Above the Clouds
Winner in the "Original 3 Octave" category of the 1998 Composition Contest sponsored by the Alberta (Canada) Guild of English Handbell Ringers, this original work takes a dotted eighth-sixteenth motive and expands it against flowing accompaniment. A nice section of mallets on suspended upper bells gives the effect of being "above the clouds." Scored in G Major and C Major, the piece is 52 measures.