Campanelli Handbell Ensemble is a group of handbell-players. Our musical group of
fourteen members, lead by Inna Lai, is located at Nõmme Cultural Center.

Our repertoire varies from peaceful classical music to modern compositions, written
especially for handbells. For variety and the expanded demonstration of the possibilities
of handbells we often invite singers or other musicians to be part of our performances
so that in our concerts you can enjoy musical pieces with the viola, clarinet, base guitar
or harp. Some compositions are with vocals or Campanelli accompanies a solo singer.    

We use two types of bells for creating music – choirchimes which cover 6 full octaves
(it takes 66 different choirchimes) in addition to 5 octaves of bronze English handbells
(61 bells). All 127 bells are chromatic, meaning that one bell responds to one tune,
being arranged like keys on piano. The bells are always tuned so no extra tuning is
needed. The history of chimes takes us to South-East Asia and China where the first
instruments of this type were made of bamboo.  The modern bell-type is quite new both
in Europe and in the US. Campanelli ringers use Malmark bells. They are very fragile –
that’s why we use soft mats and wear gloves handling our instruments.

Campanelli Handbell Ensemble has performed in over hundred concerts up to now. The first
public album was released in Christmas 2006, it has now sold out. The second public
album "The Singing Bells" was released in summer 2010.

Besides playing bells we formed a chamber choir in 2007 with the same name Campanelli
to be part of the famous Estonian Song Festival in 2009. The core of the choir is Campanelli
bell-players joined by friends and family members – altogether the choir combines
25 members now into a fine and fun group. The initial goal – to be part of breathtaking
moments of the Estonian Song Festival in 2009 with 26 000 singers on stage and more
than 100 000 people in audience was reached.

Find out more about our group, arrange a musical event or order CDs at  

inna (at) vhb.ee or call (+372) 5232488.

Allow yourself a nice hour with handbell music.