This spring marks our 25 season of ringing and bringing the joys of handbell music to our community.
Our celebration program features original favorites by our founder, Michael Helman, including Prayer for Peace, Metamorphosis, Dance Before the Lord, Nocturne in C Minor and a piece entitled, Exaltation, Reflection and Dance, composed originally for the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble. Also on the program are several festive contributions by other well known handbell arrangers/composers including: Duke, Glenn and Woody arranged by Alan D. Reese, Intermezzo IV from Carmen arranged by Kevin McChesney, Passage by Kerry Johnston, George Bizet's Farandole, transcribed by William H. Griffin, and Nocturnal Fantasy by Emily Li. To highlight our celebration, we will present our 25th Anniversary Concert on May 10 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church on Folk Road in Wilmington, Delaware, conducted by Kerry Dietz our artistic director along with guest conductor, Michael Helman.
Click here for a complete listing of our public spring concerts. Come celebrate with us!
Our celebration program features original favorites by our founder, Michael Helman, including Prayer for Peace, Metamorphosis, Dance Before the Lord, Nocturne in C Minor and a piece entitled, Exaltation, Reflection and Dance, composed originally for the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble. Also on the program are several festive contributions by other well known handbell arrangers/composers including: Duke, Glenn and Woody arranged by Alan D. Reese, Intermezzo IV from Carmen arranged by Kevin McChesney, Passage by Kerry Johnston, George Bizet's Farandole, transcribed by William H. Griffin, and Nocturnal Fantasy by Emily Li. To highlight our celebration, we will present our 25th Anniversary Concert on May 10 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church on Folk Road in Wilmington, Delaware, conducted by Kerry Dietz our artistic director along with guest conductor, Michael Helman.
Click here for a complete listing of our public spring concerts. Come celebrate with us!
Check out the article in December's Delaware Today Magazine!
BELLS WILL BE RINGING
FOR 25 YEARS, THE WILMINGTON HANDBELL ENSEMBLE HAS BEEN BRINGING TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, CHIMING CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND CHERISHED CLASSICS WITH A BIT OF BOOGIE-WOOGIE AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL.
WORDS BY EILEEN SMITH DALLABRIDA PHOTOGRAPH BY JOE DEL TUFO
BELLS WILL BE RINGING
FOR 25 YEARS, THE WILMINGTON HANDBELL ENSEMBLE HAS BEEN BRINGING TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, CHIMING CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND CHERISHED CLASSICS WITH A BIT OF BOOGIE-WOOGIE AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL.
WORDS BY EILEEN SMITH DALLABRIDA PHOTOGRAPH BY JOE DEL TUFO
Click here to listen to WHE in concert with the Newark Symphony Orchestra and friends!
In remembrance
Thank you to Sharon Neff for having memorial donations sent to Wilmington Handbell Ensemble in memory of her mother, Christine Neff, who was a ringer in our group before her untimely death.” February, 2018
“Thank you to Ann Stokes Neff for her generous donation in memory of Dotte Leach Chisholm, former music director of Grace Lutheran Church of Somers Point, NJ.” May, 2018