15th International Handbell Symposium
July 31 – August 4, 2012 in Liverpool, England

Registration Procedures:

1. Read carefully through Registration Brochure (also found on the Symposium website) for all terms and conditions of attending the symposium.
2. Fill out either the Individual or Group registration form directly on your computer. These pdf forms are "fillable" so no need to hand-write your information. Simply click on the the top right hand corner "Highlight fields" button to see where to input your details.
3. Save as (under File) "your name"-ind.pdf or "your team"-group.pdf. Print hard copy and keep electronic copy for your own records.
4. E-mail your saved registration form to Emmy Okazawa-Bortolin at ebortolin@telus.net by November 21, 2011.
5. Make out your deposit cheque of $350 CDN to Handbell Guilds of Canada and mail to Marcia Gosse to the Ottawa (address on the form) to be received by November 15, 2011.
6. Purchase massed ringing pieces and prepare your assigned positions accordingly. (If desired/requested, a Canadian orphan cholr may be formed and positions assigned at a later date.)
7. Check your e-mails regularly for details about workshop registration and further communications.
8. Send your balance (exact amount to be confirmed by February 2012) to be received in Ottawa by March 9, 2012.
9. Please note that all travel and accommodation arrangements are YOUR responsibility. Hotels recommended by the Symposium must be booked through the symposium website.
10. Further questions may be sent directly to ebortolin@telus.net.

16th International Handbell Symposium Composition Competition

PURPOSE: To promote the composition and arrangement of music for handbells by Canadians, and in the process select the Canadian piece of handbell music which will be used as the Canadian Massed Ringing item at the 16th International Handbell Symposium (IHS) in Jeju, Korea in 2014.

PRIZE: A $1000.00 prize will be awarded to the composer of the successful manuscript.

GENERAL INFORMATION: International Handbell Symposia are held every two years, and attract some of the top handbell choirs in the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australasia, Korea and Hong Kong. Pieces are chosen from each country, and are rung “en masse” by all participants. The average ringer attendance ranges between 900 and 1200 ringers. Some teams or choirs ring three chromatic octaves of bells which range upwards from the C4, the C below middle C. Most attending choirs ring 5 octaves of bells, which range up from C3, the C two octaves below middle C. Several choirs have the sixth (or even seventh) octave from the G below to the G above that.