- By Nancy Kindraka
The Detroit Handbell Ensemble will open its 2019-20 season by co-hosting the Eaton Rapids Handbell Festival November 2 at the First United Methodist Church of Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Under the direction of Brenda Austin and Kyle Webber, participants from nine church ensembles and DHE will perform a closing festival concert open to the public at 2:30pm.
Austin, DHE artistic director and the director of music at the Eaton Rapids church, founded the annual festival with Webber in 2012. Webber is the director of music ministries at Nardin Park United Methodist Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and a national board member of the Handbell Musicians of America.
- By Nancy Kindraka
In late June 2019, the Detroit Handbell Ensemble hit the road for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to perform a feature concert at the Area 2 Festival Conference and Young Ringer Festival. We were very excited to be invited to this event and to perform for friends and colleagues in the handbell community.
- By Nancy Kindraka
Detroit Handbell Ensemble congratulates Artistic Director Brenda Austin on her appointment as the next Handbell Editor for Hope Publishing Company.
Read more: Artistic Director Brenda Austin Named Handbell Editor for Hope Publishing Company
- By Detroit Handbell Ensemble
"I'm very excited to perform the opening concert for the 2018 Handbell Musicians of America National Seminar," says Detroit Handbell Ensemble musician Nancy Kindraka. The group will take the stage at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids at 1 p.m. on July 18. General admission tickets are available now and seminar registrants may attend using their event credentials
It is a prestigious invitation to perform at the multi-day conference, whose purpose is to present educational sessions and concerts to elevate the art of handbell ringing.
Read more: Detroit Handbell Ensemble to Open 2018 National Seminar
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