H. Dean Wagner (born 1961) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

handbell A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle – traditionally made of leather, but often now made of plastic – and moves the arm to make the hinged cla ...

and

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music. His works for handbells—including "''Carillon''" (Hope, 1996), "''Te Deum''" WorldCat.org listing (Red River, 2001), "''Fantasy on 'Kingsfold''" (Hope, 2000) and "''Amazing Grace''" (Choristers Guild, 2004) -- have made him a respected handbell composer. Wagner has a Masters of Music degree in organ performance from the

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and a Bachelor of Music Education from

Cedarville University Cedarville University is a private Baptist university in Cedarville, Ohio. It is chartered by the state of Ohio, approved by the Ohio Board of Regents, and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Established in 1887, the school was origi ...

. He is the Director of Music for the First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, and he is the founder and director of the Renaissance Ringers, a professional community handbell ensemble in Ohio.

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