儘管香港手鈴樂團不斷增加，其演奏的樂曲卻大多出於英、美、日本等地的作曲家，香港本土的則寥寥可數。隨著香港的手鈴樂手愈來愈多，富代表性的本地手鈴音樂作品實在不可或缺。

十一分音符手鈴隊憑藉「手鈴作曲實驗室」計劃，讓本地作曲家參與手鈴隊舉辦的體驗工作坊、作品試奏會以至恆常排練。在手鈴隊駐團作曲家梁智軒博士及手鈴隊員的協助下，作曲家得以不斷優化「實驗室」的成果，從而譜寫屬於本土的全新手鈴作品，並於周年音樂會上世界首演。

十一分音符手鈴隊發展多年，肩負著推動本地創作的重任，期待有更多出色作品於「手鈴作曲實驗室」內誕生。

Despite more handbell ensembles have risen locally, most of the handbell concert repertoires are written by overseas composers, mainly from USA, Britain and Japan. Original handbell pieces written by Hong Kong local composers are rare. Along with the increasing number of handbell ringers in Hong Kong, there is an imminent need of iconic local handbell pieces. As one of the leading performing groups in Hong Kong, Double Mallet Ringers (DMR) shoulders the responsibility to promote new local handbell music by working with local composers.

Through the "DMR Working-in-Progress: Handbell Composition Lab" project, composers without former handbell music composition experience will gather and join handbell workshops, trial ringing sessions and handbell rehearsals in collaboration with our resident composer Dr. Leung Chi-hin Michael and DMRingers. A brand new piece will be premiered by DMR in our annual concert.

We sincerely hope that the Lab can be a bridge to link local composers to the world of handbell music, bringing us more local handbell masterpieces.