Milwaukee Field Trip        

Sunday, October 13, 2002
Meet at 2:00 p.m. for car-pooling
First Congregational U.C.C., Madison
Corner of University Avenue and Lathrop Street
(near Camp Randall)

Organ enthusiasts will meet for car-pooling to attend a 4:00 p.m. recital played by John Behnke at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1236 South Layton Blvd. in Milwaukee.

Dr. Behnke serves as the director of the Master of Church Music Program at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, where he also teaches organ and directs the Alleluia Ringers handbell choir. He received his BA from Concordia-River Forest, and master's and doctorate degrees in music from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Dr. Behnke also completed the "Exam in Organ" program at the Westphalian Church Music Institute in Herford, Germany.

With over 100 compositions in print with ten publishers in the United States, Taiwan and Germany, he is a well-known composer, teacher, organist and handbell clinician.

The recital is a joint effort by the Milwaukee Chapter AGO, and Ascension Lutheran Church, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary. The program will also include a newly-commissioned work.

If those car-pooling to the concert are in agreement, the group will go someplace for dinner following the recital.

For more information, contact Don DeBruin by phoning 608-246-2711 or by e-mail.