Handbell Ensembles in Area 1

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Are there Ensembles Near me?  YES!

Check out this new map of all known handbell ensembles in Area 1. WOW, look at all those groups! These groups are not necessarily members of Handbell Musicians of America, but as a service to you, we try to list every ensemble we can. If you have difficulty accessing the map, you can also find links to each of these ensembles in the list below.

Secular/Community Ensembles*

*list in progress, and will probably always be incomplete. Scouring the internet takes time.

Connecticut

• Chime In! Music with a Mission, Bethlehem, CT
• Wooster School, Danbury, CT
• Fairfield Country Day School, Fairfield, CT
• Rockin’ Ringers, Gales Ferry, CT
• Westover School, Middlebury, CT
• Yale University, New Haven CT
• Emmanuel Christian Academy, Newington, CT (School)
• Bells of Fire, Norwich, CT
• Shoreline Ringers, Uncasville, CT
• Hockanum Valley Ringers, Vernon, CT
• Jubilate Ringers (Music on the Hill), Wilton, CT

Maine

• Winthrop Area Handbell Ringers, Augusta, ME
• Over the River Ringers, Skowhegan (Cornville), ME
• Bells of Casco Bay in Falmouth, ME
• Pine Tree Academy (School), Freeport, ME
• Village Ringers, Kennebunk, ME
• Deering high school, Portland, ME
• Lincoln Middle School, Portland, ME
• Penobscot Bay Ringers, Rockport, ME
• Colby Handbell Ringers (School, Student Club), Waterville, ME

Massachusetts

• Andover School of Montessori, Andover, MA
• Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, MA
• Southcoast Ringers, Berkley, MA
• Back Bay Ringers, Boston, MA
• Brimfield Bells, Brimfield, MA
• MIT Guild of Bellringers, Cambridge, MA
• Highlands Elementary School, Danvers, MA
• Stonehill College Chapel Handbell Choir, Easton, MA
• Holyoke High School Bell Choir, Holyoke, MA
• Mansfield Council on Aging, Mansfield, MA
• Merrimack Valley Ringers, North Chelmsford, MA
• Smith College Chapel Handbell Choir, Northampton, MA
• New England Ringers, Oxford, MA
• Fay School, Southborough, MA
• Mount Holyoke English Handbell Ensemble, South Hadley, MA
• South Lancaster Academy, South Lancaster, MA
• Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
• Williams College Handbell Choir, Williamstown, MA

New Hampshire

• Granite State Ringers, Concord, NH

Rhode Island

• Gordon School Handbell Ensemble, East Providence, RI – Link to School
• Jubilate Ringers, East Greenwich, RI
• Fellowship of the Ringers, Foster, RI
• St George’s Boarding School, Middletown, RI
• Lincoln School, Providence, RI
• Wheeler School, Providence, RI
• Mount Saint Charles Academy, Woonsocket, RI

Vermont

• Newfane Community Bell Choir, Newfane, VT
• Bronze Ambassadors, United Christian Academy (school), Newport, VT
• Rutland Intermediate, Rutland, VT
• Proctor Elementary, Proctor, VT
• Northern Bronze, Shelburne, VT
• Wake Robin (Retirement Community), Shelburne, VT
• St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, VT
• Wallingford Elementary, Wallingford, VT

Church-based Ensembles*

*list is in progress, and will probably always be incomplete. Please help by sending an email to [email protected].

