Music
All Saints' is blessed to have an outstanding music program which greatly enhances our worship. The choir, under the direction of Lois Kaarre, provides musical leadership for the 10:30 AM Holy Eucharist from the Sunday after Labor Day through mid-June. Additionally, the choir provides music for special services such as Christmas Eve, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil. The choir’s repertoire spans both centuries and traditions, from medieval chant, classical pieces, Negro spirituals, and settings by contemporary composers such as John Rutter, David Hurd, and Robert Ray. Membership is open to all, though sight-reading skills are a must as the choir sings a great deal of challenging repertoire. If you are interested in singing with All Saints' Choir, please contact Lois Kaarre, Director of Music, via email.
About Our Organ
It is with a great sense of pride that All Saints’ Episcopal Church recognizes our Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, which is a blessing to all who gather with us during worship services.
The organ was contracted in 1956 with the famous Boston firm of Aeolian-Skinner as their Opus 1333. Aeolian-Skinner came into existence in the early 1930’s when the Skinner organ company of Boston, Massachusetts, bought the Aeolian organ company and merged the names. Both companies were leading organ builders of their day. The company hired a young organ builder from England, G. Donald Harrison. Harrison’s ideas on how an organ should sound and perform were revolutionary. He experimented to build an organ that was able to play every period of organ liturature with an equal amount of success then adapted the instrument to American churches and auditoriums. This organ earned the title of “The American Classic Organ.”
All Saints’ Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed in 1958 and dedicated on January 25, 1959. Phillip Steinhaus, organ design consultant and for some years on the staff of Aeolian-Skinner, was organist-choirmaster at the time of installation. The January 1956 issue of The Diapason says that the “stoplist was drawn up in the summer of 1955 in London, England, by the late G. Donald Harrison and Mr. Steinhaus.”
The organ consists of three manuals and pedal comprising 26 voices consisting of 41 ranks of pipes, all housed in a chamber of the Apse of the church. The wind chests of the organ are of electro-pneumatic design, both “pitman” and “unit.” The metal pipe work is of high quality tin and led alloys. The wooden pipework is of clear pine, all of Aeolian-Skinner manufacture. The organ is fitted with a blower manufactured by the Spencer Turbine Company, situated in the basement. The original console was rebuilt in 1998 incorporating solid-state memory and multiplex coupling equipment manufactured by Solid State Logic, Ltd. It is comprised of 58 drawknob Stop Controls and 16 tilting tablet Coupler Controls and is fitted with a Multilevel Capture Combination System providing 256 Levels of Memory serving 51 thumb pistons and 19 toe pistons. The console is movable by means of internal castors and is provided with an adjustable bench.
It is with a great sense of pride that All Saints’ Episcopal Church recognizes our Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, which is a blessing to all who gather with us during worship services.
The organ was contracted in 1956 with the famous Boston firm of Aeolian-Skinner as their Opus 1333. Aeolian-Skinner came into existence in the early 1930’s when the Skinner organ company of Boston, Massachusetts, bought the Aeolian organ company and merged the names. Both companies were leading organ builders of their day. The company hired a young organ builder from England, G. Donald Harrison. Harrison’s ideas on how an organ should sound and perform were revolutionary. He experimented to build an organ that was able to play every period of organ liturature with an equal amount of success then adapted the instrument to American churches and auditoriums. This organ earned the title of “The American Classic Organ.”
All Saints’ Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed in 1958 and dedicated on January 25, 1959. Phillip Steinhaus, organ design consultant and for some years on the staff of Aeolian-Skinner, was organist-choirmaster at the time of installation. The January 1956 issue of The Diapason says that the “stoplist was drawn up in the summer of 1955 in London, England, by the late G. Donald Harrison and Mr. Steinhaus.”
The organ consists of three manuals and pedal comprising 26 voices consisting of 41 ranks of pipes, all housed in a chamber of the Apse of the church. The wind chests of the organ are of electro-pneumatic design, both “pitman” and “unit.” The metal pipe work is of high quality tin and led alloys. The wooden pipework is of clear pine, all of Aeolian-Skinner manufacture. The organ is fitted with a blower manufactured by the Spencer Turbine Company, situated in the basement. The original console was rebuilt in 1998 incorporating solid-state memory and multiplex coupling equipment manufactured by Solid State Logic, Ltd. It is comprised of 58 drawknob Stop Controls and 16 tilting tablet Coupler Controls and is fitted with a Multilevel Capture Combination System providing 256 Levels of Memory serving 51 thumb pistons and 19 toe pistons. The console is movable by means of internal castors and is provided with an adjustable bench.
