My name is Zach Holzer and I am very excited about my new position as liturgy and music director of Blessed Trinity Parish. This article will give you a bit of information about me and where I’ve been since graduating from Sheboygan Falls High School in 1998.

After high school, I attended Silver Lake College in Manitowoc Wisconsin where I earned a bachelors degree in Music Education and a minor in sacred music and Liturgy. For the past nine years I have been the music director for St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Newton. Much like St. Rose, St. George and St. Mary’s, the church in Newton was a merger of four country churches which included St. Joseph of Alverno, St. Casimir of Northeim, St. Wendel of Cleveland, and St. Isidore of Osman. All four of these church buildings were closed and a new Church was built in 2001.

After I graduated from college in 2003, I was hired as a general and choral music teacher for the Cedar Grove-Belgium School District. I taught in grades 5-12 and really enjoyed working with students and building the music program. In 2007 I was offered a position with the Howards Grove School District as Director of Choral Activities from grades 7-12 and have been there ever since. Currently, I am proud to say that we have over 150 singers in our middle and high school choirs. I work with an extremely talented staff and am very proud of all the students I teach!

My wife Becky and I were married in June 2007. Becky is a 4^th grade teacher at St. Mary’s in Port Washington and also a certified Yoga instructor. We met when we were at Silver Lake College! We currently reside in Kohler with the company of our three cats.

I look forward to meeting all of you in the next few months. As I help my former church transition, you may see a substitute organist here and there in the month of August. My next bulletin article will talk about the different music ministries that you are going to want to be involved in! Until next time, Keep Singing!

Zach Holzer
Director of Liturgy & Music