David C. Pickering

David C. Pickering is a Professor of Music and Chair of the Keyboard Division at Kansas State University's School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, where he also serves as Associate Director for Music. An active recitalist, he has performed across the United States and internationally in Austria, Canada, England, Finland, and Germany, with broadcasts on Minnesota Public Radio’s Pipedreams, Iowa Public Radio, and organlive.com.

He holds degrees in organ performance and musicology from the University of Kansas and Brigham Young University, and studied organ with Parley Belnap, James Higdon, J.J. Keeler, and Arlene Small, and piano with Sheila Paige.

Pickering's research centers on the American organ scene of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including composers, pedagogues, music, and organs. His four solo recordings feature American organ music, and he has authored books such as The Auditorium Organ and biographies of Arthur Poister and Leroy Robertson. A proponent of new music, he has premiered works by Daniel E. Gawthrop and Tyler White, and publishes in The American Organist and The Diapason.

Although the provided text does not specify graduate student advising or research grants, his academic roles imply mentorship responsibilities. Similarly, no dedicated research labs or teams are mentioned, as his work focuses on individual performance and scholarship.