Joy in the Journey: A Farewell Handbell Concert

Pikes Peak Ringers, special guest Forté, and additional musicians are excited to invite you to our Farewell Concert, Joy in the Journey, on February 5th. Our beloved director Kevin McChesney is retiring, and this will be his final concert directing the Pikes Peak Ringers, 32 years after he founded the group. Come join us for the celebration of music to honor his time with us!

A freewill offering will be taken at the concert. All are welcome.

If you have ever heard or played handbells, chances are that you have heard a piece of music written by Kevin McChesney. A career composer and arranger of handbell music, Kevin has over 1,000 titles in print and is one of the very few musicians who makes handbells a full-time vocation. He has been in demand throughout the handbell world as a workshop clinician and festival conductor for decades. He has touched every corner of the handbell world and many, many lives in the process, and will be missed.

The Pikes Peak Ringers (www.PikesPeakRingers.com) is a community handbell choir that has performed a variety of styles of music, including classical, traditional, pop, jazz, new age, contemporary and original. In addition to performances throughout the state of Colorado and the western United States, the Pikes Peak Ringers have been the featured group at several national handbell choir events, have been involved with publishers in providing promotional recordings of new releases, and have recorded seven studio CDs and produced two performance DVDs.

In January 2009, the Pikes Peak Ringers were selected as the winner of a worldwide collaboration contest with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The track, “Dona Nobis Pacem,” was included on Ma’s 2009 album, “Songs of Joy and Peace,” and also on PPR’s sixth album, “Classics,” released in 2011.

The group will continue in the future under a new director.