Houston Bronze Ensemble

Houston Bronze and Clear Lake United Methodist Church present The Westminster Concert Bell Choir

On May 17 at 7:00 pm The Houston Bronze Ensemble and Clear Lake United Methodist Church will co-present a concert with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, under the direction of Kathleen Ebling Shaw, as they celebrate 40 years of ringing. The concert will be held at Clear Lake UMC located at 16335 El Camino Real in Houston, TX. The ensemble is traveling here from New Jersey as a part of their 40th Anniversary Tour. Let's give them a great welcome to Houston. The concert is free, however a love offering will be collected. We hope you will make plans to come and hear this fabulous handbell ensemble.

Houston Bronze
Ensemble
Bill Nave, Artistic Director

The Houston Bronze Ensemble is a professional, auditioned, handbell ensemble made up of musicians from the greater Houston area. The founders of HBE met for lunch one day in 1988 looking for a way for Houston area handbell directors to have a place to play. They began by writing on a napkin the names of the people who might want to be a part of this ensemble. This was our beginning.

Houston Bronze Ensemble, Houston's premier handbell group, performs regular concerts in the winter and spring and has performed for community events, weddings and parties. We plan a variety of genres of music but always with the goal of excellence. The ensemble has also performed at national handbell events.

Houston Bronze recognizes the importance of building the future of handbell ringing through education and offers help with workshops to those who wish to build or improve a handbell program. We also enjoy coming to schools to share the art of handbell ringing through a mini concert, workshop or petting zoo.

We would love to speak with you about a concert, playing at your wedding, party, or community event, conducting a workshop for your ensemble, or coming to your school. Please look through our website to learn more about Houston Bronze Ensemble and then contact us if we can help you in any way. We would love to talk to you.

Words from our fans:

It is a glorious thing to be able to hear a performance of a work exactly the way you conceptualized it in your mind. This was stellar...both pieces! You've really brought out the best in your people. Congratulations... loved the decorations with the lights lowered...nice mood for the piece. --Sandra Eithun writing about our performances of her "Breath of Heaven" and "O Holy Night".

Great job, Bill and HBE! What a combination of compelling writing, consummate musicianship, and stunning visuals! -

--Michael Joy writing about our performance of Jason Krug's
"Escape Velocity".

Thank you for your commitment to music excellence.
You guys are one of the few ensembles who truly follow through with the vision statement of the Handbell Musicians of America. Your level of excellence impresses me :) Best of luck to you all!
I didn't know handbells could sound like that.
Professional, precise and pure joy. Thanks for such a wonderful Christmas gift.
It was phenomenal.
People, listen to this! Handbells on steroids!
You guys always put on such an impressive concert! Inspires me to want to do better.
The concert was amazing! It certainly got me in the mood for Christmas! Great job everyone.
Wonderful as always!! We look forward to attending this and it always gets us in the right mood for the season!
My favorite Sunday of the year. I wait all year for this.
That was just excellent. Your understanding of the rhythmic hierarchy is impressive. Bravo!

What's New?

We hope to see you at one of our spring concerts. The concert on Sunday, April 15, will be live streamed at
https://www.trinityklein.org/media/.

Houston Bronze
Area 9 Summit, 2018

The Houston Bronze Ensemble is proud to announce that we were selected to perform at the opening concert on June 8, 2018 at the Area 9 event, Summit, which is to be held in Ballroom B of the Mesquite Convention Center in Mesquite, TX. HBE will be performing selections from our spring concert, “Road Trip”. This opening concert will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets for the concert are $12.50 and may be purchased in advance through the website or on the day of the concert at the Welcome Center located to the left of the ballroom doors. If you are registering for the conference, your ticket price is included. We hope to see many of our friends in the audience. For more information on all the events of Summit, check out the Area 9 website,
http://area9.handbellmusicians.org/events/summit/

The Houston Bronze Ensemble announces our first composition contest to celebrate our 30th Anniversary. It was 30 years ago that our founders met for lunch with the purpose of forming an ensemble where directors from the churches would have an opportunity to ring. With nothing but a paper napkin to jot down possible names of members, our ensemble was created.
Prizes:              $1,000                First place
                              $    500               Second place
For more information, follow the link below:
houstonbronze.com/30th-anniversary-celebration-and-composition-contest.html

For information about coming to give Houston Bronze Ensemble a test drive and to learn about the audition process follow the link below. You can also register to give us a test drive or to audition. http://houstonbronze.com/becoming-a-member-of-houston-bronze.html

To learn more about this year's Summer Ring program follow this link:
http://houstonbronze.com/summer-ring.html

To read all about College Ring In 2018, please click on the link below: http://houstonbronze.com/college-ring-in-2018-scholarship-winners.html

The Houston Bronze 2017 Photo Album
http://houstonbronze.com/2017-photo-album.html
Enjoy viewing pictures from 2017.

Houston Bronze and Clear Lake United Methodist Church present The Westminster Concert Bell Choir