Bruce Eicher ’54

Bruce Eicher ’54 found his life’s calling when he heard his first organ performance when he was only 5. Since then he has never wavered, and recently marked 50 years of serving Grace United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Md., as director of music and organist. A celebration in his honor featured an orchestra of 35 players, a guest organist, and a conductor who performed Gounod’s “Messe Solennelle” with Bruce’s choir and soloists. Also participating was the choir of Beth El Synagogue, where Bruce also has been organist since 1963. In addition, $20,000 was raised to endow an organ scholarship in his name at the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied and served on the faculty for 28 years—allowing Bruce to further his profession in perpetuity.