Organ Historical Society
330 North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085 -1737

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St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church ~ Milwaukee | Carl Barckhoff (1890)

Photo: Len Levasseur

Daily Schedule


Times, venues and presenters subject to change without notice. Check back on this page for publishing of updates or changes.
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Optional Prelude Event
Sunday, August 3, 2025
(Bus departs hotel at 2:10PM)

2:30PM
All Saints’ Cathedral
Derrick, Felgemaker & Co., 1872
Brian Schoettler

3:30PM
Oriental Theater
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1925
Nick Renkosik

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Main Convention
Monday, August 4, 2025
10:15AM
Trinity Lutheran Church
Russell & Co., Organbuilders 1985
Karen Beaumont

11:30AM
Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish
M.P. Möller, 1926
Biggs Scholars I

12:30PM
Basilica of St. Josaphat
Box lunch & free time

2:00PM
Basilica of St. Josaphat
W.W. Kimball Co., ca. 1903
Gregory Crowell

3:25PM
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Verlinden Organ Co., 1948
Cathy Rodland

Dinner on your own

6:45PM
St. Stephen Lutheran Church
Hann-Wangerin, 1902
John Schwandt

8:30-11:00PM
Drury Hotel
Cash bar & Reception

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
9:00AM
St. Casimir RC Church
A.B. Felgemaker Co., 1902
Christopher Marks

10:45AM
Chapel of Christ Triumphant, Concordia University, Mequon
Steiner-Reck Organ Co., 1989
Daniel Schwandt

11:30AM
Concordia University
Box lunch

1:30PM
Chinese Christian Church of Milwaukee
Henry Pilcher’s Sons, 1930
Bruce Bengston

2:30PM
St. John’s on the Hillside Lutheran Church
Carl Barckhoff, 1890
Jillian Gardner

5:30PM
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
OHS Banquet

7:30PM
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Robert Noehren, 1966
Isabelle Demers

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025 (Madison Area)
10:15AM
First Presbyterian Church, Waunakee
Wm. Schuelke Organ Co., 1891
Meg Cutting

11:30AM
Luther Memorial Church
J.W. Steere & Son Organ Co., 1893
David Jonies

12:30PM
Wisconsin Masonic Center
Wangerin Organ Co., 1925
Andrew Schaeffer

Box lunch & OHS Member Meeting

2:30PM
Bishop O’Donnell Holy Name Chapel, Holy Name Heights
Aeolian-Skinner, 1949
John Sittard

4:00PM
Capitol Theater, Overture Center
Barton Organs, 1927
Luke Staisiunas

Dinner on your own (Downtown Madison)

6:00PM
St. James Catholic Church
Wadsworth, 1863
Eric Plutz

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
9:30AM
Chapel, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Schlicker, 1989
Melissa Plamman

10:45AM
Chapel, St. Joseph Convent
Casavant, 1981
Sheri Masiakowski

Lunch on your own

2:00PM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Hook & Hastings, 1881
Biggs Scholars II

3:00PM
ZAO MKE Church (Former Kenwood UMC)
Austin, 1928
TBD

Dinner on your own

7:00PM
St. Francis of Assisi Parish
Wm. Schuelke Organ Co., 1885
Michael Hey

8:30-11:00PM
Drury Hotel
Cash bar & Reception

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Optional Postlude Event
Friday, August 8, 2025 (Northern Milwaukee Area)
9:30AM
St. John Lutheran Church, Lomira
Hann-Wangerin, 1904
David Porth

11:00AM
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Iron Ridge
Hinners & Albertsen, 1901
Charles Barland

Box lunch

(Group will split into two; next two events will be repeated at 2:00PM and 2:40PM)

2:00PM
Ozaukee Congregational Church, Grafton
Wm. Schuelke Organ Co., 1879
David Bohn

2:40PM
Ozaukee Congregational Church, Grafton
Lecture: Organbuilding in Dairyland
Ryan Mueller

4:00PM
Pabst Mansion Tour
Take a trip back to the late 19th century for a docent-led tour of one of the greatest examples of Flemish Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States. Built in 1892, beer baron Frederick Pabst commissioned this landmark for his family home. Recently restored, it now operates as a museum.

5:15PM
Return to Drury Hotel