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Music and Music Education have always been central to Betty B. Radford’s career pursuits and leisure activities.  Betty has had a varied music teaching career encompassing students form early childhood to adult.  She regularly composed and arranged works for her students and choirs.  Betty has been recognized by the Alberta Kodaly Association and the Province of Alberta for her contribution to Music education. 

Betty has actively participated in handbell ensembles for many years.  In the past several years. she turned her compositional skills to creating music for smaller handbell ensembles (quartets, bell tree and solo ringing) and larger handbell choirs from level 1 - 5.  The Alberta Guild of English Handbell Ringers has honoured Betty with the Note-a-Bell Award.  Betty has had numerous compositions recognized by Alberta Guild of English Handbell Ringers (ALGEHR)’s Fred Merrett Award for New Compositions. 

Handbell Musicians of Canada has selected Betty’s compositions to represent Canada at the International Handbell Symposium four times:  2016 in Vancouver, Canada, 2022 in Nashville, USA, 2024 in Hamamatsu, Japan, and 2026 in Aberdeen, Scotland.  Details are on Betty’s Music page. 

Several compositions are available through publishers in the USA (see Publisher Links page).  Exploring Handbells Books 1 and 2, published by Themes and Variations, are instructional books for teachers and directors (also on Publisher Links page).  Check the Music for Viewing page for more music.  Betty continues to ring in two handbell ensembles and enjoys participating in music making.