The Pickering pipeline | Continuing a musical legacy Declan Phipps, copy chief • April 15, 2026 Daughter of K-State music professor serves this year as his sabbatical replacement, extends her family lineage of organists.
![David Pickering, professor of organ and music theory and associate director for music at K-State [left], and James Higdon, professor of organ and director of the division of organ and church music at the University of Kansas [middle], stand with Audrey Pickering [right] at her graduation from the University of Kansas. Both David and Audrey Pickering studied organ under Higdon. (Photo Courtesy of David Pickering)](https://kstatecollegian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/courtesy-of-David-Pickering-1200x1115.jpeg)