A Concert You Won't Want to Miss!

Please come to a FREE CONCERT featuring the Austin Handbell Ensemble.

It will be held in our very own Sanctuary at 7:30pm on Friday, May 18!

ABOUT AHE . . . . The Austin Handbell Ensemble was founded in September of 1995 by Austin area directors and ringers who were interested in establishing a community handbell choir. The AHE is a non-profit corporation dedicated to excellence in ringing and to promoting musical education at all levels. The 15-member choir is under the direction of Bob Avant and Linda Rutherford.

In addition to performing solo public concert in the Spring and at Christmas, the AHE enjoys combining forces with other area musical groups, and has done so with the Austin Chamber Ensemble, the Austin Symphonic Band, the ASB Brass Quintet, Cantamos (a women's choral group), Grace Notes (a small mixed choir), the Hill Country Singers, and the Austin Girl's Choir, and has appeared on John Aielli's Ekliktikos radio program on KUT-FM.

The AHE has recorded new music from Harold Flammer and Alfred Music Publishing Company that is produced into promotional CD's and distributed nationwide.

In January of 2002, the AHE was priveleged to be one of only seven invited groups to perform at Pinnacle 2002, an international handbell conference for community and profession handbell ensembles held in Florida. Other performers included groups from the Ukraine and Puerto Rico. The AHE has also released 3 commerical CD's the most recent of which is entitled "Towers: A Synergy of Sound."

You don't want to miss this concert! Need to know how to get to our church? Simply click on DIRECTIONS TO FIRST CHURCH!