RED RIVER MUSIC was founded in 1994 by Arnold Sherman and Hart Morris, who shared a similar idea:  that they could publish handbell music in a new a fresh way, produce a catalog of innovative and creative music written by themselves and the many other handbell composers and arrangers with whom we have all become familiar, and at the same time could introduce some new names to the long list of wonderful arrangers and composers.  We remain committed to providing you with quality music for your handbell ensembles, written by some of the most talented composers and arrangers in the world of handbell music.

Red River Gold :
The Gold section of our catalog contains compositions and arrangements that are a bit more challenging than the usual fare; works encompassing five octaves and more, and which might fall in the concert and/or community ensemble category. 

School of Music Series : 
The School of Music Series was created as a result of Handbell Exploration International's School of Music, held each summer at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin, and contains compositions and arrangements which were created as a part of the School sessions.

Bells Plus:
Originally, when a title was published with added instruments or voices the added voices were always optional.  That remains true with the majority of our titles; but Bells Plus contains titles with additional instruments or voices that must be included with playing them.

Solo / Ensemble:
The newest addition to the Red River calalog is a collection of solo pieces with piano accompaniment arranged by Sueda Luttrell and Arnold Sherman.  They are fresh and creative, a must for your solo repertoire.

ARNOLD SHERMAN, currently living in Tyler, Texas, is a free-lance composer and co-founder of Red River Music.  His undergraduate work in music education was done at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, and Baylor University, Waco, Texas.  Arnold is the founder and Director of the East Texas Handbell Ensemble. A clinician and guest conductor, he has led choral and handbell workshops, festivals, and reading sessions throughout the United States, Canada, England, Japan and the Bahamas.  Arnold is a frequent member of the Music 'n Arts International faculty and teaches the Composing for Handbells class each summer at Condordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin.  He has been a recipient of an ASCAP Standard Award every year since 1992.  Arnold has numerous choral and handbell pieces in print and is an active member of the AGEHR where he has served as Area IX Chairman.

HART MORRIS has been Minister of Music at Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, since August 1992.  He has served in the same capacity for churches in Florida, Texas and Tennessee. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma; and the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, with additional studies in percussion at Oklahoma City University and the University of Houston. 

He has served as a clinician for numerous AGEHR National Seminars and Festivals in the United States, Canada, Japan and South Korea, and as Chair of Area IX, AGEHR.  He is a published composer/arranger of handbell and choral music, and a co-founder of Red River Music.  He was a recent recipient of the Profiles in Excellence Award and the Outstanding Music Alumni Award from his alma mater, Oklahoma Baptist University.

He and his wife, Marty, are the parents of two grown children, and the proud grandparents of Emma, Harper, Abby, Riley, Hope, Miles, Sutton and Indie.