Arvo Pärt is probably best described as a touchstone composer of the 20th Century. His work has shaped a branch of minimalist composition both for composers and dedicated listeners. Where other ...

Micah Curlin and Dan Lindquist stood inside the century-old bell tower in Blanchard Hall at Wheaton College and pulled the rope on the 1872 1,000-pound copper and tin bell overhead. It`s a tradition ...

At one end of the 20-foot rope is Tessa Lightfoot, a 13-year-old American teenager topping the scales at 90 pounds. At the other, directly above her head, is a British-made bronze bell weighing more ...

No matter how jubilant the music, the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church handbell ringers never smile during a performance. Their 24 white-gloved hands move methodically over the 61 brass bells arranged on ...

TINTINNABULATION. A judge who said a church’s electronic bells inflicted “harm and damages” on neighbors has ordered them silenced until a court hearing helps the two sides reach a compromise. A ...