We are pleased to announce the addition of William Picher to the Allen Artists Program.
Dealers attending the regional sales meeting in Orlando this Spring had the opportunity to hear Bill demonstrate a three-manual Quantum™ organ installed at The Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe where he is the Director of Music and Organist. During his demonstration to the dealers, he not only ran the organ through its paces, but also engaged the sequencer and picked up his trumpet to play a duet with himself!
 
Bill holds music degrees from the University of Maine, Eastman School of Music and Catholic
University of America. He served for eight years as a trumpet instrumentalist with the United States Navy Band in Washington DC, where he performed regularly at the White House, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and in many of the great concert halls throughout the United States.
 
As an organist, Bill has served as director of music ministries at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Portland, Maine) and the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle (St. Petersburg, Florida) before his current position at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe (Orlando, Florida), where he is in his 9th year of service.
 
Bill was also the house organist at Portland, Maine's historic State Theatre, where he played the Mighty Wurlitzer for silent movies, and other events. Classical organ recital performances have included Holy Name Cathedral (Chicago), St. Mary's Cathedral (San Francisco), and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington DC), the National Cathedral (Washington DC) and many others.