JULY 30-AUGUST 1, 2022

This event is designed for young adult ringers, ages 18-30, to ring music at an advanced level under the direction of two of the handbell world’s most acclaimed conductors. Participants will prepare music over 2.5 days that will be performed on at the Opening Concert for the International Handbell Symposium.

About the Conductors

Dr. William Payn

Dr. William A. Payn has worked with young adults in handbells for over 40 years. Always a favorite of his students, Dr. Payn served Bucknell University as chair of the music department, music professor, and director of choral studies where he led his choirs to international recognition. He has been a guest festival conductor, headliner, and clinician at hundreds of events all over the world. His compositions have received worldwide acclaim and he is honored to be serving both as the College Ring-In conductor and one of the International Symposium massed ringing conductors at the 2022 International Handbell Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mr. Toshikazu Yoshida

Mr. Yoshida graduated with an orchestral conducting degree from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo Japan. He studied piano under Shiki Sekiya as well as conducting under the late Shunsaku Tsutsumi and Kazue Kamiya.

He has been appointed as conductor for a number of professional orchestras and is one of the very rare handbell conductors with orchestral conducting background.  From this experience, he has arranged/composed many handbell compositions transcribing from the original orchestra scores and are published in both Japan and the US.  In 1992, he conducted the Kinjo Gakuin University Handbell Choir, premiering his arrangement for handbells of P. Tchaikovsky’s ‘Valse des Fleurs’ at the 5th International Handbell Symposium at Edmonton, Canada.

He has been the conductor for the Kinjo Gakuin University Handbell Choir, the first university handbell choir in Japan, since 1987.  He also conducts his handbell choir, PRIME, and is music director/conductor for the Nagoya City University Alumni Symphony Orchestra, Meijyo University Orchestra, and the Kinjo Gakuin University Orchestra.

Fees and Inclusions

Registration Fee: $99 USD

Includes: Included in the College Ring-In International registration fee are all rehearsals and scheduled activities, two lunches, a bag, and a t-shirt. All ringers are encouraged to register separately and stay for the remainder of the weeklong International Symposium to enjoy workshops, ringing, and concerts. The Symposium will close the evening of Saturday, August 6 with a formal Gala Banquet. Click here to register for International Symposium.

Repertoire

Conducted by Mr. Toshikazu Yoshida

• Salut d’Amour; Edward Elgar; Toshikazu Yoshida
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• Nocturnal Fantasy; Emily Li; Level 4+; MCGB731
• Scherzo; Michael Helman; Level 5; MAG36026
• I See The Light; Alan Menken/Kazuko Okamoto; MSI192
• Nocturne in A Minor; Karen Buckwalter; Level 2; MSPHP5333
• The Glenn Miller Classics; M. Parish & G. Miller, F.W. Meachum, J. Garland; Miki Nakao

Conducted by Dr. William Payn

• Carmen Fantasy; Bizet; Buono & Clarke; Compton; Level 5; Sonology Music MCHB079
• Time and Tide; Robert Scott Riker; Level 5; From the Top Music 20588
• My Strength Is From Heaven; Christian Humcke; Choristers Guild CGB1227
• Tuesdays Gone; Collins & Van Zant; William Payn; Level 4+; Sheet Music Plus digital download
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• Elegy; William Payn; Agape 1277

General Schedule

Saturday, July 30

Sunday, July 31

Monday, August 1