Area 1 Ensembles

Handbell Ensembles in Area 1

**Since many groups have ringers from a wide area, locations are based on where the group rehearses.**

 

Question: Will you list my Area 1 Handbell ensemble here, too?

Answer: Absolutely! Email webmaster.area1@handbellmusicians.org with your group name, website, and location.

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Secular/Community Ensembles*

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

Connecticut

• Bells of Fire, Norwich, CT
• Chime In! Music with a Mission, Bethlehem, CT
• Hockanum Valley Ringers, Vernon, CT
• Jubilate Ringers (Music on the Hill), Wilton, CT
• Shoreline Ringers, Ledyard, CT
• Manchester High School, Manchester, CT (School)
• Manchester Transition Center, Manchester, CT (School)
• Choate Rosemary Hall School, Wallingford, CT (?)
• Westover School, Middlebury, CT
• Wooster School, Danbury, CT (School)
• Fairfield Country Day School, Fairfield, CT (School)

Maine

• Pine Tree Academy (School), Freeport, ME
• Bristol Consolidated School (?), Pemaquid, ME
• Penobscot Bay Ringers, Rockport, ME
• Colby Handbell Ringers (School, Student Club), Waterville, ME

Massachusetts

• Back Bay Ringers, Boston, MA
• Boston Archdiocesan Choir School, Cambridge, MA
• Merrimack Valley Ringers, North Chelmsford, MA
• Fay School, Southborough, MA
• North Street Elementary, Tewksbury, MA
• Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
• New England Ringers, Worcester, MA

New Hampshire

• Granite State Ringers, Concord, NH

Rhode Island

• Jubilate Ringers, East Greenwich, RI
• Mount Saint Charles Academy (School), 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
• Wallingford Elementary, Wallingford, VT

Church-based Ensembles*

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

Connecticut

• 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
• 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
• Cornerstone Baptist Church, Danielson, CT
• First Congregational Church, Deep River, CT
• East Woodstock Congregational Church, East Woodstock, 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
• 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
• First Congregational Church of Granby, Granby, CT
• South Congregational Church, Granby, CT
• First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, Greenwich, CT
• Groton Congregational Church, Groton, CT
• St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Groton, CT
• Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
• Ledyard Congregational Church, Ledyard, CT
• First Congregational Church, Madison, CT
• Community Baptist Church, Manchester, CT
• St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Manchester, CT
• St. Theresa of Calcutta (special occasions), Manchester, CT
• Trinity Covenant Church, Manchester, CT
• Wesley Ringers, 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
• United New Haven, New Haven, CT
• Church of Christ, Congregational, Newington, CT
• Emmanuel Christian Academy, Newington CT (School)
• Niantic Community Church, Niantic, CT
• North Stonington Congregational Church, North Stonington, CT
• First Congregational of Greenwich, Old Greenwich, CT
• First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, Old Lyme, CT
• Orange Congregational Church, Orange, 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
• Somers Congregational Church, Somers, 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 Church, West Hartford, CT
• Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, West Hartford, CT
• Universalist Church of West Hartford, West Hartford, 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

• United Methodist Church of Auburn, Auburn, ME
• Green Street Methodist Church, Augusta, ME
• South Parish Handbell Choir, Augusta, 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
• 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
• First Baptist Church of Littleton, Littleton, ME
• Centre Street Church, Machias, ME
• Acadia Handbell Choir, Mt. Desert Island, ME (Contact Mary Gilliland 244-7109)
• Second Congregational Church, Norway, ME
• Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, ME
• Lincoln Middle School (School), Portland, 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 , Scarborough, ME
• Skowhegan Area Ringers, Skowhegan, ME
• First Congregational Church , South Portland, ME
• Winthrop Area Handbell Ringers, , Winthrop, ME
• First Parish Church, York, ME

Massachusetts

• St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, Acton, MA
• South Church in Andover, Andover, MA
• Evangelical Covenant Church, Attleboro, MA
• Old South Church, Boston, MA
• Christ Church Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
• Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Chelmsford, MA
• St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Charlton, MA
• West Concord Union Church, Concord, MA
• Cotuit Federated Church, Cotuit, MA
• Federated Church of Orleans, East Orleans, MA
• First Congregational Church of Essex, Essex, MA
• First Congregational Church of Falmouth, Falmouth, MA
• First Parish Church of Framingham Unitarian Universalist, Framingham, MA
• Plymouth Church of Framingham, Framingham, MA
• First Congregational Church, Gardner, MA
• Union Congregational Church, Groton, MA
• First Congregational Church of Holliston, Holliston, MA
• Hancock United Church of Christ, Lexington, MA
• First Parish, Lincoln, MA
• United Church of Christ in Medfield, Medfield, MA
• West Chelmsford United Methodist Church, North Chelmsford, MA
• Unity Church of North Easton, North Easton, MA
• First Churches of Northampton, Northampton, MA
• First Congregational Church, Shrewsbury, MA
• First Congregational Church, Shrewsbury, MA
• Trinity United Methodist Church, Springfield, MA
• Memorial Congregational Church, Sudbury, MA
• Blessed Sacrament Parish, Walpole, MA
• Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, Wellesley Hills, MA
• First United Methodist Church Westborough, Westborough, MA
• Central Baptist Church, Westfield, MA
• United Methodist Church of Westford, Westford, MA
• First Congregational Church in Winchester, Winchester, MA
• First Baptist Church of Worcester, Worcester, MA
• Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester, MA
• Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA

New Hampshire

• 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
• 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
• St. Luke’s Episcopal, East Greenwich, RI
• Foster Center Baptist Church, Foster, RI
• Calvary United Methodist Church, Middletown, RI
• United Congregational Church, Middletown, RI
• St George’s (Boarding School), Middltown, RI
• Emmanuel Church, Newport, RI
• First Presbyterian Church, Newport, RI
• Park Place Congregational Church, Pawtucket, RI
• Peace Dale Congregational Church, Peace Dale, RI
• Congregational Church of Plainville, Plainville CT, RI
• Portsmouth United Methodist Church, Portsmouth, RI
• St. Philomena School, Portsmouth, RI
• Lincoln School, Providence, RI
• St. Brendan Parish, Riverside, RI
• Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Smithfield, RI
• Prout School (Catholic School), Wakefield, RI
• Greenwood Community Church, Warwick, RI
• St. Joseph Parish, West Warwick, RI
• Dunn’s Corners Community Church, Westerly, RI

Vermont

• Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
• First United Methodist Church, Burlington, VT
• First Congregational Church, Burlington, VT
• Church Street Congregational Church, Burlington, VT
• Steeple Bells, Federated Church of Castleton, Castelton, VT
• St. Norbert Catholic Church (Part of 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 Newport, Newport, VT
• North Hero UMC (Part of Champlain Islands United Methodist Parish), North Hero, VT
• Federated Church of Rochester, Rochester, VT
• Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, VT
• Rutland United Methodist Church, Rutland VT
• Christ the King Catholic Church (Part of Rutland-Wallingford Catholic Community), Rutland, VT
• Christ’s Church, Saxtons River, VT
• Congregational Church of South Hero, South Hero, VT
• Ascension Lutheran, South Burlington, VT
• United Community Church, UCC, St. Johnsbury, VT
• Tinmouth Community Church, Tinmouth, VT
• United Church of Underhill, Underhill, VT
• Wallingford Congregational Church, Wallingford, VT