HSA
Handbell Society of Australasia
Regional Representatives
Jacky Chi-Yu Chan - New Zealand
Jacky (Chi-Yu 子羽) is the director of Auckland Chinese Presbyterian Church Ringers, which he established on 1st January 2023. His team consists of adults and children who are new to the instrument. The team is serving on Sunday worships once every month. They are growing and developing in ringing skills. He is a civil structural engineer by profession.
Jacky started his handbell ringing journey at North Point Alliance Church in Hong Kong back in 2008. He found himself deeply passionate with the instrument itself and the team cooperative nature of handbell ensembles. He had benefited from his attendance at the International Handbell Symposium 2010 (Osaka, Japan) and 2014 (Jeju, Korea) on handbell ringing and maintenance techniques, as well as establishing friendship and connections with ringers around the world.
Email: samueljrobinson11@gmail.com
Alison O'Connell - South Australia
Ali O’Connell is the director of the South Australian Youth Handbell Ensemble and the handbell program at Pulteney Grammar School and is passionate about excellence in handbell ringing and music education, particularly for youth.
In addition, Ali is pioneering handbells as a chamber music instrument, recently performing and recording works composed for her by Jodie O’Regan, Carl Crossin, Rachel Bruerville, Georgina Bowden and Jakub Jankowski. Ali has attended a number of national and international festivals as a performer, clinician, adjudicator and conductor, and was thrilled to represent the HSA in 2022 as the Australasian massed ringing conductor at the 19th International Handbell Symposium in Nashville, USA.
Jennifer Chou - Victoria