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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.
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.
A complete works listing can be found online at www.johnbehnke.com. He is Emeritus Professor of Music of Concordia University, in Mequon, Wisconsin, where for 29 years he taught organ, church music courses, and directed The Alleluia Ringers, Concordia’s touring handbell choir.
Jul 27, 2023 · He was the founder, conductor and professor of a robust handbell program at Concordia University Wisconsin for 29 years that included a handbell ensemble that toured extensively throughout the US, Germany, and Scandinavia; and Masters of Church Music program for Handbells, Organ and Choral.
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.
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.
