New Mexico Spring Ring
New Mexico Spring Ring 2026
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Cumberland Heights Presbyterian Church
8600 Academy Road
Albuquerque, NM 87111
$45.00 per Ringer
$10.00 box lunch (optional) from Jason’s Deli – meat, veggie, gluten-free
Gillian Erlenborn
Gillian Erlenborn is the conductor of Handbell Choirs at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. She is also the Choral Director and Musical Theatre Teacher at Frelinghuysen Middle School, in Morristown, New Jersey, where she utilizes handbells and handchimes in her vocal ensemble curriculum to better engage her students in a full body and literacy-focused musical education. Additionally, Gillian serves as the handbell choir director at Middlebush Reformed Church in Middlebush, New Jersey. She can be found at various state and national conferences speaking about the benefits of handbells and handchimes in the music classroom. Gillian is an alumna of Westminster Choir College, where she earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Master of Arts in Teaching. She is proud to serve on the National Board of the Handbell Musicians of America.
WHERE: Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Rd., Albuquerque, NM 87111
WHEN: Saturday, March 28, 2026
WHO: Our fabulous clinician Gillilan Erlenborn and YOU! Invite your friends to our concert!
WHY: Because it’s collaborative, cohesive, challenging, educational, skill-building, rewarding and fun!
8:00 am – Choirs arrive and set up in the gym
9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Rehearsal
12:00 – 1:00 pm – LUNCH! Purchase a box lunch (preselection and reservation required. See
registration form) or bring your own. Some fast -food choices are nearby the venue, within
driving or brisk walking distance. $10.00 box lunch (optional) – Jason’s Deli sandwich – meat, veggie, gluten-free
1:00 – 3:15/3:30 pm – Rehearsal, final run-through, change for concert
4:00 pm – Concert – massed pieces and solos! Open to the public with a freewill offering.
CONTACT: Nancy Roberts-Small
Desert Sub-Chair, Area 11, Handbell Musicians of America
[email protected]
(505) 263-2704
All participants need to purchase a copy of each piece and have it prepared and practiced before the event.
Joyfully Ring – by Doug Benton – Area 11 Anthem available free on the Area 11 website
Exuberent Joy – by Arnold Sherman – (Chorister’s Guild MCGB427; DCGB427 (digital)) Level 2, Octaves 3-5
In the Shadow of your Wings – by Kathy Lakey Buckwalter (Beckenhorst MBEHB787) Level 3, Octaves 3-6
I Will Sing of My Redeemer – by Rowland H. Pritchard; arr by Lloyd Larson – (Hope MHP2591) Level 2, Octaves 3-5
Sway – by Pablo Beltran Ruiz; arr by Sandra Eithun – (Hope MHP2587) Level 3, Octaves 3-5
Solos are welcome and encouraged!
Our New Mexico Spring Ring concert is open to the public.
Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 4 p.m.
All massed pieces and solos will be included.
Questions: Contact Nancy Roberts-Small via email