Concordia's handbell choirs will offer a spring concert Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. in the Thom Leadership Education Center auditorium on campus. Everyone is welcome to this free concert.
The choirs are directed by Jessica Kite, adjunct faculty, and will perform "In Christ Alone," "Pizzicati," Bach's "Little Fugue in G Minor" and a selection of Lent and Easter hymns. Multiple techniques for ringing and striking the bells will be used.
"The popularity of handbell ringing in America has really taken off in just the last 30 years or so," said Kite. "It is fun to do, and our handbell choirs play in chapel, area churches and community functions, and give their own concerts on campus. One of our goals is to give students experience in ringing and learning how to go about directing a handbell choir when they go out to schools and churches after they graduate."
Concordia Handbell Choir
Stephanie Christensen, sophomore, Seward, Neb.
Amanda Crumrine, senior, Leavenworth, Kan.
Teagan Earhart, sophomore, Glencoe, Minn.
Emily Gierse, freshman, Florissant, Mo.
Mollie Hanlin, junior, Hannibal, Mo.
Amalia Hillmann, senior, San Jose, Calif.
Lindsey Howell, senior, Saint Peters, Mo.
Mark Kanitz, senior, Revillo, S.D.
Amber Odom, junior, Omaha, Neb.
Brandon Odom, senior, Omaha, Neb.
Jessica Ripke, senior, Seward, Neb.
Robin Seim, senior, Chapman, Neb.
Elizabeth Weidner, freshman, Aurora, Colo.
Elizabeth Wooster, junior, Lancaster, Calif.
Handbell Choir II
Natalie Brock, sophomore, Creston, Neb.
Charles Chaveriat, sophomore, Brookfield, Wis.
Debra Erickson, freshman, Paullina, Iowa
Ann Henny, sophomore, Clinton, Mo.
Heidi Kohn, freshman, Stevensville, Mich.
Katie Krause, junior, Rockford, Ill.
Brittany Marrs, sophomore, St. Louis, Mo.
Jennette Morrison, sophomore, Urbandale, Iowa
Kimberly Mueller, sophomore, Peculiar, Mo.
Shannon Mueller, senior, Sylvan Grove, Kan.
Katie Raphelt, junior, Arlington, Texas
Jamie Riley, sophomore, Painesville, Ohio
Andrew Rogers, sophomore, Tacoma, Wash.
Carson Stokebrand, junior, Exeter, Neb.