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AUDIENCE COMMENTS

"The music was beautiful, the entertainment hilarious, and the whole experience was wonderfully worthwhile. We loved it so much we tried to get a flight changed to come hear your concert again!"

Anonymous Fan

“What skill and diversity of music! I could have listened another three hours! Thank you for the inspiration and entertainment!”

Anonymous Fan

“I never would have thought I'd want to go to a handbell concert, but when I heard handbell rock ’n’ roll on the radio, I told my friends, ‘We're going!’ And it was just great.”

Anonymous Fan

"The Raleigh Ringers are the best handbell ensemble on the globe!!!!”

Greg Pysh
Minister of Music and Composer
Midland, Texas

“Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! They never cease to amaze me. Their playing is so musical, their technique impeccable.”

Cordetta Valthauser
Handbell Soloist
Cleveland Area, Ohio

“Thank you all for being ambassadors of superb musicianship, amazing technique, and sharing the joy of doing something you love, which is contagious.”

Carolann Haley
Assistant to Director of Music Ministries
National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.

“The Raleigh Ringers are truly a wonderful instrument. It is a joy to watch how precisely they respond to director David Harris' musical goals, and how audiences respond as well. This group has definitely attained 'handbell superstar' status.”

Jason Tiller
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
San Francisco, CA

“The best part was, in spite of all the amazing things that they can do with bells – the bass ringer assignments, flawless technique, and all of those kind of things – the best part was that it was musical. I simply enjoyed the music.”

Dean Wagner
Associate Director of Music and Organist
First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

“...I did not know how good "good" is in bell ringing until I heard you. It was simply superb, and you must have known that from the unusually enthusiastic response from the audience.”

Ross MacKenzie
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, New York

Virtuoso 2013 was held June 7–9, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina under the direction of clinician Dr. William Payn.

Ringers from across the United States auditioned for the event. Twenty-eight ringers from sixteen states were selected to create a six-octave and a seven-octave choir for this first Virtuoso event. The selected ringers rehearsed for two days at Raleigh Ringers Central and then performed onstage at Meymandi Concert Hall as part of The Raleigh Ringers' Spring Concert on June 9, 2013.

Virtuoso Members 2013:

David Brown (Raleigh, North Carolina)	Sarah Kennedy (Roanoke, Virginia)	Marcia Murphy (North Wales, Pennsylvania)	Kevin Quick (Allen, Texas)
Ellen Daniels (Apex, North Carolina)	Nancy Kindraka (East Lansing, Michigan)	Jennifer Murray (Mastic, New York)	Cathy Rowe (Springfield, Illinois)
Michael Dougherty (High Point, North Carolina)	Emlee Kohler (Hancock, New Hampshire)	Betty Myers (Columbia, South Carolina)	Sarah Sheffield (Indian Trail, North Carolina)
Karen Eastburn (Plano, Texas)	Mike Lamb (Lutz, Florida)	Bryce Nance (Reno, Nevada)	Laura Swafford (Baltimore, Maryland)
Lori Fenton (Des Moines, Iowa)	Tami Lamb (Lutz, Florida)	Derek Nance (Reno, Nevada)	Elaine Turner (Gainesville, Florida)
Mike Handy (Sanford, North Carolina)	Danny Lyons (Pensacola, Florida)	Marcy Olhausen (Kennesaw, Georgia)	Jennifer Vangolen (Seattle, Washington)
Wayne Hicks (Newport News, Virginia)	Glenda Mason (King George, Virginia)	Robin Pentland (Lynnwood, Washington)	Julie Vaquilar (San Francisco, California)