The Drunquen Kwartet
For unaccompanied handbell quartet (5 octaves) https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/17047.mp3 Commissioned by The Handbell Brothers blog for the 2014 Drunquen Kwartet Challenge Published by From the Top Music (1118)
Come, Emmanuel
For handbells, chimes, and optional strings/synth, level 3- https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/16799.mp3 Commissioned for RingFest 2016 at Toledo First Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Toledo, OH) Stunningly powerful combination of the title piece (by Twila Paris) and the VENI EMMANUEL plainchant 31 weeks on the Jeffers Handbell Supply "Hot 40" list Published by Ring Praise! (RP7534, 7534FS for instrumental parts & 7534K for synthesizer)
Whimsical Praise
For handbells and chimes, level 3 https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/15744.mp3 Commissioned in honor of the Carillon Bell Choir of First Baptist Church (Decatur, Illinois) Published by Choristers Guild (CGB883)
Tremors
For handbells, bass chimes, and optional percussion, level 5 https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/12871.mp3 Michael's first commissioned piece Commissioned and performed by Bellissimo of Redlands Adventist Academy (Spring Tour 2007) Selected for Distinctly Bronze West 2009 (Inaugural Event in Bremerton, WA) Published by Choristers Guild (CGB618 and CGB619)
The Spirit Within
For handbells, chimes, and optional clarinet, level 3 https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/14903.mp3 Commissioned by Handbells of America Area 12, the second piece in Michael's "spirit trilogy," the follow-up to Healing Spirit Premiered at the 2012 Handbell Musicians of America Area 12 Conference at Disneyland (Anaheim, CA) Published by Choristers Guild (CGB760)
Sempiternam
For handbells, chimes, and optional trumpet and/or Whitechapel bells, level 4+ https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/14400.mp3 Commissioned by Bells of the Sound (Seattle, WA) in celebration of the group's 20th anniversary Published by From the Top Music (20298)
Reminiscence
For handbells and chimes, level 3+ https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/15050.mp3 Commissioned by Encore! Handbell Ensemble (Osh Kosh, WI) in memory of founding member Shirley Schuhart. Premiered in concert tour by Encore! Handbell Ensemble Selected for the 2013 Handbell Musicians of Great Britain Ringing Residency Week (Sheffield, England, UK) Published by Choristers Guild (CGB814)
Quietude (Solemn Stillness)
For handbells and chimes, level 3- https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/15321.mp3 Commissioned by friends and family in memory of Elizabeth Carole Fowler, for the Choral Bells of Claremont United Church of Christ (Claremont, CA) Eight weeks on the Jeffers Handbell Supply "Hot 40" list Premiered in worship at Claremont UCC in April 2013 (Claremont, CA) Published by GIA Music (G-8494)
Pilgrimage
For handbells, chimes, and optional trombone duo, level 3+ Collaborative composition with colleague Tim Waugh Commissioned by John Maas (Salem, OR) Published by National Music (NMHB662)
No Dark Valley
For handbells, chimes, and optional Bluegrass strings (fiddle, bass, mandolin, banjo and/or guitar) or track, level 3+/4- https://www.handbellworld.com/music/recording/15336.mp3 Commissioned by The Seventh-Day Adventist RingFest (Toledo, OH) 17 weeks on the Jeffers Handbell Supply "Hot 40" list Premiered at RingFest 2012, under the baton of the arranger (Toledo, OH) Published by Agape/Hope Publishing (2665, 2665P for instrumental parts & A514 for accompaniment CD track)