Connecticut

• Valley Community Baptist Church, Avon, CT
• Avon Congregational Church UCC, Avon, CT
• Berlin Congregational Church, Berlin, CT
• First Congregational Church, Bloomfield, CT
• First Congregational Church, Branford, CT
• First Congregational Church of Bristol, Bristol, CT
• Immanuel Lutheran Church, Bristol, CT
• Prospect United Methodist Church, Bristol, CT
• St. Joseph Church, Bristol, CT
• St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Bristol, CT
• Brookfield Congregational Church, Brookfield, CT
• First Congregational Church of Burlington, Burlington, CT
• The First Congregational Church, Canton Center, CT
• Cheshire Lutheran Church, Cheshire, CT
• St. Andrew Handbell Choir, Colchester, CT
• Columbia Congregational Church, Columbia, CT
• St. James Episcopal, Danbury, CT
• St. Joseph Church, Danbury, CT (inactive)
• Cornerstone Baptist Church, Danielson, CT
• First Congregational Church, Deep River, CT
• East Granby Congregational Church, East Granby, CT
• East Woodstock Congregational Church, East Woodstock, CT
• Ellington Congregational Church, Ellington, CT
• First Congregational Church in Essex, Essex, CT
• First Baptist Church in Essex, Essex, CT
• Fairfield Grace United Methodist Church, Fairfield, CT
• First Church Congregational, Fairfield, CT
• St. Pius X Parish, Fairfield, CT
• First Church 1652, Farmington, CT
• Asbury United Methodist Church, Forestville, CT
• St. Luke Lutheran Church, Gales Ferry, CT
• United Methodist Church, Gales Ferry, CT
• St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT
• Our Lady of Lourdes, Gales Ferry, CT
• First Church of Christ Congregational, Glastonbury, CT
• Granby Congregational Church, Granby, CT
• First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, Greenwich, CT
• Groton Congregational Church, Groton, CT
• North Guilford Congregational Church, Guilford, CT
• The Spring Glen Church, UCC, Hamden, CT
• Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
• Kensington Congregational Church, Kensington, CT
• Ledyard Congregational Church, Ledyard, CT
• First Congregational Church, Madison, CT
• Community Baptist Church, Manchester, CT
• St. Theresa of Calcutta (special occasions), Manchester, CT
• South United Methodist Church, Manchester, CT
• First United Methodist Church, Meriden, CT (?)
• St. John Lutheran Church, Meriden, CT
• First Church Middletown, Middletown, CT
• First United Church of Christ, Milford, CT
• Union Baptist Church, Mystic, CT
• Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, New Canaan, CT
• The Congregational Church, New Canaan, CT
• Church of Christ, Congregational, Newington, CT
• Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Newington, CT
• The First Congregational Church of New Milford, New Milford, CT
• Niantic Community Church, Niantic, CT
• Niantic Baptist Church, Niantic, CT
• North Stonington Congregational Church, North Stonington, CT
• Central Baptist Church, Norwich, CT
• First Congregational of Greenwich, Old Greenwich, CT
• First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, Old Lyme, CT
• Orange Congregational Church, Orange, CT
• Congregational Church of Plainville, Plainville, CT
• Congregational Church of Putnam, Putnam, CT
• Preston City Congregational Church, Preston, CT
• First Church of Christ, Redding, CT
• First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, Ridgefield, CT
• Jesse Lee Church, Ridgefield, CT
• Rockville United Methodist Church, Rockville, CT
• United Church of Rowayton, Rowayton, CT
• Trinity Lutheran Church, Shelton, CT
• The United Church of Christ, Southbury, CT
• Southport Congregational Church, Southport, CT
• United Memorial Church, Stamford, CT
• Storrs Congregational, Storrs, CT
• Second Baptist Church, Suffield, CT
• First Congregational Church, Vernon, CT
• Church of the Resurrection, Wallingford, CT
• First Congregational Church of Washington, Washington, CT
• First Congregational Church Watertown, CT, Watertown, CT
• First Church, West Hartford, CT
• Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, West Hartford, CT
• Universalist Church of West Hartford, West Hartford, CT
• Westbrook Congregational Church , Westbrook , CT
• Norfield Congregational Church, Weston, CT
• First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, CT
• Wethersfield United Methodist Church, Wethersfield, CT
• Wilton Congregational Church, Wilton, CT
• First Church of Christ, Woodbridge, CT
• First Congregational of Woodstock, Woodstock, CT

