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Music Director - Organist/Choir Director/Jr. Choir Director
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We are planning to have Hockanum Valley Ringers auditions on Monday September 14 at 7pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 20 Meadowlark Road in Vernon, CT. Any questions, they can call me (860-647-1470) or email hvringers@cox.net. Auditions for Back Bay Ringers (our touring ensemble) will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14 at Old South Church in Boston. Prospective members must have previous handbell experience. The ensemble rehearses Monday evenings at Old South from 6:30-8:30. Membership in Back Bay Ringers typically involves 6-8 performances during the December holidays as well as 5-6 performances during the spring semester. Performance calendars for the holiday semester will be distributed at auditions. Back Bay Carillion open rehearsal will be held on Sept. 16. The Back Bay Quartet is holding auditions! The Back Bay Quartet (BBQ) is an advanced, Penobscot Bay Ringers: If you are interested in becoming a member of Penobscot Bay Ringers, please email penobscotbayringers@gmail.com. Membership is by audition. If you have a love of ringing, we'd love to hear you. We are always looking for substitutes or permanent ringers. Interested ringers must be able to read music. If interested please get in touch eith Ella Saltenstall. We practice in Camden from 7-8:30 p.m. We play year round, except we take a hiatus during January and February.
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Jobs Available
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The Original Congregational Church in Wrentham, Mass., is seeking a director for our 3-octave adult bell choir. We rehearse one evening a week and play 4-5 times in church during the year and also perform in 2 concerts during the year. The director would be responsible for planning our music and setting the dates on which we play. A $2,000 stipend is being offered. For more information, please contact Lesley Whittemore, 508-384-3998, or Marjorie Kellner, 508-668-4361, mkellner13@aol.com HANDBELL DIRECTOR NEEDED Emanuel Lutheran Church , Pleasantville , NY is looking for a Handbell Director to direct two of our four bell choirs, one youth (beginning/intermediate) and one adult (intermediate/advanced). Weekly rehearsals September through June. Approx. ten Sunday morning services a year (October through June); annual concert, festival. T wo sets of Schulmerich handbells, two sets of chimes. $ 5,500 negotiable. Position available immediately. Resume/cover letter to Emanuel Lutheran Church , Attn: Pastor Paul Egensteiner, 197 Manville Road , Pleasantville , NY 10570 emanuel@unidial.com . 8/10 |
Scholarships
With all the fine young musicians graduating High School this list might come in handy. The following is a list of colleges that offer Handbell scholarships. If you hear of any could please send information to Webmaster. Thank you
For a full list of Colleges that offer handbell/handchime programs please go to AGEHR National site at College Links
Scholarships available from the National AGEHR
John Kent Cooke Foundation Young Artist Award From the Top and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation share a passion for helping exceptional young people reach their potential in all areas of their lives. The goal of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award Program is to identify and nurture talented young musicians whose lack of financial resources might otherwise impede their progress. This year From the Top will select twenty-five $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award recipients. For more information please see http://fromthetop.org/Awards/Cooke.cfm Concordia University Irvine recruitment notice for 2008 freshmen and transfer ringers–PLEASE SEND US YOUR PROSPECTS! At Concordia University Irvine, handbell scholarships are treated the same way as scholarships for voice, organ, trumpet, percussion, or any other instrument. whether applicants plan to be music majors or not. That is on top of much other possible university, church, and government aid. Awards can be as high as $4000 for handbells or other instruments, but more typically $1000-2000, and that is above all other aid. We offer a music major which can include a handbell emphasis, preparing students for careers in directing, teaching, church music, performance, or academic scholarship. The handbell emphasis can be included within teaching credential or church music professional programs. We are beginning the new academic year this week with about 45 ringers, and we may still get more. Did we mention that Nick Hanson is making a career out of handbells with his two Concordia degrees–music major:handbell emphasis from Concordia–Irvine and master's in church music: handbell emphasis from Concordia–Wisconsin? Another is Cyndi Tully (Concordia–Irvine music major:handbell emphasis/English double major) who is now running the CUI bookstore and one of three handbell directors at CUI, succeeding Nick. Please send any inquiries to me. Nancy Jessup or I will communicate with you. The CUI website is in transition and will soon have more sophisticated handbell program information, but you can get the usual university information at www.cui.edu . University of Southern Mississippi's Carillon, under the direction of Dr. Larry Smith offers scholarships for bells. This is the bell choir that participates each year in the European Handbell Festival, led by Larry Smith and Fred Gramann. Bucknell University in Pennsylvania offers a handbell scholarship to one incoming freshman who auditions for Dr. William Payn's prestigious Rooke Chapel Ringers. It is $2,500 per semester for all semesters the student is in the ensemble ($20K total if s/he is in the ensemble for four years). |
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