Malmark introduced a new concept in handbell design and performance through the use of aluminum for the castings of its bass bells. This not only reduced the weight to about half of the bronze, but it also provided a…
Ring Sarasota’s 13th season: “I Wanna Be Like You!” Handbells are often associated with the holidays, Christmas in particular. Ring Sarasota wants to challenge that stereotype, offering selections where handbells imitate other instruments, like the pipe organ or banjo,…
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Ring Sarasota ready to entertain audiences with some of their favorite music from the stage & screen. From TV favorites to classic westerns, and songs where audiences can hum along, the diverse repertoire includes such titles as “Let the…
Ring Sarasota performs a holiday medley on the Daytime TV Show and a short interview with Associate Conductor, Terri Chapman after the performance!
In this episode of the Suncoast Culture Club podcast, conductor, Rick Holdsworth and conductor of the Pops Orchestra, Robyn Bell, sit down to talk about Rick’s life and career (30 years in the Navy Band!), everything you need to know about Ring…
At the end of each season we have what we call a “Bell Cleaning Party”! On May 10, 2021 we disassembled, cleaned/polished, reassembled 111 handbells, cleaned 61 handchimes, and had everything put away in just under 2 hours. As…
Ring Sarasota performs “Festive Dance”Season 9
Ring Sarasota performs “A Walk in the Park”Season 9
Ring Sarasota Performs “Bring Him Home”Season 9
Leaving from our base in Sarasota we will join a hoedown Deep in the Heart of Texas, dance the Tennessee Waltz, give our regards to old Broadway, jive to those California Good Vibrations, sit By the Lakeside in Minnesota,…
A Fifth, or so, of Beethoven arr. Rick Holdsworth And All That Jazz arr. Nicholas A. Hanson Classical Gas arr. Paul McKlveen Dancing Queen arr. Brian Tervo/Ron Mallory Eleanor Rigby arr. Ron Mallory Jazz Pizzicato arr. Martha Lynn Thompson…
A Day of Celebration Barbara Brocker Elegy William A. Payn Eternal Father, Strong to Save arr. Valerie W. Stephenson Fanfare for the Common Man trans. Rick Holdsworth Gaudeamus Arnold Sherman Good Vibrations arr. Matthew Prins Misty arr. Arnold Sherman…
2013-2014 America the Beautiful arr. Arnold Sherman Bells Heard Round the World Valerie Stephenson Dancing Raindrops Patricia Thomson Exultate Josh Bauder Fiesta Con Campanillas Carol Lynn Mizell Hungarian Dance #5 arr. Martha Lynn Thompson Korobeiniki Mathew Prins Liberty Fanfare …
2012-2013 Also Sprach Zarathustra arr. Rick Holdsworth August 9th Adagio Edward Elgar / arr. Chad Etzel “Jupiter” from the Planets Gustav Host / trans. Rick Holdsworth Overture to Carmen Bizet / arr. Martha Lynn Thompson Plink, Plank, Plunk arr. Martha…