Worship Music Director and Organist Sharee Thompson will present an organ recital in the sanctuary in preparation for her upcoming performance this summer at the historic Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts.
The program will feature works spanning several musical periods and will highlight both the lyrical and virtuosic possibilities of the organ. This recital offers a preview of the repertoire Sharee will bring to one of the most celebrated historic concert organs in the United States.
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Sharee Thompson is an active performer, accompanist, church musician, and teacher. She currently serves as Worship Music Director and Organist at Second Presbyterian Church and maintains a private organ studio.
Prior to relocating to Kansas, she appeared frequently with the Utah Symphony, served as a guest organist on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and collaborated with numerous choirs along the Wasatch Front, including Vox Humana Choral Ensemble, the Utah Valley Millennial Choirs and Orchestras, Maple Mountain High School Choirs, Sterling Singers, and the Mapleton Chorale. She also served for nearly five years as Coordinator for Organ Study Continuing Education at Brigham Young University and continues to teach through the university’s organ outreach program.
Sharee holds a Master of Music in organ performance from the University of Kansas, where she studied organ with Dr. James Higdon and carillon with Dr. Elizabeth Berghout. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Utah State University, studying with Dr. James Drake. While at the University of Kansas, she served as organist at First Presbyterian Church and Baldwin First United Methodist Church, and as assistant organist at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church.
She is currently preparing for a recital this summer at the historic Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Massachusetts as part of its 2026 Summer Organ Concert Series, one of the oldest and most prestigious concert series of its kind in the United States.