Janeal Crabb Krehbiel is a graduate of Bethel College. She also
earned a Master's degree in Music Education at Wichita State
University. Janeal taught elementary vocal music in the Denver
Public Schools and later went on to teach high school vocal music
in Hesston, Kansas. For 18 years she served as the children's
choir director at Bethel College Mennonite Church and 15 years in
Lawrence, Kansas teaching grades 7-9. Janeal is the founder and
director of the Lawrence Children's Choir. Under her direction, the
choir was chosen to sing at the 1999 National ACDA Convention,
the 1996 Regional ACDA Convention, the 1996 National MENC
Convention, and was the featured choir for the World's Largest
Concert on PBS in 1994. In 1998, the choir was the artist in
residence choir for the North Carolina Institute of the Choral Art.
The choir also performed at the Southwest ACDA and National
ACDA Conventions. In 2000 and 2007 they were chosen to sing the
featured concert at Carnegie Hall for the FSI Festival, where Ms.
Krehbiel was the conductor of the National Children's Choir. Janeal
is an active member of ACDA, NAfME, KMEA, and Choral
America. She is the past President of Kansas ACDA. In 1999 she
was named the Outstanding Middle Level Educator for NWKMEA
and was the recipient of the Kansas ACDA Harry Robert Wilson
Award.