2023 State Handbell Festival
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Calvary Baptist Church, Little Rock
Clinician: Bob Avant
Calvary Baptist Church, Little Rock
Clinician: Bob Avant
LocationCalvary Baptist Church
5700 Cantrell Rd Little Rock, AR 72207 |
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Clinician: Bob AvantBob Avant has an interesting and varied background. His past and current careers include being a band director, an instructional technology consultant to area-wide school districts, an independent technical consultant, a handbell audio and recording engineer for several major handbell music publishers, a composer, a handbell publisher and of course, a long-time handbell director. He is a co-founder of the Austin Handbell Ensemble which just had its 25th season with Bob as its Director. He is also excited to be an Adjunct Lecturer at Baylor University, serving as the Director of the Baylor Bronze Handbell Ensemble for the past 10 years. In addition to these ensembles, he has also led church handbell choirs for over 30 years. Bob holds three degrees all from the University of Texas at Austin including a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education, a Master’s Degree in Music (Instrumental Conducting) and a Master’s Degree in Education (Instructional Technology). Bob is a long time member of the national organization, the Handbell Musicians of America and is a clinician and presenter of sessions at the state and national level.
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