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The Calvin and Chapel Handbell Ringers from First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank, New Jersey, are the two touring bell choirs of the church. In the summer of 1990, they played concerts in Switzerland and Austria as part of a two-week long concert tour in conjunction with the Tower Hill Touring Choir. A highlight of the tour was a concert before the United Nations General Assembly in Vienna as well as a presentation in Zermatt in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Matterhorn ascent where they were introduced by the President of Switzerland. They participated in 1988 in a festival sponsored by the International Symposium of Handbell Ringers at the University of Exeter in Devon, England, with nearly 700 other ringers from Japan, Canada, Korea, Australia, Great Britain, Scotland and the Netherlands. In the summer of 1995, they again joined forces with the Tower Hill Touring Choir for a 10-day trip in California and the Pacific Northwest. In the summer of 1996, they attended the International Symposium in Albuquerque, NM, and in 1997, the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers national festival in Sacramento, CA, and toured the San Francisco area. The summer of 1998 took them to Great Britain including concerts at St. Alban's, Oxford; St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle; St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Salisbury Cathedral and Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales. In 1999, they attended the Western National Festival in Yakima, Washington and presented concerts in the Pacific Northwest. The summer of 2000's tour took them to the Southeastern United States, where they played at Epcot Center in Walt Disney World. In 2001, they toured Switzerland, playing concerts in Basel, Neuchatel, Geneva, Zermatt, and Lausanne. In the summer of 2002, the groups toured Colorado and Wyoming. In 2003 the groups toured five cities in Norway where they were privileged to ring for the United States Ambassador to Norway, John Ong, at the American Embassy in Oslo. Three years ago, they toured in California. They toured in England in 2005. Last year they attended the AGEHR national festival in Dayton, OH, and this summer, they will travel to Germany and the Czech Republic.

The Calvin and Chapel Ringers of this church have established a national reputation and perform in concert throughout the year. They have presented Christmas concerts at the White House in 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Other tours have taken them to the Northeast, the Southeast, Florida, Canada and California, where they rang at the Crystal Cathedral. On New Year's Eve of 1991 they presented a concert at the South Street Seaport and appeared on the CNN broadcast from the Seaport.

The twenty ringers, all high school students, perform on two sets of English handbells, a total of 125 tuned, bronze bells. Their programs include original compositions for handbells as well as arrangements of classical, popular music, and hymns and are enjoyable for all age groups.

Charles Harris, the Director of Music Ministries at the church, is the director of the Ringers. The groups are two of six handbell choirs in the church's music program, which also includes seven choral groups.

Program includes selections from the following:

Rondo Brillante	Arnold B. Sherman
Triumphal March	Nicholas Jacques Lemmems arr. Robert Ivey
Praise and Adoration	Mary Kay Parrish
Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart	Arthur H. Messiter arr. Anna Laura Page
Sleigh Ride (Troika from "Lt. Kije")	Sergei Prokofiev arr. Kevin McChesney
Nova	William A. Payn
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2	Franz Liszt arr. Douglas Wagner
Hungarian Dance No. 5	Johannes Brahms arr. Martha Lynn Thompson
Grazioso	Arnold B. Sherman
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us	J. S. Bach, William B. Bradbury arr. Arnold B. Sherman
Glockenschorspass (Bell Choir Fun)	Sharon Elliott Cheek
Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him	AUSTRIAN HYMN
Old Time Ringin'	arr. Hart Morris
In the Hall of the Mountain King	Edvard Grieg arr. Martha Lynn Thompson
Materna	Samuel Ward arr. Betty Garee
Variations on "Yankee Doodle"	Judy Hunnicutt
Perpetual Bells	Sharon Elliott Cheek
The March of the Kings (La Marche des Rois)	Georges Bizet arr. Valerie W. Stephenson
Carillon	Michael Helman
Overture -- The Barber of Seville	Gioacchino Rossini arr. Martha Lynn Thompson