Music & Organ

The All Saints Choir enhances our Masses by leading the congregation in singing beautiful and sacred music. The choir often sings at funerals and other special Masses as well.

Our choir sings for both Saturday and Sunday Masses as well as Holy Days of Obligation. They practice on Tuesday nights at 7:00pm in the church. New members are always welcome! Please contact the parish office to verify the practice schedule and to get in contact with our choir director, Colleen Johnson.

When All Saints was built in 1933, Father John Gehl purchased a used Maxcy-Barton organ for the church. The choir loft was put in the front of the church next to the sanctuary, with the organ split, flanking the sanctuary above the choir. The organ was purchased from Roesler-Hunholz Inc. in Milwaukee, who rebuilt and installed it.

By the 1960s, the Maxcy-Barton organ was frequently breaking down. With parts hard to find, the congregation decided to purchase a new organ instead. A new organ was purchased through Don Richter for a cost of $3,418.83. This organ was considerably smaller than the previous organ and was able to fit on one side of the sanctuary, being placed above the choir. The previous organ screen was left up on both sides of the sanctuary, but the side opposite the choir sat empty.

The new organ contains 292 pipes in 4 ranks ranging in size from 9 feet to just one quarter inch in height. Don Richter and Paul Ledvina completed the installation, and the new organ was blessed on June 9, 1967.

In 1979, the organ was enhanced with a new console that was purchased for $175 from Holy Name Catholic Church in Sheboygan. The new console was built by the Austin Organ Company as Opus 1218 and was originally located in St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan.