JOIN OUR MUSIC MINISTRY! New members are welcome with open arms and big smiles. Please join in our ministry to sing praise to our Lord and enrich the services with God’s word in Song. Sopranos, Altos, Tenors, Bass, families, friends, and students ages 12 and up are invited. Come join our choir family. Cantors or even substitute cantors are needed to sing at one of our three weekend services and/or Holy Days. We would love to have some instrumentalists join us. If you’re interested let Cathy know or leave word at the parish office.
The Choir of St. Elizabeth Invites you to Share in:
Music, Prayer, Fellowship, Fun, and More!
Rehearsal-Sunday Evenings 6:30-8:00 pm - (Sept-June)
For more Information contact:
Cathy Cassy, Director of Music
musicatste@gmail.com
618-931-0062
Cathy Cassy has been playing the organ for church services since she was 11 years old. She has a Bachelor of Science in Education and Masters Degree in Reading with certification in Science and a minor in Vocal and Instrumental Music. She began her keyboard studies with the Dominican Sisters at Sacred Heart Parish in Granite City and studied under Renato Premezzi at Southern Illinois University. Cathy has been on the executive board of the St. Louis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists serving in various capacities including Sub-Dean and Secretary since 2008.
Her work in music and choral conducting include work as Musical Director for many Community Theater Productions such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma, The King and I, Two by Two, and Dames at Sea to name a few, as well as K-9 public school programs.
Our Allen-Moller Organ is a 3 manual, 70 stop, 115 rank, pipe-digital combination instrument built by Allen Organ Company, Macungie, Pennsylvania. Some of the pipes from the organ installed at the first church on the grounds were found and restored to be included with the present 2002 Allen Organ. How fortunate that members of our earlier congregations realized the importance of those pipes made by the famed pipe maker Moller (M.P. Moeller, 1875-1992)! They kept and stored them away. When the new and present church was built, those original pipes were restored and installed with the new (2002) custom-built Allen Organ – thus the Allen-Moller Organ. It was dedicated by Master Organist Tom Hazelton in May of 2002 and has been played by world renowned organists: Carlo Curly, Stan Kann, Aram Basmadjian, and Rudy Lucente.