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Mar 31
Hooray – Rehosting is completed!
Some of you have gone through the potentially harrowing experience of rehosting a website. There are a number of steps that sometimes mean your site goes down for a while; some of those steps can lead to a bit of angst as you jump through the requisite hoops. I’m happy to report that the Choraegus …
Mar 29
Rehosting…
We’ve been in the process of rehosting our site for the last couple of weeks. We apologize for our site being unavailable during that time. As of today (March 29, 2018) we’re getting close but aren’t quite there. Pretty much everything works, except that we still have to reactivate our e-store. That’s a significant problem, …
Feb 20
Happy https:// to you!
We’d like to apologize to those of you who’ve noted that our site’s appeared to be “insecure” over the past couple of days. There was a little bit of difficulty with our SSL certificates which has now been fixed. Browsing the Choraegus site is now perfectly safe, and we hope you’ll keep on visiting to …
Feb 13
Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
We all go through difficult, unsettling circumstances from time to time. The hymn Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose is one of those reminders that God is in control, and that He can make sense of life when it seems scrambled. Here’s our new twelve-bell arrangement of this hymn!
Jan 22
How Great Thou Art – Twelve Handbells
After a great Christmas season (and a very, very busy December), we’re heading into 2018 with lots of music. Today we’re leading off with our new twelve-bell arrangement of How Great Thou Art. We think you’ll enjoy playing it, and that your church families will love hearing it. It’s available in two versions, one for …
Jan 01
Happy 2018!
Happy New Year to all of you (or as they say in some places, “all y’all”)! We’ve had a fun year finding videos and receiving emails about who’s been playing our music. The greatest number of stories are about our eight-handbell repertoire. Most of what we’ve seen is videos of four-in-hand duets or one-bell-in-each-hand quartets …
Dec 08
Gift shopping for Christmas (or anytime)!
We’ve just added a new feature to our e-store to make it easy and fun for you to give the gift of our music to your family and friends. Now you can buy gift certificates – all you have to do is purchase, download, print, and give! They’re available in amounts of $10, $20, $50, …
Oct 27
Five (5 octaves of handbells)
Our fifth anniversary was approaching, so I wanted to give Carla something special. This original composition was the result, and the handbell choir at our church in Holland, Michigan premiered it as the prelude in the services on our anniversary weekend. It’s entitled Five, and can be a treasure hunt for you and your ringers …
Oct 23
Accompanied twelve-bell music for Christmas!
We usually play unaccompanied eight-handbell music. Maybe that’s because it’s easier to get together to practice; only two of us have to head to the rehearsal room. However, we do realize that many of you may have larger groups, or might want to include a pianist. So we have a couple of new Christmas arrangements …
Sep 06
Elysium
Elysium was commissioned from our friend Susan Nelson by Laurie and Rusty Sanders. It’s a thoughtful, pensive piece for three to five octaves of handbells plus optional flute descant. After a very brief time on “out of print” status, we’ve brought it back in the Choraegus catalog. Do check it out!
