Union Sunday School Concert – 10-28-18

Title: Union Sunday School Concert – 10-28-18
Location: Union Sunday School
Description: Union Sunday School concert series continues in Clermont Oct. 28
Organist Ross Jallo of Davenport to perform

CLERMONT – The 38th annual Union Sunday School Concert Series closes this month with a performance by Ross Jallo of Davenport.

A graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., and the University of Notre Dame, Jallo is director of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa. Recent organ recitals include performances in Fairfield; Des Moines; Crediton, England; and Michaeliskirche, Germany.

Jallo’s other musical interests include visiting historic organs, basso continuo (with recent performances including Handel’s Messiah, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610), and editing and composing music in the Anglican choral tradition.

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

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.

Encased in a walnut cabinet, the instrument was hand-pumped until 1910, when an electric blower was installed. The organ was restored in 1979 and rededicated on Oct. 19, 1980, which marked the beginning of the annual recital series. The organ was most recently restored in 2010 by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders of Lake City, Iowa.

If you go:

What: Union Sunday School Concert Series.
Where: Union Sunday School, 406 Larrabee St., in Clermont.
When: Oct. 28. Recitals begin at 2:30 p.m. and are followed by a free tea at the nearby Clermont Opera House.
Admission: Free and open to the public.

The recital series is sponsored by the Clermont Historical Society, the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Arts Council. The Union Sunday School is part of the Montauk Historic Site, one of eight historic sites overseen by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. More information is available at iowaculture.gov.

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Hannah Frederick
Montauk Historic Site Coordinator
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