Houston Bronze Ensemble
1988-2023
About the Houston bronze ensemble
Thirty five years ago Houston Bronze got its start.Houston Bronze Ensemble was born at a lunch meeting at Pappy’s Café with Jeff Weiss, Christine Anderson, and Hart Morris in attendance. Jeff had visited David Davidson and Beth Judd in Dallas and returned home to Houston inspired by the Dallas Handbell Ensemble.Houston Bronze Ensemble was originally established to give directors in the Houston area a place to ring. At the first organizational meeting at Pappy’s Café with nothing but a napkin to jot the names on, Houston Bronze was born.
Houston Bronze Ensemble is an auditioned community handbell ensemble of advanced ringers from the Houston area. Founded in 1988, the group performs on 7 octaves of Schulmerich Handbells and 6 octaves of Malmark Chimes. We also have a variety of other bells and auxiliary instruments including 5 octaves of Petit and Fritsen bells, silver melody bells, orchestral chimes and more. We perform concerts, generally in December and May. Our HBE Celebration Ringers is a subset of the full ensemble and performs at parties and community events throughout the year.
HBE is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization and we rely on the generousity of our patrons to further of mission of promoting the art of handbell ringing. Your donation is greatly appreciated. To make a contribution, please click on one of the donate buttons scattered throughout the website.
UpComing concerts
For more information on where to find us this holiday season, go to
https://houstonbronze.org/where-we-are-performing/
Audition for Houston Bronze
Auditions for Houston Bronze Spring 2024 will be held on December 12, 2023 beginning at 6:00 pm. For more information go to https://houstonbronze.org/audition/
October Newsletter
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College Ring-in 2024
For more information about College Ring-In 2024
https://handbellmusicians.org/event/college-ring-in-2024/
Houston Bronze Scholarships
Houston Bronze is once again offering three $100.00 scholarships to College Ring-In 2024, an event sponsored by Handbell Musicians of America. If you are planning to attend, apply now for one of these scholarships. For more information about our scholarships go to https://houstonbronze.org/scholarships