The Choirs and Musicians at St. Cecelia Church

St. Cecelia Church is blessed with an outstanding ministry of music: Chancel Choir, Funeral Choir, Hispanic Choir, Family Mass & LifeTeen musicians, Children's Choir, Instrumentalists and Cantors.

Child care is available during rehearsals.

Join St. Cecelia's Summer Choirs, June through August. No auditions! No rehearsals! No robes! Just meet in church at 9:15 a.m. or come to the Music Room in Larkin Center for an 11:00 a.m. warm-up, then sing at the 11:30 a.m. Mass.

The Pipe Organ

St. Cecelia's original pipe organ of 15 ranks was installed in 1953 with 13 ranks added in 1974. The current pipe organ, which still houses hundreds of the original pipes includes 47 ranks, nearly 3,000 pipes. Its ultra modern three-manual and pedal board console contains 76 stops with electro-mechanical and electro-pneumatic action controlling the four divisions of the instrument. Its solid state switching system works with computer-like speed and operates silently with no moving parts. The console shell is constructed of solid oak with the keyboards and pedals crafted of maple and rosewood.

The 2,777 pipes in the instrument were all designed to make very specific sounds based on their size and composition. They are made of wood, brass, tin alloy, and treated copper. St. Cecelia's Pipe Organ is capable of producing sounds from the very delicate dolce flute, to the most robust and majestic festival trumpet.

The tubular chimes and Zimbelstern (or "bell star"), which consists of a rotating 5-bell mechanism, provides pleasing sound decoration for special occasions.

St. Cecelia's organ utilizes MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) via microprocessor technology. This allows the organist to concurrently control electronic keyboards, sequencers, or a computer MIDI program from the organ console.

The organ console, additions and solid-state multiplexing switching system was delivered on May 14, 1995, and installation was completed on June 14, 1995. The remaining time during the summer of 1995 was spent on voicing and tonal finishing to suit the acoustics of the church.