# CPU Handbell Choir

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CPU_Handbell_Choir
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CPU_Handbell_Choir.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_Handbell_Choir
> Source revision: 1328801137
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{More citations needed|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = The Central Philippine University Handbell Ringers
| image           =
| caption         =
| image_size      =
| alias           = CPU Handbell Choir
| origin          = [Jaro, Iloilo City](/source/Jaro%2C_Iloilo_City), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| genre           = [Handbell](/source/Handbell) choir
| years_active    = 1970-present
| label           =
| associated_acts =
| website         =
| current_members = Dr. Mailyn B. Jacar<br />''(Choir Director)''
}}

'''CPU Handbell Ringers''' ('''Central Philippine University Handbell Ringers''') (formerly ''CPU Handbell Choir'') is a [Handbell choir](/source/Handbell) founded at [Central Philippine University](/source/Central_Philippine_University). It is considered as the first handbell choir in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) and also the only [5-octave](/source/octave) [handbell](/source/handbell) choir in the country. The group was organized by an American [Baptist](/source/Baptist) missionary named Elizabeth Taylor in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpu.edu.ph/sas/Dr_mailyn.html|title=sas_index|website=cpu.edu.ph|access-date=2016-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085709/http://cpu.edu.ph/sas/Dr_mailyn.html#|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpu.edu.ph/sas/index.html|title=Stories of Some Sowers|website=www.cpu.edu.ph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821112713/http://www.cpu.edu.ph/sas/index.html|archive-date=August 21, 2010|access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref>

The [Cultural Center of the Philippines](/source/Cultural_Center_of_the_Philippines) has tapped the group for the Lakbay Sining Exchange Program since 2005, and had performed in various cultural concerts in the country.

The group has also performed in several television programs and events.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Central Philippine University}}

Category:Central Philippine University
Category:Handbell ringers
Category:Musical groups established in 1970
Category:1970 establishments in the Philippines
{{DEFAULTSORT:Choir, CPU Handbell}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [CPU Handbell Choir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_Handbell_Choir) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_Handbell_Choir?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.