Westminster Bell Choir Concert programs

RIDER UNIVERSITY

Westminster Choir College

All You Need is Love WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor

All You Need is Love WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 3 p.m.

Gill Memorial Chapel Rider University May 16 – 24, 2022 SPRING TOUR

Program The program will be selected from the following: John Lennon and Paul McCartney arr. John A. Behnke

All You Need Is Love

Paul O’Neill and Robert Kinkel arr. Hart Morris Olivia Dunleavy, flute Ashley Reinhardt, cello

Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)

Contemplation on Ubi Caritas

Antiphon for Maundy Thursday arr. Catherine McMichael Bart Howard arr. Ron Mallory

Fly Me to the Moon

Jovano, Jovanke

Macedonian Folk Song arr. Michael W. Joy

La Paix (Peace)*

Julie Stitt Jason W. Krug

Novus Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Martha Lynn Thompson

Salut d’Amour

Edward Elgar, op. 12 arr. Toshikazu Yoshida

Song of Peace*

Arnold B. Sherman

Vasylyna’s Tears

Dan R. Edwards

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Edvard Grieg arr. Betty Garee

*Available on the recording By Request.

Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

About the Artists Westminster Concert Bell Choir KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW, conductor Based at Rider University’s Westminster Choir College and conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw, the 16-member Westminster Concert Bell Choir is composed of undergraduate and graduate students selected by audition.

This year celebrates the 44th year of the handbell curriculum at Westminster Choir College, the first institution in the world to develop such a program.

Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir performs on the largest range of handbells in the world – eight octaves, from C1 to C9. Many of the bells are made of bronze and range in weight from four ounces to 11 pounds; the Choir also uses the large “Basso Profundo” aluminum-cast bells that are a new phenomenon in handbell ringing. The Choir supplements its handbell set with a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchime® instruments from C2 to C8 – the widest range in existence.

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Public Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and several holiday broadcasts of the Today Show, including one in which the ensemble was joined in a performance by NBC hosts Katie Couric and Willard Scott. Its holiday performances have been heard annually on Performance Today, and it is included on NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording. The Choir has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season and was featured on New Jersey Network’s State of The Arts program.

In December 2002 the ensemble joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a critically acclaimed 15-city tour titled A Royal Christmas. Most recently, the Choir performed with singer Josh Groban at NBC’s nationally televised lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

The Choir has made eleven recordings: The Pealing Bells, Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Christmas Bells, Westminster Rings!, Praise and Adoration, Christmas at Westminster: The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, By Request, Westminster Concert Bell Choir: 30th Anniversary Collection, A Time To Dance, An English Christmas and Let Freedom Ring!

WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor Jordan S. Allen, student assistant Charlie Ibsen, manager Jordan S. Allen, Plainsboro, NJ

Rachel McNamara, North Attleboro, MA

Liberty Ashe, Quakertown, PA

Jordan Mongell, North Andover, MA

Michaela Carey, York, PA

Gregory Nappa, Newton, NJ

Samuel Day, Narragansett, RI

Samantha Noble, Jersey City, NJ

Olivia Dunleavy, River Edge, NJ

Craig Peters, Palmerton, PA

Devin Embrich, West Palm Beach, FL

Ashley Reinhardt, Stroudsburg, PA

Charlie Ibsen, San Jose, CA

Christopher Simon, Mendham, NJ

Shayna Lee, Brea, CA

Kelly Ye, Hangzhou, China

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells, the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments, and the C6 to C8 CymBells® from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA. On the web: malmark.com

Marking her 31st year as conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is a member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. She is director of sales and marketing for Malmark, Inc. and serves as the creative director of ChimeWorks®, an online resource community for educators who use handchimes. She is a graduate of Westminster Choir College.

Well-known as a handbell clinician, Mrs. Shaw has conducted sessions for the Handbell Musicians of America (AGEHR) on the local and national levels. Her other engagements have included sessions for the American Guild of Organists; the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas Music Educators Conferences; Choristers Guild; Presbyterian Association of Musicians Conferences; the St. Olaf Church Music Conference; and International Handbell Symposia in Japan, England, Korea, Australia and the United States.

She traveled with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir during a critically acclaimed 15-city North American A Royal Christmas tour, performing with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir under the direction of Mrs. Shaw made its Carnegie Hall debut in December 2001 as the first American handbell ensemble to perform in that historic landmark. She has conducted the Westminster Concert Bell Choir in performances for Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s Today Show, New Jersey Network, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and NBC’s nationally televised lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. She has also produced eight recordings with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir.

Mrs. Shaw is also the recipient of an Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in recognition of her dedication to the art of handbell ringing and her enthusiasm and accomplishments in the classroom as well as the concert hall.

Westminster Concert Bell Choir 2022 SPRING TOUR MONDAY, MAY 16 | 7 P.M. Woodside SDA Church Sacramento, CA TUESDAY, MAY 17 | 7 P.M. Valley Church Cupertino, CA WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 | 7 P.M. First Presbyterian Church of Monterey Monterey, CA THURSDAY, MAY 19 | 7 P.M. First Presbyterian Church Bakersfield, CA FRIDAY, MAY 20 | 7:30 P.M. Pasadena Presbyterian Church Pasadena, CA SATURDAY, MAY 21 | 7 P.M. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church Phoenix, AZ SUNDAY, MAY 22 | 7 P.M. St. Luke Episcopal Church Prescott, AZ TUESDAY, MAY 24 Location TBA

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