Forget the image of a hand-bell choir as middle-aged church ladies donning white linen gloves, stiffly ringing a few small silver bells on Sunday morning. The Raleigh Ringers take bell ringing to a ...

Handbells have been around for centuries. Originally invented for church bell tower players to practice their songs, they took on a life of their own in handbell ensembles, where groups of musicians ...

In 1953, a colossal musical instrument called a carillon — made up of 47 bells and collectively weighing 12 tons — made a journey via ship from Holland, through the Panama Canal to Seattle and ...

Philadelphia is home to two of the oldest carillons in North America, but these ornate instruments made up of sets of bronze bells remain “hidden in plain sight” in their Germantown and Rittenhouse ...

UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing) J-I-N-G-L-E bells. SIMON: Ah, jingle bells. Don't worry. Not going to sing along, but I would like to pose a question. How did those bells become a symbol of this season ...

Most Yale students have paused at some point in their journey across campus to hear the toll of the Harkness bells — the deep, resonant rings that fill the quiet moments between classes and provide a ...

FALL RIVER — When the new B.M.C. Durfee High School building opens, it will include a nearly 150-year-old part of the school’s history that stretches back to its original building: its bells. “The ...