A Red, White & Wurlitzer 250th Celebration – Dave Wickerham and William Powers

Put on your red, white and blue to come to the river and join the celebration of America’s 250th with the thrilling STARS, STRIPES and SONGS WE LOVE performed by ARCA’s favorite, world travelled theatre organist – Dave Wickerham on the McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer with Metropolitan Opera Bass-Baritone William Powers on Sunday July 12 at 2 PM in Lincoln Hall In Foxburg on the beautiful Allegheny.

Come enjoy the Music of David Wickerham in Foxburg.

Sing Along. Remember. Celebrate. Enjoying stirring patriotic favorites and songs that have united and inspired generations of Americans - performed by internationally celebrated artists.

After the concert from 4 to 6 PM, plan to stop by the Red Brick Gallery (directly adjacent to Lincoln Hall) to toast the 250th at the wine and cheese opening of Andrew Hazelton’s exhibit of watercolors. Working primarily in watercolor, with some mixed media, Hazelton depicts nature oriented subject matter in a sensitive and reflective manner. The RBG exhibit also includes a 250th celebration display of historic photos of Foxburg.

World-travelled theatre organist DAVE WICKERHAM – one of America’s most beloved theatre organists – will perform arrangements from the Great American Song Book, hymns, marches, an Armed Forces salute and the Stars and Stripes Forever on the newly restored McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer. He will be joined by Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone WILLIAM POWERS in medleys of George M. Cohan, Glenn Miller, the Battle Hymn of the Republic and more!

ARCA is grateful to Dave Wickerham and William Powers for bringing to Foxburg the much-touted theatre organ and vocal patriotic program they have performed for Armed Forces Day at the renowned Sanfilippo Foundation in Chicago.

This concert WILL sell out, so be sure to get your tickets early online at alleghenyriverstone.org or by calling 724-659-3153 to reserve and pay with cash/check at the door. Adults $25, ARCA Members $20, Students $5

“Master of the Console,” Dave Wickerham was honored with the “Organist of the Year” award by the American Theatre Organ Society and has toured the world to rave reviews, with multiple trips to Australia including a two-month tour in the fall of 2025. Returning annually by popular demand, Dave is a favorite of ARCA audiences – old and young alike – performing unique arrangements and peerless improvisations, often with multiple combinations of genres in a single arrangement. His programs have something for everyone – from Great American Song Book standards, Disney and popular pieces, to waltzes, rags, marches, orchestral pieces, classical works, hymns and patriotic medleys. Wickerham’s voicings are rich, fully utilizing the multitudinous ranks of the instrument and demonstrating the full range of instrumentation and the magnificent glory of the theatre organ – as he turns the Wurlitzer into a cathedral pipe organ, jazz ensemble, rag time band, bagpipes or steam locomotive.

Since making his New York City Opera debut in 1972, Chicagoan William Powers has performed over 100 operatic roles with major opera companies in the United States, Europe, and South America. While the stylistic range of his portrayals spans the gamut from Renaissance (Monteverdi’s ORFEO for San Francisco) to Contemporary (Pasatieri’s SEAGULL for Washington DC), Mr. Powers has earned a reputation as a “heavy” – due in large part to the dark, penetrating color of his voice – thus the portrayal of rogues and villains has dominated his career.

His voice has been widely recorded and heard in hundreds of Broadcasts and two solo CDs featuring dozens of arias by the rogues and villains he has portrayed in the operatic bass repertoire. His symphonic repertoire includes Beethoven’s Ninth and Missa Solemnis; the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart, Dvorak, Brahms and Faure; and the Messiah as well as many oratorios of Handel. He has performed with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and Dallas in the United States, as well as the symphonies of Paris, Cologne, Strasbourg, Trieste, Prague, Bratislava, Hague, Amsterdam, and Vienna.