Meet Our Directors
Kaethe Grabenhofer, director
Grabenhofer enjoys teaching music and playing the organ at First Immanuel Lutheran School in
Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Her educational background includes an MA in Music Education from the
University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and a BA in education and music from Concordia University in
Wisconsin. She holds a master teacher’s license in Wisconsin, Orff Master’s certificate, Kodaly levels and
is a National Board Certified teacher.
Dr. John A Behnke, director Emeritus
Dr. John Behnke enjoys composing and arranging having 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.
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.
He was the organist and choir director at Historic Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in downtown Milwaukee, from 1990 until 2019, and the director of the Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble and Music Editor of AGEHR Publishing – Handbell Musicians of America from 2003 until 2019.
He was recently awarded the Honorary Life Membership (2020) by the Handbell Musicians of America.
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.
He was the organist and choir director at Historic Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in downtown Milwaukee, from 1990 until 2019, and the director of the Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble and Music Editor of AGEHR Publishing – Handbell Musicians of America from 2003 until 2019.
He was recently awarded the Honorary Life Membership (2020) by the Handbell Musicians of America.