Matt Johnson
Pianist ~ Composer
Teacher
HANDBELL PIECES
(Available through online partners linked below)
Printed scores available from J.W. Pepper
Brilliant encore or novelty piece,
utilizing mallets or martellato technique.
2/3 octaves
Night in a Manger
~ NFT available ~
Christmas arrangement overlaps the familiar carols
Silent Night and Away in a Manger.
3 octaves
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
~ NFT available ~
Pentecost: A slow "swing" arrangement.
2 octave choirs…using a 3 octave set
We Gather Together
~ NFT available ~
Thanksgiving events will appreciate this traditional melody
with a repetitive harmonic motif.
2 octaves
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
~ NFT available ~
Thanksgiving arrangement utilizing time, key
and harmonic changes throughout.
Quartet, 2 octaves
We Gather Together
~ NFT available ~
Thanksgiving events will appreciate this traditional melody
with a repetitive harmonic motif.
Quartet, 2 octaves
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
~ NFT available ~
Thanksgiving arrangement utilizing time, key
and harmonic changes throughout.
2 octaves
The First Noel
~ NFT available ~
Christmas: Melodic handbells above a flowing piano accompaniment with harmonic swirls around a
repetitive rhythmic motif.
2 octaves
Silent Night
~ NFT available ~
Christmas: Melodic handbell solo over
unique harmonies in the piano accompaniment.
3 octaves
Christmas Carol Medley
~ NFT available ~
Christmas medley includes Away In a Manger, O Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and The First Noel.
2 octaves
Brells
~ NFT available ~
Energetic original work which combines
brass and handbells with optional rhythm section.
3 octaves
Handbell Processional
~ NFT available ~
Processional theme repeats until the ringers are at the tables and
ready to perform the rest of the piece.
5 octaves
World Communion Handbells
~ NFT available ~
Arranged for World Communion Sunday, this medley includes
Let Us Break Bread Together and One Bread, One Body.
Quartet, with piano accompaniment
Surprise Postlude
~ NFT available ~
Wonderful "surprise" ending for a
church service or public concert.
3 octaves
