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Welcome Thank you for visiting Michael Helman online. Michael is a musician with a BA in organ performance. He is a composer with over 125 handbell, organ, and choral pieces in print and has also won several national awards for his compositions. He is also in demand as a handbell festival director and clinician all over the country. Here at MichaelHelman.net you will find a list of Michael's new releases as well as complete catalogs of his published compositions. Peruse the handbell music, choral music, and organ music lists which are linked to audio files enabling you to listen to Michael's music. |
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Michael has hundreds of handbell, choral, and organ pieces in print. Select a link below to view a list of his publications, with links to their respective publishers and, when available, audio files: |
Round of Praise • 3-5 octaves handbells • Level 1 • Alfred 31750 We Plow the Fields and Scatter • 3-6 octaves handbells and 3-5 octaves handchimes • with optional voices • Alfred 29956 Variations on People Look East • 3-5 octaves handbells and 3-4 octaves handchimes • Level 3+ • Lorenz 20/1476L Hymns for the Church Year • collection of 6 hymn tune arrangements for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Palm Sunday, Easter, and general use • 2-3 octaves handbells and 2-3 octaves handchimes • Level 2+ • Lorenz 20/1488L Joy to the World • Variations for Organ • Morningstar Music MSM-10-166. Three Hymns • Hyfrydol, The Good Shepherd (Bradbury and Resignation), and Variations on Come Christians Join to Sing • 2-3 octaves handbells • Level 2+ • Beckenhorst Press HB347 • 3-5 octaves handbells • Level 2+ • Beckenhorst Press HB347 Variations on We Wish You a Merry Christmas • 3-5 octaves handbells and 3 octaves handchimes • Level 3 • Beckenhorst Press HB347 O Worship the King • Unison/two-part choir with organ, congregation, and two optional trumpets • Choristers Guild CGA1156 Trilogy • 5, 6, 7 octaves handbells and 5-6 octaves handchimes • Level 5 • Lorenz Publishing. This piece was commissioned by the Donald E. Allured Original Composition Award Committee. Aria • 3-6 octaves handbells and 3-5 octaves handchimes • Level 2 • Choristers Guild Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (tune Beach Spring) • 3-5 octaves handbells and 3 octaves handchimes • Level 3 • Choristers Guild Variations on Middlebury • 3-5 octaves handbells and 3-5 octaves handchimes • Level 3 • Lorenz Publishing Let Us Break Bread Together • 3, 4, 5 octaves handbells with optional 3, 4, 5 octaves handchimes • Level 3 • Gia Publications Thanksgiving Celebration • 2-3 octaves handbells with 2-3 octaves handchimes • Level 3 • Beckenhorst Press HB309 • 3-6 octaves handbells with 3-5 octaves handchimes • level 3 • Beckenhorst Press HB314 Fantasy No. 4 • 3-6 octaves handbells • Level 4 • Beckenhorst Press HB312 I Wonder As I Wander • 3-6 octaves handbells with 3-5 octaves handchimes • Level 2+ • Lorenz 20/1436L Coventry Carol • 3-5 octaves handbells, Level 3+ • Beckenhorst Press HB294 Trumpet Tunes on Hymns • solo organ with optional trumpet • Augsburg Fortress 978-0-8006-7875-3 |
To learn more about Michael, his background and credentials,
his biography appears on the About Michael
page.
To view Michael's clinician schedule, or to find out how you can bring him to your event, visit the Clinician Schedule page. The Links & Resources page provides a variety of web resources for handbell, choral, and organ music.
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