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  • Season 9

    For our 9th season, Ring Sarasota presents “Celebrate Sarasota!” Pristine white-sandy beaches, breathtaking sunsets, theater, concerts, ballet, opera, diverse dining, galleries, museums, the circus, spectator and participant sporting events …. That’s Sarasota County, often referred to as “Florida’s Cultural Coast!” Join Ring Sarasota in our 9th season as we present “Celebrate Sarasota,” a collection of […]

  • Ring Sarasota Makes Final Stop on 9th Season Stay-cation

    Ring Sarasota Makes Final Stop on 9th Season Stay-cation Ring Sarasota wraps up its 9th season on April 7, 2019, with its musical love letter to its hometown. The final concert will be at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Sarasota, FL. Known as Florida’s Culture Coast, Sarasota boasts critically-acclaimed museums, award-winning beaches, major league […]

  • Valerie Phillips

    Valerie Phillips It’s ‘all in the family’, so to speak for Valerie. She drives an hour-plus north weekly to have fun ringing with her daughter Paige Hunt, who drives an hour-plus south. And Valerie has been ringing with family friend (and RS ringer) Terri Chapman on and off for 20 years, randomly following her from […]

  • Rebecca St. Pierre

    Rebecca St. Pierre Rebecca’s lifelong love of percussion started when, as the youngest child, she realized that thumping things instead of older siblings was both a safer and more satisfying alternative.  She grew up tapping, striking, ringing and hitting and went on to obtain several degrees in percussion performance and music education. She has enjoyed […]

  • Paige Hunt

    Paige Hunt Paige started ringing handbells at her church in Connecticut during middle school and has been playing ever since! In high school, she rang under the direction of Terri Chapman, who many years later would introduce Paige to Ring Sarasota. She continued ringing in college, took a short break while completing her Masters at […]

  • Ring Sarasota Celebrates Hometown for Ninth Season

    Ring Sarasota Celebrates Hometown for Ninth Season For our 9th season, we present “Celebrate Sarasota” Pristine white-sandy beaches, breathtaking sunsets, theater, concerts, ballet, opera, diverse dining, galleries, museums, the circus, spectator and participant sporting events …. That’s Sarasota County, often referred to as “Florida’s Cultural Coast!” Join Ring Sarasota in our 9th season as we […]

  • Ring Sarasota Announces Holiday Mini Tour

    “Celebrate the Season” with Ring Sarasota! The holidays are quickly approaching! While here in Sarasota we may not have the snow, ice, and freezing temperatures frequently associated with the season, that doesn’t stop us from enjoying all that the season offers, like tinsel on trees, the smell of warm gingerbread, and the gathering of family […]

  • Season 8

    Ring Sarasota’s eighth season explores music as it developed over the 20th Century. Just as the 1900’s brought complex events and changes to our world, music evolved equally as quickly. Our concert music this season offers examples from some of these significant eras. At the turn of the century, music paralleled the impressionist artists. Moon […]

  • Season 7

    A Fifth, or so, of Beethoven  arr. Rick Holdsworth And All That Jazz  arr. Nicholas A. Hanson Classical Gas  arr. Paul McKlveen Dancing Queen  arr. Brian Tervo/Ron Mallory Eleanor Rigby  arr. Ron Mallory Jazz Pizzicato  arr. Martha Lynn Thompson Misty  arr. Arnold B. Sherman Moonlight Serenade  arr. Paul W. Allen The Stars and Stripes Forever  […]

  • Ring Sarasota Heads South for Next Concert

    RING SARASOTA: A CENTURY OF CLASSICS Friday, April 20, 2018 7 PM Don’t Miss Ring Sarasota’s ONLY Punta Gorda Performance This Season! Our eighth season has us exploring how music developed over the 20th century. Just as the 1900’s brought complex events and changes to our world, music evolved equally as quickly. Our concert music […]