PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH - Key Persons


Curtis Hanson

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager and Choir Director
  • Pilgrim 's Office Manager
Curtis Hanson is Pilgrim's Office Manager. Curt has been a professional musician, voice teacher, music educator, and choir director for over 40 years. He has music degrees from Bemidji State University and the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has served as a church choir director in Louisville, Colorado and in Duluth prior to beginning his service to Pilgrim Lutheran Church as office manager and choir director.

Lorelei Zimmerman

Job Titles:
  • Organist / Pianist
Lorelei Zimmerman is the new organist/pianist at Pilgrim Lutheran Church. She grew up in Rosendale, WI and attended school at UW-Green Bay where she received a Bachelor of Music, emphasis in piano. She taught general music and piano lessons at Unity Elementary School in Balsam Lake, WI for a year and a half. This past summer she moved to Duluth to be close to her fiancé, Noah Holland. They will be getting married in early November this year. Lorelei plays piano, organ, clarinet, and ukulele. Her summer goal is to learn some more chords on the guitar. Faith is a big part in Lorelei's life and she is excited to continue sharing the musical gifts God has blessed her with. Lorelei will be attending graduate school at UMD where she will be working towards a Master's Degree in Music Education.

Matt Dietsche

Job Titles:
  • Synodically Authorized Minister