Front, from left: Andrew Duncan, Fountain City UMC; Becky Kidd, Second UMC; Robert Ivey, conductor and clinician; Barbara Schmitt, Grace Lutheran Church. Back row, from left, Tim Lett and Ashley Burrell, First United Presbyterian Church

1. Dorian Dance – Michael Joy
2. Intrada – Michael Helman
3. Mountain Springs – Sondra Tucker
4. Joyous Spirit – Valerie Stephenson
5. Now the Green Blade Riseth – Kevin McChesney
6. Blessing – Arnold Sherman
7. Fanfare Prelude on “Aurelia” – Douglas E. Wagner

Instrumentalists:

• Warren Clark, trumpet
• Rick Carl, trumpet
• Jeff Mize, trombone
• Sam Chen, trombone
• Jeremy Smith, timpani

Clinician: Robert Ivey

Robert Ivey is the Minister of Music at First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC. At First Presbyterian he directs a program of six handbell choirs and seven singing choirs. Considered to be the “Dean of Handbells,” Mr. Ivey has been directing handbell choirs since 1960, and has toured extensively, both nationally and internationally. His compositions and arrangements are published by many prominent handbell publishers, and his two books, Handbell Assignment Book and Handbell Ringing-Learning, Teaching, Performing, are published by Agape.

Robert Ivey has been a member of the summer faculty of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, for the past twenty-nine years. His awards include a Citation of Merit in recognition of distinguised achievement in church music by Westminster Choir College and an Honorary Life Membership in the AGEHR.

View actual program (scanned pdf):  2006 Program