Recent News

Announcing our seventh composition contest – Sounds of Nature! Contest entries should be original compositions or new arrangements inspired by the natural world.  We are looking for music animated by wide landscapes, sun-dappled forests, or moments of pastoral...

Area 10 is hosting its biennial conference in Spokane, WA June 16-18.  Registration is now open.  Visit the Area 10 Conference 2023 webpage for complete details.

High Impact! Bells of the Cascades spring concert Bells of the Cascades presents a thrilling concert of diverse repertoire that you won’t want to miss! Featuring a wide range of music focusing on the impact of movie scores, love, community, your voice, and much more,...

As a gift to Coppers Classic alums. PL Grove has volunteered to offer her class, To Weave or Not to Weave: When is the Question, or, When Left is Right. 1.      Details a.      This will be an Online Zoom class b.      Saturday, April 9, 2022 c.      9-11 am PST d.   ...

As a gift to Coppers Classic alums. PL Grove has volunteered to offer her class, To Weave or Not to Weave: When is the Question, or, When Left is Right. 1.      Details a.      This will be an Online Zoom class b.      Saturday, March 26, 2022 c.      9-11 am PST d. ...

Join the Area 10 Ad Hoc Choir Ellie Hodder, Area 10 Membership chair and creator of Coppers Classic, is organizing an Area 10 Ad Hoc choir for the massed ringing events at the 2022 International Symposium.  The choir will be playing a 5 octave set of bells...

Sat, August 21, 2021, West Linn (Portland area), OR Handbell directors and ringers will be given an opportunity to read through music for all seasons, decide what you like, and purchase it for your choir to use during the year. Bring your choir or come alone and...

Want to learn more about the composing process, music, and handbells in general, all while connecting with other handbell musicians?  Join Jason Krug for his fun, free weekly livestream, most Wednesdays at 1:30pm Eastern, at twitch.tv/BellComposer.

The Executive Committee of Area 10 is pleased to announce the appointment of Corbin Rasmussen as our Idaho Chair.  Corbin is a music educator at Rigby High School in Rigby, ID where he teaches 7 different musical ensembles. Two of those are handbell choirs, one of...

June 25 - June 26                This is a FREE event! This Virtual Tour of the handbell world will begin at 6pm PDT on June 25th with a trip to Asia, featuring clinicians Damien Lim of Singapore and Emily Li from Hong Kong. On Saturday beginning at 8:30am PDT we will...