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face=Calibri>The Westminster Concert Bell Choir will present a concert at Christ
Episcopal Church in Shaker Heights on Tuesday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>The program will feature arrangements of such classics as J.S.
Bach’s <I>Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring </I>and Franz Liszt’s <I>Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 2</I>, as well as contemporary favorites, such as <I>Believe </I>from the
film <I>The Polar Express </I>and Harold Arlen’s <I>Somewhere Over the
Rainbow</I>. The ensemble will also perform original works composed for
handbells, including <I>Laudation </I>by Arnold B. Sherman and Festival Sanctus
by Cathy Moklebust.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>The 16-member Westminster Concert Bell Choir is composed of
undergraduate and graduate students of Westminster Choir College of Rider
University in Princeton, N.J. This year celebrates the 33nd year of the handbell
curriculum at Westminster, which was the first institution in the world to
develop such a program. Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell
Choir uses the largest range of handbells in the world – 8 octaves, from C1 to
C9.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>The ensemble has appeared on Public Television’s “Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood” and several holiday broadcasts of the “Today” show. Its holiday
performances have been heard annually on National Public Radio’s “Performance
Today,” and it is included on NPR’s <I>Christmas Around The Country II
</I>recording. The choir has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the
Christmas season. Most recently, the choir performed <I>The Bells of New York
</I>with Josh Groban in the nationally televised lighting of the Christmas tree
at Rockefeller Center in New York.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>Westminster Concert Bell Choir Conductor Kathleen Ebling Shaw is a
member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir College, where she
teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. Well
known as a handbell clinician, Ms. Ebling Shaw has conducted sessions for the
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers both on the national and
international level. She traveled with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir in a
15-city North American tour as part of <I>A Royal Christmas </I>performing with
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic
Concert Orchestra.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>Westminster Choir College is a division of Rider University’s
Westminster College of the Arts, which has campuses in Princeton and
Lawrenceville, N.J. A professional college of music with a unique choral
emphasis, Westminster prepares students at the undergraduate and graduate levels
for careers in teaching, sacred music and performance.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>Tickets for this performance are $15 for adults and will be sold
only at the door. Christ Episcopal Church is located at 3445 Warrensville Center
Road in Shaker Heights. To learn more go to <SPAN style="COLOR: #1b39f5"><A
href="">www.cometochristchurch.org</A> </SPAN>or call 216-991-3432.</FONT></DIV>
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