CLICK TO ENJOY LIVE PERFORMANCES 2026! COME TO CHINA!
Building Bridges to exciting cultures!
My original music to ancient Chinese poetry.
Song of the Snow Goose-ORCHESTRAL
Hoeing-Toiling Farmers-ORCHESTRAL
Spring Morning-ORCHESTRA-HANDBELLS
Thoughts in the Silent Night-ORCHESTRAL
Farewell to Du Shao-ORCHESTRAL AND BELLS
For all singing voices, guitar lead sheets, full orchestral score and some live English handbells!
Song of the Snow Goose
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Thoughts in the Silent Night
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Spring Morning
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Hoeing
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Farewell to Du Shao-ORCHESTRAL published on
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CLICK TO HEAR 2026 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF PSALM 116 IN ORIGINAL HEBREW
Experience going back in time to King David's Israel to hear my passionate melody and orchestration!
CLICK TO ORDER PSALM 116 IN ORIGINAL HEBREW "> Published on Sheet Music Plus
2025 Performance-Strength in Service, symphonic tone poem journey with those working to serve, sometimes in unfamiliar places.
God gives strength to all in need and joy within souls of all who serve.
Click to hear Strength in Service symphonic performance
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Strength in Service- orchestral score and all parts
Strength in Service- orchestral SCORE ONLY
****2026 Release, Mount Up with Wings, for tower bell duet and Chamber Orchestra
CLICK TO HEAR 2026 LIVE MOUNT UP WITH WINGS
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July 2023 - My original medley of Chinese Folk tunes, "Stories of Ancient China", was performed at GDANSK FESTIVAL, Poland, by John Gouwens.
***See video GDANSK FEST-2023-Newell-Gouwens
Flashback to my "Candle in the Darkness", original poem and orchestral composition, honoring Father Jerzy Popieulsko, who led and died for the polish Solidarity movement.
Candle in the Darkness-orchestral
Candle in the Darkness-Poem
June 2023- presented at Congress of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America how to make Chinese poetry-vocal-orchestral music effective on tower bells.
***Coming in 2023 Composed new version of my 2004 Original Symphonic Tone Poem, Milton's Paradise Lost, tone painting the epic poem by John Milton with full symphony orchestra and readers.Stories of Ancient China-Part 1-CARILLON-GCNA-2022 Congress
Stories of Ancient China-CARILLON-Part 2
Purchase at GCNA GCNA Music Publications
Take your audience on a journey through China!
Ancient Chinese melodies interweave with original improvisations and recreate sounds of Chinese orchestra.
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Stories of Ancient China-ORCHESTRAL-Part 1
Stories of Ancient China-ORCHESTRAL-Part 2
FALL 2022 release-Dancing Guitars- my Lively composition that turns your CARILLON or HANDBELL CHOIR into a 60-string guitar!
Published on Sheet Music Plus-Click to hear audio-see score-order
Dancing Guitars-for CARILLON
Dancing Guitars for 5-octaves HANDBELLS
New Publisher for some of my original long-performed works for guitar, handbells and vocal. See some favorite Newell handbell works with a new twist!!
Ring in the New Year with this lively song to Tennyson's famous poem! Refreshing start after the Christmas rush
Ring Out, Wild Bells!
Great for spring, this romantic, lyrical song for any size handbell choir.
Serenade
Walk to the Light-honoring Nelson Mandela-African rhythms, colorful harmonies dance to a climax!
Walk to the Light
****FALL 2021 RELEASES** My HANDBELL CHOIR arrangements of Beethoven's Symphony No.7, Movements 2 and 3, Allegretto and Scherzo,
published by From The Top Music-Beethoven Symphony 7 on Handbells
Click to hear samples sound clips!
Let your handbell performances of my handbell arrangements of Beethoven's Symphony 6, Pastoral promote care for the environment, and Symphony 7 promote support of miltary and their families!
Beethoven Symphony 7, Movement 2, Allegretto-PART 1- for 5-Octave English Handbells
Beethoven Symphony 7, Movement 2, Allegretto-PART 2-for 5-Octave English Handbells
Beethoven Symphony 7, Movement 3, Scherzo-PART 1-for 5-Octave English Handbells
Beethoven Symphony 7, Movement 3, Scherzo-PART 2-for 5-Octave English Handbells
2020 releases by Sheet Music Press - my CARILLON DUET arrangements of Beethoven Symphony No. 7, mvts 2 and 3, Allegretto and Scherzo.
Click to order my Beethoven arrangements for carillon
Symphony 7 Allegretto-CARILLON DUET
Symphony 7 Scherzo-CARILLON DUET
*** March 2019-Michael Glasgow conducted performance in Raleigh N.C. of my Handbell-chime arrangement of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No.6, final movement, published by From The Top Publishing, 2018.
From The Top Music-Beethoven Pastoral Symphony on Handbells
Also was performed at 2019 National Seminar of Handbell Musicians of America, St. Louis, MO.
Click on link to watch Beethoven!Beethoven 6th on handbells-VIDEO
March 2019-my carillon arrangement of Bach's "Air on the G-String" was performed at The International carillon Festival, Bok Tower, Florida, by Amy Johansen.
Click on link to watch Bach!Bach Air on carillon-VIDEO
Click to hear preview sound clips of my Milton's Paradise Lost Symphonic Tone Poem
Movement 1-Milton's Paradise Lost-sample
Movement 2-Milton's Paradise Lost-sample
Movement 3-Milton's Paradise Lost-sample
Movement 4-Milton's Paradise Lost-sample
***My continuing mission to bring the arts and environmental sciences together
CLICK TO HEAR Hear how I combine tower bells and orchestra with REAL HUMBACK WHALE SONGS!
Orchestral rendition of Humpback Whale Songs with original music
Real Whale songs with tower bells
***RELEASED 2020** My TOWER BELL arrangements of Berlioz' Summer Nights, Villanelle and Spectre de la Rose; will published by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.
Many wonderful talented professionals have worked with me on interesting projects!
***2018, Australian National Carillon performance of my original composition, "Walk to the Light", honoring Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday.***
Rockets are still launching in Florida! 
Arranged Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony #6, final movement, for carillon! Published by American Carillon Music Editions, 2015. Performed it in Moonlight Concert, Clearwater, Florida, 2017. Launched major renovation of my New Jersey hometown carillon in 2015.
