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Dr. John Behnke is a composer, organist, handbell director and clinician. He is Professor of Music at Concordia University Wisconsin.
John A. Behnke’s contribution to hymn-based organ music has been significant. In honor of his 70th birthday, we have compiled over 20 beloved preludes from more than three decades of publications. John A. Behnke: The Essential Organ Preludes - Concordia Publishing House
John A Behnke. Dr. John Behnke is Professor of Music at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin, where he teaches organ and directs The Alleluia Ringers, Concordia's touring handbell choir. He is also organist at Historic Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in downtown Milwaukee where he plays on an 1878 Schuelke organ.
John A. Behnke. Dr. Behnke is a frequent handbell clinician, festival director, and organ recitalist. He enjoys composing and arranging, and has over 450+ handbell, choral, and organ compositions in print with nineteen different publishers in the United States, Germany, and Taiwan. A complete works listing can be found online at www.johnbehnke.com.
Jul 27, 2023 · July 27, 2023. Dr. John A. Behnke has “tirelessly worked to advance the handbell idiom, raising the standards and elevating the art form over the years.” He is meticulous, honest, humble, and generous, with the highest of expectations, and the deepest care and devotion to his ringers and students.
John Behnke. Each work by John Behnke (b.1991) tells a complex story that combines a romantic attitude toward the natural world with dystopian visions of the near future. So much of his work is based on tangible places, that are then altered in his memory of them or what he dreams they may be below the surface.
John A. Behnke. Composer News. NPM Review: October 2020 reviews on MorningStar Music Publications. Tried & True Works for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. b. 1953. Dr. John A. Behnke enjoys composing and arranging having nearly 500 compositions in print with nineteen different publishers in the United States, Germany, and Taiwan.
