Our Ringers  

Li Kit Yiu, Emily    Music Director/Conductor

Emily Li obtained her bachelor and master degree in music from HK Baptist University and Chinese University of HK, majoring in composition. She has been the lecturer in the Music Department of HKBU from 1997 to 2004. At present, she is the Artistic Director of Hong Kong Handbell Academy, Gloves Handbell and HKBU Handbell Choir.

Emily started ringing handbells in 1986 and has developed an obsession with this instrument since then. She has been learning handbell solo from renowned soloists - Nancy Hascall, Christine Anderson and Nancy Jessup, and has completed the Graduate Program in Handbells at Concordia University, Wisconsin. She had studied with handbell masters Kay Cook, William Payn, David Davidson and Arnold Sherman in handbell performance, conducting and composition. She is listed in the ‘Who’s Who in Handbells’ for her achievement in handbells performance and education. Her solo performance was also broadcasted on Radio 4 program ‘Music for Friends’ in 2004.

In 1996 she founded Gloves Handbell and took the baton of HKBU Handbell Choir in 1999. Having the vision and mission of developing formal handbell education in HK with professional standard, Emily leaves her university job in 2004 and founded the HK Handbell Academy, with aims to provide handbell resources and professional training for school teachers and the general public. In 2005, she founded the Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble, and start training handbell performers of the young generation.  

Emily actively participates in overseas handbell conferences and festivals, to work and perform with great handbell masters and promote the development of handbell music in HK. She has led her choirs to ring in various public performances and recordings for TVs, Radios and overseas performances.  She was invited to give a handbell solo concert in the Alumni series at Baptist University this spring. Her original composition, Cantabile, was published by AGEHR Publication in 2006 and is one of the Hot 40 bestseller’s list.

Li, Yasmin    Chairperson

Started playing handbell 19 years ago and got addicted to it.  To ease the craving, formed Gloves with 2 ex-classmates in ’96.  Enjoy the musical interaction in handbell playing, also enjoy sharing junk food dinners with fellow ringers in rehearsals.  Was elected to be the chairperson three years ago.

Leung, Rita    Secretary  

Ng, Eva    Librarian

When I was studying in Hong Kong Baptist University, I had a chance to join a handbell summer course organized by our conductor Ms. Emily Li. Since that time, I found that I love handbell very much. After the summer course, I joined Gloves as a member. In these eight years, I have participated in different performances, including the 9^th Handbell Symposium in England, TVB’s variety shows, Lantern Festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and so on. And today is the 10^th anniversary of Gloves, we’d like to share our music with you.

Man, Angel   

Angel was brought up with great interest and potential in music, she has long been specializing in vocal singing since her little age.
Her talent for music was greatly appreciated by the Principal Conductor of the Yuen Long Children’s Choir, Mr. Chan Kwok-ning who gave Angel thorough knowledge of conducting; and she was then appointed to be conductor of the senior groups in the Choir from her late teenage through year 1995.  She has coached this Choir on tours in Japan and China.
Angel is currently a member of the Opera Society and has contributed to various performances such as “Married Widow”, “Die Fledermaus”, “Voices of Light” and “Messiah”. In addition,  she has also been a member in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus for years and took up significant position in soprano.
Angel joined Gloves Handbell in 1998; and involves actively in performances and internal affairs ever since.  She participated in the 9th International Handbell Symposium held in Birmingham in 2000.

Lam, Silvia   

Gloves handbell witness my different walks of life: dating, get married and having a baby…,see you again in our 20^th and 30^th anniversary concent!

Lam, Sharon    Promotion Officer

I joined the Gloves Handbell as a member in 2002.  Follow the experienced musician to learn Handbell that make me to enlarge the creativity of the music; improved the technique of the music instruments and arouses a lot of interest in music researching.  With many thanks to my beautiful partner in Gloves, Silvia Lam, who encourage me to participant the art of Handbell.

