Multifaceted musician Audrey Pickering is an organist and cellist based in American Fork, Utah. She completed her Master of Music in Organ Performance at the University of Kansas, where she also earned her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance. Audrey began her organ studies with her father, David Pickering, and later studied with James Higdon. She also studied cello with David Littrell and Hannah Collins and piano with Agustin Muriago.
Audrey has competed as a prizewinner in organ competitions sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. She received First Prize in the Twin Cities American Guild of Organists Student Competition and was one of five finalists in the Taylor Organ Competition in Atlanta, Georgia, in March 2022. As part of a study abroad trip at Kansas State University in the summer of 2017, she played historic and modern organs in Germany and Austria. As an organ recitalist, Audrey has performed in Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas.
Audrey taught organ and music theory at Kansas State University and served as organist at Manhattan’s First Presbyterian Church, filling in for her father during his sabbatical in the 2025-2026 school year.
Audrey is also a certified Life Coach through The Life Coach School. She hosts the podcast “Mindfully Musical,” where she shares coaching tools to help musicians become more confident and empowered.