"What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Years Ago About Handbells"
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Presenter: Dr. John A. Behnke

Sharing the most important items from 40 years of working with handbells and hand chimes. Tips and tricks to improving your bell/chime choir, plus a few resources for
your ministry.  

Since 2003, John Behnke has been the Music Editor for AGEHR Publishing - Handbell Musicians of America.   He is the director of the Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble.  In addition, he is the Music Director at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He is Professor Emeritus of Music at Concordia University Wisconsin where he served as Professor of Music for 29 years.  His undergraduate degree is from Concordia University Chicago, and master’s and doctorate degrees are from Northwestern University.   In addition, he spent one year at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Herford, Germany, where he completed the A Exam in Organ, and the B Exam in Organ and Improvisation.  He is a frequent handbell clinician, festival director, and organ recitalist, he enjoys composing and arranging having 450+ handbell, choral, and organ compositions in print with seventeen different publishers in the United States, Germany, and Taiwan.  A complete works listing can be found online at www.johnbehnke.com.