<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/Uncategorized/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Mark Arnold - Brass and Bronze Music - Blog , Uncategorized</title><description>Mark Arnold - Brass and Bronze Music - Blog , Uncategorized</description><link>https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/Uncategorized</link><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:37 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Attempting CCM!]]></title><link>https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/post/attempting-ccm</link><description><![CDATA[Based on a question about this piece (and if there was a handbell arrangement) on social media, I listed to a couple of performances and decided I nee ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_sZUdDsx6QH-NmJNRrwaB_w" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_PjdG7E0sRbq4TWipULTBAg" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_1cVjcD0TTqOkpCJbjJMMoQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_sU2KIXicT3iygnFokW76pA" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style></style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_UYDN9-NhSQmYT5YxBWC3-w" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center zptext-align-mobile-center zptext-align-tablet-center " data-editor="true"><p>Based on a question about this piece (and if there was a handbell arrangement) on social media, I listed to a couple of performances and decided I needed to try arranging it for handbells. Let me know what you think!&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/goodness-of-god-23120337.html?srsltid=AfmBOopT6b70SNJJuz1vx5hMle-f83S4G_o-27JeezRTchOU2-xNryCh" target="_blank" rel="">https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/goodness-of-god-23120337.html?srsltid=AfmBOopT6b70SNJJuz1vx5hMle-f83S4G_o-27JeezRTchOU2-xNryCh</a></p></div>
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<div data-element-id="elm_sZaWVkUvSniD_0RATAYunA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_sZaWVkUvSniD_0RATAYunA"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p>I'll be conducting at the Handbell Musicians of America Area 9 Spring Ring, March 4, in Bartlesville Oklahoma - one of our many Area 9 events!&nbsp; Later in the month I travel to College Station for a clinic with the talented ringers of&nbsp;<font>Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.&nbsp; &nbsp;Looking forward to some great music and </font>fellowship<font>!</font></p></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:20:01 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegy for Brass Quintet]]></title><link>https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/post/elegy-for-brass-quintet</link><description><![CDATA[Actually a revision of an older quintet piece, but available now at Sheet Music Plus.&nbsp; This short piece in a lyrical style would be a nice contra ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_6E-wqRnRQI639VsH1-StLw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_M_OZgdYGSdeBgNjNb4Ms3g" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_7MMq-N3LSJC9ctP2FhGTig" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_rcwyNgwDRQyjPRsJKC3T1Q" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_rcwyNgwDRQyjPRsJKC3T1Q"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_hqcjT0uJT1K3rg8jD24BYw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_hqcjT0uJT1K3rg8jD24BYw"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p>Actually a revision of an older quintet piece, but available now at Sheet Music Plus.&nbsp; This short piece in a lyrical style would be a nice contrast for a quintet concert or a quite moment in worship.&nbsp; Mild dissonances, but nothing too jarring!&nbsp;</p></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:31:08 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Christmas Music for Bells]]></title><link>https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/post/easy-christmas-music-for-bells</link><description><![CDATA[Three short, easy to learn pieces for the younger/less experienced handbell group.&nbsp; Field tested at my church and now available at SheetMusic Plu ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_rMNeoFXZR66_EuZSPug6bA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_SLE2EH72SO6S5AG1343RYQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_dyizTW3JQPOc9gKQGp3INQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_K9i7m29mRiizJHp4kYAeUw" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_K9i7m29mRiizJHp4kYAeUw"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_mHpSytwJTgqoF1tkbH5McQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-size:14px;">Join HMA Area 9 for&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size:14px;"><b>“A NEW ADVENTURE:&nbsp; AREA 9 SUMMIT 2022”</b></i></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);">.&nbsp; </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our clinicians will be the fabulous Sandra Eithun and Mitchell Eithun, and there will be an outstanding faculty offering classes and reading sessions with something for ringers and directors alike as well as two great concerts.&nbsp; It will be held in Waco on June 17-18 with check-in beginning at 10 am and the first massed ringing session at 1 pm on Friday, ending on Saturday with our concert at 4:15 pm.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'll be teaching a couple of classes, and a group from FBC Keller will be the </span></span><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">demonstration</span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;group for a Small Ensemble Master Class.&nbsp; More info at:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://area9.handbellmusicians.org/summit-2022/"></a><a href="https://area9.handbellmusicians.org/summit-2022/"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">h </span></a><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://area9.handbellmusicians.org/summit-2022/" target="_blank" rel="">https://area9.handbellmusicians.org/summit-2022/</a></span><a href="https://area9.handbellmusicians.org/summit-2022/"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">ttps://area9.handbellmusicians.org/summit-2022/</span></a></span><br></p></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:33:06 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telemann for Horn Quartet]]></title><link>https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/post/Telemann-for-Horn-Quartet</link><description><![CDATA[Telemann Concerto #2 - Horn Quartet]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_vFNI9bECQr6HkSiLowxwCg" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_wN7ivVdfSuCcJOZW3IU5NQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_VCW3CWjaR8-8U2-iaLG7yw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_EDV49NW0Rru9ln-DxzdL4w" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_EDV49NW0Rru9ln-DxzdL4w"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:10:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful Savior]]></title><link>https://www.markarnold.net/blogs/post/beautiful-savior</link><description><![CDATA[I've taken a stab at a handbell solo arrangement of &quot;Fairest Lord Jesus&quot; - my piano writing is not what I would like it to be, but the bell ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_jKI4zxEMR9yXAUfThf8fXg" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_Et0ODcypTQapTCAYhbuT-w" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_w_8WbVV1TnGtfNrQ9kAF2w" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_w_8WbVV1TnGtfNrQ9kAF2w"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_t9nz_4rBRv6Jq1OqYkaPGg" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_t9nz_4rBRv6Jq1OqYkaPGg"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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