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Dr. Jeffrey Pannebaker, AIM, Director of Music
A native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Jeffrey Pannebaker received his Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Pennsylvania State University, a Master's degree in Sacred Music from Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Historical Musicology from the University of Pittsburgh. His teachers have included June Miller, Frederick Jackisch, Trudy Faber, Jan Bender, and William Haller.

Dr. Pannebaker served as Director of Music and Christian Education at First Lutheran Church, Johnstown. PA, from 1974 until 1988, when he was called to Saint Luke. He is an Associate in Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, he served two terms as National Secretary-Treasurer and Chair of the 2005 Biennial Conference. He has presented workshops, organ recitals, and hymn festivals throughout the eastern United States. His doctoral dissertation, "Early Lutheran Music in America: The Hymnody of the General Synod," examines the hymn repertory of the English-language Lutheran Churches that composed the General Synod in nineteenth-century America.

Linda Pannebaker, AIM, Director of Children's Choirs
A native of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Linda Pannebaker received her Bachelor's degree in Music and a Master's degree in Sacred Music from Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH. She studied church music at the Kirchenmusikschule in Berlin, Germany. Her teachers have included Frederick Jackisch, Trudy Faber, Jan Bender, and Karl Hochreither.

Linda served as Director of Music at First English Lutheran Church, Lockport, NY, from 1974 until 1976, and as Junior Choir Director at First Lutheran Church, Johnstown, PA, from 1977 until 1988, when she was called to Saint Luke. She is an Associate in Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In addition to directing the children's choirs, she is a pre-school teacher and music resource person for the Saint Luke Christian Day School. Linda has led children's choir workshops in several synods.

The Pannebakers are parents of two children, Emily and Aaron.

Mary Nuss, Choir Administrator
Arlene Adams, Choir Administratror Emeritus
Marion Kahlert, Librarian Emeritus
Carol Howell, Director - Novice Bell Choir
Edie Venit, Director - Reformation and Ensemble Bell Choirs
Sue Nichols, Orchestra Contractor
William Leader, Recording Engineer
Barbara Sanders, Coordinator - Carillon Guild
Martha DeBarthe, Administrative Assistant
Vincent Karamanov, Webmaster, Technical Assistant
Matthew Farrar, Technical Assistant

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