Chan, Kathy    Promotion Officer

I joined Gloves Handbell in 1996 summer. Started from “lightweight” Treble, then “heavyweight” Bass, and finally indispensably Alto, the different positions made me have different experiences on handbell music, and also my “tired” hands. Both Gloves and me grew up with different kinds of handbell performance from years. Thank you Karen for bringing handbell into my life!!

Wong, Mylthie    Treasurer/Librarian

“Gathering our interests and enthusiasm towards handbell music is Gloves Handbell.

Established in 1996 and joined Gloves in 1999, since then, with Gloves, I have performed in various handbell performances, from annual concerts, television and radio program recordings and private invitations, etc., bringing handbell music to different districts in Hong Kong.  Most memorable event recalled would be the invitation from Taiwan Kaoshuing City Government officials to perform in the lantern festival during Chinese New Year 2006, promoting cultural and musical exchanges.”  ~ September 12, 2006, Gloves Daily.

“Also, to have good handbell music, we need Gloves Handbell.  Without Gloves, there will not be a handbell enthusiast like me.”  ~ September 12, 2006, Gloves Handbell 2006 Selections, Chapter 10, Page 912.

Leung, Garia

"Passion for bells led to devotion." That was the scene traced back ten years ago in the history of "Gloves". Ringers came, ringers left, bearing with them different hearts for the instrument. Will that passion for pure music-making last for another 10 years without contamination??

Lee, Morley

Handbells, At first sight, I like them very much. Never stopping to think, I joined Gloves at once. Dialing for my friends and asked them to join. But we needed to find a place to practice, we looked high and low; and Eventually we found a place and settled down. Lifting the cases up and down became a part of life. Later we started teaching and training little kids. So here we are, ten years later.

Lu, Liza

By 1996-97, I have been invited by my best friend to join the Gloves.  I am very impressed by the rehearsals taken in the early years at Academic Community Hall in Baptist University for we had climbed so many times to the room at the top of the hall and rang so much beautiful and “loud” music on every Tuesday nights.  Invited performances from the community nourished my interest in handbell performing and secured my physical performance as well since we have to move all the bells and cases (more than 30 kg) from and to the venues by ourselves.  Nevertheless, I enjoy every moment with Gloves for we have shared wonderful experiences in ringing both the community concerts and the overseas tours.  I am looking forward to Gloves for a professional handbell choir in Hong Kong.

Ko, Kevin Mazimas

Kevin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Music Composition from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2001 and obtained his Masters of Arts (MA) in Music Composition in 2003, under the tutelage of Dr. Christopher Keyes and Dr. David Urrows respectively. In the meantime while he was studying MA, he simultaneously completed an intensive Masters degree course at Concordia University Wisconsin, majoring Church Music, Handbells Conducting, Handbells Performing, Handbells Composing as well as Choral Conducting. He was a choral conducting student of Dr. James Nowach (University of Wisconsin) and a handbell conducting student of Dr. William A. Payn (Bucknell University). He also developed his handbells composing skills with Arnold Sherman and polished his handbells performance technique with Dr. John Behnke (AGEHR). 

Kevin is currently the high school music teacher of American International School in Hong Kong, member of Association of Luther Church Musicians, Malmark Handbells Inc. Hong Kong representative, the artistic director of the Double Mallet Ringers, the HKBU Handbell Choir Executive Committee Consultant, Tai Po Baptist Church guest conductor and consultant, a member of Gloves Handbell, Hong Kong Handbell Academy lecturer, director of CCC Chuen Yuen College Handbell Choir and director of the Kwun Tong Children’s Choir Senior Group.

Wat, Chun Pong    Internal Co-ordinator

Picked handbell as my minor instrument when I entered HKBU, from then on I can never escape the bells. Three years ago I joined the Gloves as a "substitute" ringer, now that I know they need a bass ringer! What a trap! Handbells, I wish I knew how to quit you!