Director's Seminar 2010

Guest Clinician: Arnold Sherman

Currently living in Tyler, Texas, he is a freelance composer and co-founder of Red River Music. His undergraduate work in music education was done at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, and Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Arnold is the founder and director of the East Texas Handbell Ensemble. A clinician and guest conductor, he has led choral and handbell workshops, festivals, and reading sessions throughout the United States, Canada, England, Japan, and the Bahamas. Arnold teaches the Composing for Handbells class each summer at Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin. He has been a recipient of an ASCAP Standard Award every year since 1992. Arnold has numerous choral and handbell pieces in print and is an activemember of the AGEHR where he has served as Area IX Chairman.

The Merrimack Valley Ringers is an auditioned community handbell ensemble organized in 2002 with eight ringers. For the 2008-2009 season, MVR has a full complement of seventeen ringers who travel as much as two hours to rehearsal from various areas of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Our members are all ringers in or directors of other handbell choirs, which makes scheduling a challenge. Rehearsals are held twice a month for three hours each at West Chelmsford (MA)United Methodist Church.

Come to this exciting event for your annual exposure to POEMS!!!
(Performing, Organizing, Educating, Mentoring, and Socializing)

Enjoy repertoire reading sessions with 120 of your closest handbell friends!
Enjoy a masterclass with the Merrimack Valley Ringers and guest conductor, Arnold Sherman
Enjoy three meals at the beautiful Sheraton hotel!

Enjoy the attention of Arnold Sherman and Area I master teachers and clinicians on such topics as:
• Bell and chime maintenance
• Conducting masterclasses
• Teaching techniques
• Marketing and branding
• Cultivating musical “habits” in your ringers
• Music first! Then the Notes
• Handbells in Worship
• And MORE!

Click here to Register!

Registration includes classes, conducting piece, three meals

Earlybird (12/15/09) - $160
Regular (1/15/10) - $175

Hotel Sheraton Framingham MA

Call the Sheraton (508)-879-7200 by Tuesday, January 5, 2010 and identify yourself as part of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
$105 per night for a single or a double (share the room for $52.50!)

For more information please email Griff Gall, DS10 Co-Chair, at: ds@agehrarea1.org