a full choir. Ringers will sight read Level 1-4 music selected and supplied by Jeffers Handbell Supply.
Hosted by ringers and directors in multiple locations throughout Area 2 during the months of March, April, and May, the Read & Ring will allow ringers to ring new music, standard repertoire, and forgotten treasures.
FESTIVAL MUSIC RING
An Area 2 Festival Music Ring is a 3-hour workshop event designed for individual ringers, a partial choir, or a full choir. Ringers will read through and rehearse the Massed Music Selections for the upcoming Area 2 Festival to be held in the Poconos on Friday, June 27 – Sunday, June 29, 2025. Please let us know at online registration if you will need music, or already have and are rehearsing the Festival music selections. Hosted by ringers and directors in multiple locations throughout Area 2 during the months of March, April, and May, the Festival Music Ring will allow ringers to prepare for our Area 2 Festival.
BOTH EVENTS
Invite your ringing friends to attend with you, or go solo to either event.
At the completion of the event, music will be available for purchase, payable with a check only. Hope you’ll register for a Read & Ring or Festival Music Ring in your neighborhood! Registration info and is available online.
If you would like to host one of these events, it’s not too late. Please contact Gail Posey, Area 2 Workshops/Mentoring workshops.area2@handbellmusicians.org or gsposey@verizon.net or 215.280.5737
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Handbell Musicians of America Area 2
Read & Ring and Festival Music Ring
2025 Events
$10 per Ringer
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Festival Music Ring – Gail Posey, Host
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Gail Posey, Clinician
Emmaus Road Lutheran Church
2185 Bristol Oxford Valley Road 215.280.5737
Levittown, PA 19057
gsposey@verizon.net
Click HERE to register for this event date
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Festival Music Ring – Thomas Reagan, Host
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Thomas Reagan, Clinician
Castile United Church of Christ
4 Washington St. 585.322.4112
Castile, NY 14427
reaganjt@frontiernet.net
Click HERE to register for this event date
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Festival Music Ring – Debi Borland, Host
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Jean Coniber, Clinician
First Presbyterian Church of Chittenango
118 Arch Street 315.391.1913
Chittenango, NY 13037
dlscb53@aol.com
Click HERE to register for this event date