Show Bell Choir at South City Lisa Young Staff Staff Writer Salt Lake Community College has the only higher education Bell Choir in the state of Utah It consists of Eleven students who practice practice practice tice at South City Campus under the direction of Helen The long skinny metal bells actually look a lot like tuning forks Each student is assigned to play three or four bells in a circular motion throughout a song It is just as hard to silence the bells onto their shoulder shoulder shoulder der as it is to ring them They are just fascinating fascinating fascinating ing to watch said who got her masters master's degree in in composition composition composition compo compo- theory from the University of Utah started the Bell Choir at two years ago She attended a special performance by one of her music theory students who was playing the bells and fell in love with the movement movement movement move move- ment and the sound right away She then spoke to a friend about starting a Bell Choir at He was willing to help her get the choir up and running friend donated money and the five full octaves of bells to the choir current students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents are all music majors but she wants students students from all different majors to take part in the choir All students need to do to qualify qualify qualify for the choir is to be beable beable beable able td toc to count and read music said would love to see more students take partin part partin partin in this opportunity She is also hoping to get six to eight experienced bell ringers to start up a Sextet another Bells Choir This choir would perform perform perform per per- form more difficult music She would like to start the Sextet fall semester 2004 The choir performs at recitals in the community and at elementary schools which schools which mesmerizes mesmerizes mesmerizes mesmer mesmer- izes the children They play an assortment of music including classical music Christmas music and songs from musicals Everything that we play playon on the bells ends up being beautiful said The Bell Choirs Choir's yearend yearend yearend year- year end concert is entitled Shall We Ve Dance It will willbe willbe willbe be held April 13 at pm p.m. at the South City Campus of in room The choir will play international dancing music Some of the songs are Shall We Ie Dance from The King and I Gavotte a French dancing song See Choir continued on page 10 Choir continued from page 8 Rondeau from the Masterpiece Theatre Country Dance a aGerman aGerman aGerman German peasant dance and much more The choir will also invite the audience members up t to t the e stage to try tryout out ringing the bells for themselves Admission is free and the concert will be beabout beabout beabout about one hour long |