Members of the Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble

Alison started ringing in the junior Handbell Choir at Davisville Church when she was 7 years old. Since then, she has rung with the Campbellsville University Handbell Choir in Kentucky before joining Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble in 2008. Alison is a recent graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor of Music in Education and teaches music at Peace Valley Elementary School.  She performs regularly with pit orchestras in the Philly area as a woodwind musician.

Becky has been ringing for 26 years. She holds a BS in Accounting from Susquehanna University and has a CPA license in PA.  Becky is currently on a work assignment in the Philippines and will rejoin PHE next season.

Gail has been ringing for twenty years. She holds a BS in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College (PA) and an MA in Educational Administration and Supervision from Rider University (NJ). She is music educator at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, NJ, where she directs the orchestra, guitar, and handbell programs. Gail also directs the handbell choir at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Levittown, PA. She is married and has a grown son. Gail is a charter member of Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble.

Jenn has been ringing handbells since she was 12 years old. She learned in her hometown of Stroudsburg, PA at Christ Hamilton Lutheran Church. In 2005 she joined the Rooke Chapel Ringers while attending Bucknell University. Jenn graduated in 2009 with a BS in Biology and BA in Music, and was thrilled to join PHE in 2009.  She's now pursuing her Masters in Education with the Philadelphia Teaching Fellowship at Drexel University while teaching science at World Communications Charter School.  When she's not ringing handbells, she sings with Project Philly A Cappella.

Peter has been ringing handbells for 22 years. In addition to the Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble he has performed with the Ringers-on-the-Green in Morristown, NJ, the Rooke Chapel Ringers of Bucknell University, and Handbell Musicians of America-Distinctly Bronze East. He is a Physician Assistant for the Emergency Department at Underwood-Memorial Hospital. His passions include good food, coffee, running, and the Jersey Shore. Peter joined Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble in 2006.

Bob has been ringing since he was twelve years old and is currently the handbell director at the First Baptist Church in Haddonfield where his ringing began. Bob is a trained pianist, organist, and harpist, composing and arranging unpublished works for both harp and handbells. Bob is employed as a credentialed actuary working in insurance regulation. He is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He and his wife were high school sweethearts. They met at First Baptist in Haddonfield when she needed an accompanist to perform a vocal rendition of O Holy Night. Bob and Sherry have a married daughter and a grown son.  Bob is also a life-long Phillies fan, an addict of Japanese wordless logic puzzles, and an avid beader. Bob is a charter member of Philadelphia Handbell Ensemble.