Concerts
Come to a concert, and you will experience a fabulous array of music, from Bach to Beatles to beautiful compositions written specifically for handbells. We hope to reach out to the audience and provide a little handbell education at each of our concerts by weaving in information about the instrument in our song introductions and Q&A opportunities.
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Jun 7, 2025 07:00 PM |
Dunn's Corners Community Church Presbyterian 221 Post Rd Westerly, RI 02891 |
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Jun 13, 2025 06:30 PM |
Bristol Public Library 5 High St Bristol, CT 06010 |
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Dec 13, 2025 07:00 PM |
Somers Congregational Church 599 Main St Somers, CT 06071 |
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I have brought the Shoreline Ringers to two churches, and the response at both has been very enthusiastic and gratifying. Both the Christmas season programs and the spring programs are full of challenging pieces that are exciting to watch and sensitively played, under the direction of Jane Nolan. The handbell ringers in the group are all very experienced and musical. If you add up the years of experience of everyone in the ensemble (a large number!), you get a sense of how they can play difficult music so well.
We have found that the programs are engaging and popular because they are a nice mixture of classical works (to start off) and more popular and lighter pieces to round off the program. Jane ties the pieces together nicely with some commentary as the ringers prepare for the next piece. Also, a question and answer period always elicits some great questions, often from people who have not heard handbells before and who are fascinated by the very idea of the ensemble combining to make up one instrument.
Shoreline Ringers is one of the best handbell ensembles in the region, if not the country.
Sincerely,
Bill Degan
Music Director, First Congregational Church of Bristol, Connecticut
Special Events
Shoreline Ringers performs around Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, and in other locations when invited.
We are happy to play a variety of venues, including:
- fundraisers & charity events
- festivals
- private parties
- Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
- company parties
- community concerts
- weddings
Click here to learn more about hiring Shoreline Ringers for a special event.
All special events listed here are open to the public, but are not a typical Shoreline Ringers concert. It may be with other musical groups, or it may be a just a few songs as part of a larger event. See the event details at the venue for details on the event and admission.
(Christmas in Song, for example, is free, but they ask for a donation of non-perishable food items. It typically run over 90 minutes, and includes several musical groups.)
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