Maine

• Grace Lutheran Church, Auburn, ME
• United Methodist Church of Auburn, Auburn, ME
• Green Street Methodist Church, Augusta, ME
• South Parish Congregational Church, Augusta, ME
• Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, ME
• First Congregational Church, Brewer, ME
• First Congregational Church of Brewer, Brewer, ME
• First Parish Church, UCC, Brunswick, ME
• First Congregational Church, Camden, ME
• St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Cape Elizabeth, ME
• Congregational Church in Cumberland, Cumberland, ME
• Deer Isle Sunset Congregational Church, Deer Isle, ME
• St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Ellsworth, Ellsworth, ME
• Falmouth Congregational Church, Falmouth, ME
• Foreside Community Church, Falmouth, ME
• Cressey Road United Methodist Church, Gorham, ME
• Redeemer Lutheran Church, Gorham, ME
• Hampden Highlands United Methodist Church, Hampden, ME
• First Congregational Church, UCC, Lincoln, ME
• First Baptist Church of Littleton, Littleton, ME
• Centre Street Church, Machias, ME
• Acadia Handbell Choir, Mt. Desert Island, ME
• Second Congregational Church of Newcastle UCC, Newcastle, ME
• Second Congregational Church, Norway, ME
• Temple Bell Choir, Old Orchard Beach, ME
• Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, ME
• Grant Memorial United Methodist Church, Presque Isle, ME
• Presque Isle Congregational Church, Presque Isle, ME
• Rangeley Ringers, Rangeley, ME
• First Parish UCC, Saco, ME
• First Congregational Church , South Portland, ME
• First Parish Church, York, ME

Massachusetts

• Acton Congregational Church, Acton, MA
• Church of the Good Shepherd, Acton, MA
• St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, Acton, MA
• West Acton Baptist Church, Acton, MA
• First Church Amherst, Amherst, MA
• Faith Lutheran Church, Andover, MA
• St. Augustine Parish, Andover, MA
• South Church in Andover, Andover, MA
• Evangelical Covenant Church, Attleboro, MA
• Second Congregational Church, Attleboro, MA
• Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Ayer, MA
• First Church of Christ Congregational, Bedford, MA
• St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Beverly, MA
• Old South Church, Boston, MA
• Union Congregational Church, Braintree, MA
• Christ Church Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
• Harvard-Epworth Church, Cambridge, MA
• First Religious Society, Carlisle, MA
• St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Charlton, MA
• First Congregational Church of Chatham, Chatham, MA
• St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, Chatham, MA
• Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Chelmsford, MA
• All Saints Episcopal Church, Chelmsford, MA
• Central Congregational Church, Chelmsford, MA
• Chelmsford Catholic Collaborative, Chelmsford, MA
• First Parish Chelmsford, Chelmsford, MA
• Trinity Lutheran Church, Chelmsford, MA
• First Parish Cohasset, Cohasset, MA
• Holy Family & St. Irene Parish (Concord-Carlisle Catholic Collaborative), Concord, MA
• West Concord Union Church, Concord, MA
• Cotuit Federated Church, Cotuit, MA
• Holy Trinity United Methodist Church, Danvers, MA
• Maple Street Congregational Church, Danvers, MA
• Dennis Union Church, Dennis, MA
• Union Congregational Church, East Bridgewater, MA
• First Congregational Church, East Longmeadow, MA
• Federated Church of Orleans, East Orleans, MA
• Easthampton Congregational Church, Easthampton, MA
• John Wesley United Methodist Church, Falmouth, MA
• St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Foxboro, MA
• First Parish of Framingham, Framingham, MA
• Annisquam Village Church, Gloucester, MA
• Trinity Congregational Church, Gloucester, MA
• The Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, Greenfield, MA
• First United Methodist Church of Greenfield, MA, Greenfield, MA
• Union Congregational Church, Groton, MA
• Groveland Congregational Church, Groveland, MA
• First Congregational Church of Hadley, Hadley, MA

• Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley, MA

• Hampden Federated Community Church, Hampden, MA
• Hardwick Memorial Handbell Choir – Triparish Community Church, Hardwick, MA
• Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Harvard, MA
• First Congregational Church of Harwich, Harwich, MA
• St. Peter’s Lutheran, Harwich, MA
• Pilgrim Congregational Church, Harwich Port, MA
• First Congregational Church of Hatfield, Hatfield, MA
• St. Francis Episcopal Church, Holden, MA
• First Congregational Church of Holliston, Holliston, MA
• First Congregational Church of Lee, Lee, MA
• Pilgrim Congregational Church, Leominster, MA
• Hancock United Church of Christ, Lexington, MA
• First Parish, Lincoln, MA
• Congregational Church of Littleton, Littleton, MA
• St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Bell Choir, Longmeadow, MA
• Old North Church, Marblehead, MA
• First Church Congregational, Marlborough, MA
• Mashpee Congregational Church, Mashpee, MA
• First Congregational Church, Melrose, MA
• Nahant Village Church, Nahant, MA
• Christ Lutheran Church, Natick, MA
• Carter Memorial United Methodist Church, Needham, MA
• Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, Newton, MA
• Federated Church of Norfolk, Norfolk, MA
• The North Parish of North Andover, North Andover, MA
• Trinitarian Congregational Church, North Andover, MA
• West Chelmsford United Methodist Church, North Chelmsford, MA
• Covenant Congregational Church, North Easton, MA
• Unity Church of North Easton, North Easton, MA
• North Reading Union Congregational Church, North Reading, MA
• First Churches of Northampton, Northampton, MA
• United Church of Christ Norwell, Norwell, MA
• Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Norwood, MA
• First Congregational Church, Norwood, MA
• Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans, MA
• Federated Church of Orleans, Orleans, MA
• First United Methodist Church, Pittsfield, MA
• St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Pittsfield, MA
• Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield, MA
• Quincy Point Congregational Church, Quincy, MA
• First Congregational Church, Randolph, MA
• The Stone Church, Raynham, MA
• First Congregational Church of Reading, Reading, MA
• Pilgrim Church, Sherborn, MA
• First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, MA
• Pilgrim Congregational Church, Southborough, MA
• Southwick Congregational Church, Southwick, MA
• South Congregational Church, Springfield, MA
• Trinity United Methodist Church, Springfield, MA
• First Church in Sterling, Sterling, MA
• Memorial Congregational Church, Sudbury, MA
• St. John’s Lutheran Church, Sudbury, MA
• Tewksbury Congregational Church, Tewksbury, MA
• The Congregational Church of Topsfield, Topsfield, MA
• Blessed Sacrament Parish, Walpole, MA
• United Church in Walpole, Walpole, MA
• First Parish in Wayland, Wayland, MA
• Wellesley Village Church, Wellesley, MA
• Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, Wellesley Hills, MA
• West Parish Congregational Church, West Barnstable, MA
• First Congregational Church, West Boylston, MA
• First Congregational Church, West Tisbury, MA
• The Congregational Church of Westborough, Westborough, MA
• First United Methodist Church Westborough, Westborough, MA
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Westborough, MA
• Episcopal Church of the Atonement, Westfield, MA
• United Methodist Church of Westford, Westford, MA
• First Baptist Church, Westwood, MA
• Village Congregational Church, Whitinsville, MA
• Wilbraham United Church, Wilbraham, MA
• First Congregational Church in Winchester, Winchester, MA
• Original Congregational Church, Wrentham, MA

