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Summer Greetings From BBR

Thank you thank you thank you to our supporters and community! Our spring concert season was a great success. BBR donated all our ticket sales and audience donations to LGBT Asylum Task Force and to a new handbell choir at the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church.  In our season of giving back we are most

BBR to play the Holiday Pops!

Exciting News: The Back Bay Ringers have just been selected as a guest artist to play with the Boston Pops at their Holiday Gala on December 7, 2016!  We are busy rehearsing and shining up our bells for this fabulous event and wanted to share the great news with our loyal friends! Tickets are selling fast for

Christmas is Coming!

Labor Day has come and gone, so it must be time for winter handbell concerts!  No?  Well, Back Bay Ringers is hard at work preparing for the Christmas season.  Actually, we never stopped! Following our successful performance at National Seminar in July, we held our annual Summer Ring on August 15th, attended by over

A Special Offer from BBR

Back Bay Ringers is proud to co-sponsor the sneak preview of the movie, Florence Foster Jenkins:  Monday, August 8, 7:30 pm. Cheers, Donna Matson You and a guest are invited to a special advance screening of  Florence Foster Jenkins starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant    Monday, August 8  7:30pm AMC Boston Common To RSVP,

July 2016 Newsletter

Summer Fun With BBR! National Seminar in Rochester, NY It might be summer, but the Back Bay Ringers aren't taking much of a vacation this year! Members are currently hard at work preparing for our invited performance at the Handbell Musician of America National Seminar in Rochester, NY. We will be performing at the

Spring Ringing with BBR

It finally feels like spring and that means it's time for the Back Bay Ringers' spring concerts. Handbell ringing is a passion for all of us involved with the Back Bay Ringers and we are always proud to bring you our art form. This spring we are presenting The Art of Ringing, which will

Boston Handbell Festival

Boston Handbell Festival Please join us this Tuesday for the 10th Annual Boston Handbell Festival. Performing choirs include the Back Bay Ringers, Old South Ringers, Merrimack Valley Ringers, New England Ringers, and special guest choir the Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble. For more information, click HERE. General Admission to the festival is free. A voluntary donation

A Message from the Executive Director

We have much to be excited about as we head into the New Year, including meeting many of our past resolutions. Our winter season welcomed record numbers of enthusiastic patrons at our concerts and we saw a successful completion of our first-ever capital campaign, even surpassing our goal! You will be delighted to know

Whitechapel Update

To all the friends of Back Bay Ringers: I wanted to give you a quick update on our Whitechapel Refurbishment Capital Campaign, introduced on December 1. In just a few short weeks we've made it over halfway to our goal. Thanks so much for those who have helped us get this far! There is

Announcing our Capital Campaign

We are pleased to announce our first capital campaign for refurbishing our donated three-octave set of Whitechapel handbells. We are seeking a total of $9000 to buy cases, send the bells to the Whitechapel Foundry in England, and have them restored to their original glorious sound. YOU are invited to be a part of

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