A Dozen Budget-Friendly Collections for the Small Handbell Choir

There’s nothing quite like the thrill of playing through a new handbell piece. The challenge (you want me to play how many bells?), the excitement (a new technique!), the intrigue (how will it end?).

The only problem is, handbell music can be quite costly, sometimes as high as $5 per copy.

And if you’re a part-time director of a small handbell choir at a small church with a small budget, to match, you may be able to afford only 1-2 new pieces a year.

A practical solution? Handbell collections.

Instead of buying music one piece at a time (and spending $5+ per copy), a collection gives you 3-10 pieces for a fraction of the cost.

In this post, you’ll find 12 budget-friendly collections that work well for smaller (2-3 octave) handbell choirs.

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A Dozen Budget-Friendly Collections for the Small Handbell Choir

*Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

Advent/Christmas/Epiphany

With Carols Ringing*
Derek K. Hakes
10 pieces

The Best of Ring and Rejoice, Vol. 2* [Christmas and Epiphany]
ed. Michael Helman
7 pieces

Season of Joy
Kevin McChesney
7 pieces

You might also like:

Four Pieces for Advent
12 bells
(reproducible)

Four Pieces for Christmas
12-17 bells
(reproducible)

Four Pieces for Epiphany
12-16 bells
(reproducible)

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Lent/Easter

Ring Lent Through Easter*
Sharon Elery Rogers
3 pieces

From Grief to Glory*
Douglas Wagner
8 pieces

What Wondrous Love!*
compiled by Larry Pugh
10 pieces

The Best of Ring and Rejoice* [Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter]
ed. Michael Helman
7 pieces

You might also like:

Four Pieces for Lent
12-19 bells
(reproducible)

Four Pieces for Easter
12-21 bells
(reproducible)

Four Pieces for Pentecost
11-31 bells
(reproducible)

General/All Year

Songs for Praise and Worship
Douglas Wagner
8 pieces

Ring the Rafters!
compiled by Larry Pugh
9 pieces

The Best of Ring and Rejoice, Vol. 4* [General Hymn Tunes for Summer]
compiled by Michael Helman
7 pieces

The Best of Ring and Rejoice, Vol. 3* [Ascension, Trinity, Pentecost, and General]
compiled by Michael Helman
7 pieces

The Best of Ring and Rejoice, Vol. 5 [All Saints Day, Christ the King, General, Holy Communion, Reformation, Thanksgiving]
compiled by Michael Helman
8 pieces

*These collections are digital downloads, meaning you can purchase, download, and print right away instead of waiting for something to arrive in the mail.

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I’d love to hear from you:

What are your favorite budget-friendly handbell collections?