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Daniel Pinkham
Music History and Musicology

Daniel Pinkham

Daniel Pinkham is a composer, conductor, harpsichordist, and organist. A prolific and versatile composer, his catalog includes four symphonies and other works for large ensembles; cantatas and oratorios; concertos for piano, piccolo, organ, violin, and trumpet; theater works and chamber operas; chamber music; electronic music; and scores for 20 television documentaries. He was awarded Fulbright and Ford Foundation fellowships. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pinkham is Music Director Emeritus at Boston’s historic King’s Chapel, where he served actively for 42 years.

A.B., Harvard College, A.M., Harvard University; hon. Litt.D., Nebraska Wesleyan University; hon. D.Mus., NEC, Adrian College, Westminster Choir College, Ithaca College, and Boston Conservatory. Composition with Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, Arthur Honegger, Samuel Barber, Nadia Boulanger; organ with E. Power Biggs; harpsichord with Putnam Aldrich, Wanda Landowska. Former faculty of Simmons College, Boston University, and former Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University

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