New Hampshire

• Congregational Church of Amherst, Amherst, NH
• Atkinson Congregational Church, Atkinson, NH
• Bedford Presbyterian, Bedford, NH
• First Congregational Church, Claremont, NH
• South Congregational Church, Concord, NH
• Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH
• First Parish Church, Dover, NH
• St. John’s United Methodist Church, Dover, NH
• Congregational Church of Exeter (UCC), Exeter, NH
• First Baptist Church of Hampton Falls, Hampton Falls, NH
• First Congregational Church of Hancock, Hancock, NH
• Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
• Smith Memorial Congregational Church, Hillsborough, NH
• St. James Episcopal Church, Keene, NH
• United Church of Christ in Keene, Keene, NH
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Laconia, NH
• Lee Church Congregational, Lee, NH
• Faith Community Bible Church, Loudon, NH
• Madison Baptist Church, Madison, NH
• Brookside Congregational Church, Manchester, NH
• First Church of Merrimack, Merrimack, NH
• Milford United Methodist Church, Milford, NH
• Christ the King Lutheran Church, Nashua, NH
• First Church Nashua, Nashua, NH
• Main Street United Methodist Church, Nashua, NH
• South Congregational Church, Newport, NH
• First Congregational Church of Pelham, Pelham, NH
• Union Congregational Church, Peterborough, NH
• First Congregational Church, Pittsfield, NH
• First United Methodist Church, Rochester, NH
• Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church, Salem, NH
• Stratham Community Church, Stratham, NH
• First Congregational Church of Wakefield, Wakefield, NH
• West Lebanon Congregational Church, West Lebanon, NH
• First Congregational Church, UCC, Wolfeboro, NH

Rhode Island

• Barrington Congregational Church, Barrington, RI
• St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Bristol, RI
• Church of the Apostles, Coventry, RI
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cranston, RI (3 choirs!)
• Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church, Cranston, RI
• Phillips Memorial Baptist Church, Cranston, RI
• Emmanuel Church, Cumberland, RI
• First Baptist Church, East Greenwich, RI
• First Evangelical Lutheran Church (ad hoc), East Greenwich, RI
• Our Lady of Mercy, East Greenwich, RI
• United Methodist Church, East Greenwich, RI
• Calvary United Methodist Church, Middletown, RI
• United Congregational Church, Middletown, RI
• Emmanuel Church, Newport, RI
• First Presbyterian Church, Newport, RI
• Pascoag Community Baptist Church, Pascoag, RI
• Park Place Congregational Church, Pawtucket, RI
• Peace Dale Congregational Church, Peace Dale, RI
• Portsmouth United Methodist Church, Portsmouth, RI
• St. Philomena School, Portsmouth, RI
• St. Brendan Parish, Riverside, RI
• Slatersville Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
• Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Smithfield, RI
• Greenwood Community Church, Warwick, RI
• Woodbury Union Church, Presbyterian, Warwick, RI
• St. Joseph Parish, West Warwick, RI
• Dunn’s Corners Community Church, Westerly, RI

Vermont

• Second Congregational Church, Bennington, VT
• Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
• First Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
• First United Methodist Church, Burlington, VT
• First Congregational Church, Burlington, VT
• Church Street Congregational Church, Burlington, VT
• Federated Church of Castleton, Castelton, VT
• First Congregational Church, Essex Junction, VT
• St. Norbert Catholic Church / Mary Queen of All Saints, Hardwick, VT
• Tall Spire Ringers, First Congregational Church, Manchester, VT
• Congregational Church of Middlebury, Middlebury, VT
• United Church of Milton, Milton, VT
• United Church of Newport, Newport, VT
• United Methodist Church, Newport Center, VT
• Federated Church of Rochester, Rochester, VT
• Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, VT
• Rutland United Methodist Church, Rutland, VT
• Christ the King Catholic Church, Rutland, VT
• Christ’s Church, Saxtons River, VT
• Congregational Church of South Hero, South Hero, VT
• Ascension Lutheran, South Burlington, VT
• Grace United Methodist, St. Johnsbury, VT
• United Community Church, UCC, St. Johnsbury, VT
• Tinmouth Community Church, Tinmouth, VT
• United Church of Underhill, Underhill, VT
• Wallingford Congregational Church, Wallingford, VT