The Bronze Foundation

The Bronze Foundation is Greater Toronto's auditioned community handbell choir. The group aims for a high level of concert performance of a wide range of handbell repertoire. It gives advanced level ringers the opportunity to grow together, to challenge themselves and each other, and to share their love of handbells and handbell music with concert audiences throughout Ontario and beyond.

The group has evolved through several stages since its founding in 2001 under the directorship of Rick Humphrey. Currently, The Bronze Foundation performs on five octaves of Malmark handbells and three octaves of Malmark handchimes, courtesy of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Ontario. This season, the group's ringers hail from Waterloo and Brantford to the west, Whitby and Niagara Falls to the east, and Oak Ridges to the north. J.-C. Coolen is in his sixth season directing the group.