Ella Ketterer

Ella Ketterer was born and raised in Camden, New Jersey. Her father was a musician, but beyond this, there is no documentation regarding where she received her early training, whether from him or another teacher in the area. She studied with Constantine von Sternburg, the director of the Sternberg School of Music in New Jersey. Ketterer wrote more than 100 compositions and two educational books. Her musical output covered a plethora of genres including piano, voice, orchestra, chamber, organ, sacred, operetta, theatre, multi-media works and arrangements.