Back Bay Ringers Handbell Ensemble

mocratic National Convention as well as the Boston Marathon, as well as ceremonies associated with the tenth anniversary of 9/11. BBR has recorded three CDs. BBR’s first recording, Merry and Bright: A Celebration of Carols with the Back Bay Ringers, was released in 2007. BBR recorded Perpetual Motion in the summer of 2010. The ensemble’s latest recording, Comfort and Joy, was released in December 2013. BBR is committed to preserving and promoting Boston’s key role in the history of our instrument. The first community handbell ensemble in the United States was founded by Beacon Hill resident Margaret Shurcliff in the early twentieth century. More than a hundred years later, Back Bay Ringers is proud to honor that tradition and carry it into the twenty-first century by exposing new audiences to handbells, in Boston and beyond.