Organ Concert Featuring Sidney Shide

The 1896 Kimball Pipe Organ at the Union
Sunday School will again grace an audience with its beautiful notes for the
46th annual Union Sunday School Concert Series. Montauk Historic Site, in
partnership with the Clermont Historical Society, is excited to announce that Sidney
Shide, a University of Iowa student in Organ Performance, will be performing
the next concert of the series.

Sidney Shide is a freshman at the
University of Iowa, where he studies organ with Dr. Gregory Hand. Sidney has
participated in numerous music festivals and training programs, including the
Oberlin Organ Academy, St. Olaf Music Academy, University of Iowa Music
Academy, and the UNCSA Young Artists Competition.

Sidney currently
serves as organist and collaborative pianist at First United Methodist Church
in Des Moines, Iowa. Alongside his performance activities, he is passionate
about music education and composition, teaching beginner piano students and
composing music for use in church services. Sidney aspires to become a
collegiate organ performer and pedagogue

Following the concert, the Clermont
Historical Society will provide refreshments at the Clermont Opera House – one
block from the Union Sunday School.

If you’ve never been to one of our
concerts, come check it out! The annual Union Sunday School Concert Series
features performances by trained musicians on the largest Kimball Pipe Organ in
the United States. Built in 1896, the organ was a gift presented by former Iowa
Gov. William Larrabee to his daughter, Anna, who was the church’s organist for
more than 60 years.

October 11th at 2:00 pm at the Union
Sunday School in Clermont, Iowa.