12 Facts About Daniel Pinkham

Daniel Pinkham studied harpsichord with Putnam Aldrich and Wanda Landowska, and organ with E Power Biggs.

Daniel Pinkham taught at the Boston Conservatory beginning in 1946, and at the New England Conservatory of Music from 1959 until his death in 2006; while there, he created and chaired the program on early music performance.

In 1951, Daniel Pinkham conducted ten works by Boulanger Award winners in their Boston performance premiere in a special Peabody Mason Concert series commemorating the Paris Bi-Millennial year.

Daniel Pinkham taught at various times at Simmons University, Boston University, and Harvard University.

For forty-two years, Daniel Pinkham was the organist of King's Chapel in Boston, a position which gave him much exposure to and opportunity to write church-related music; the Sunday evening concert series he created there celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007.

Daniel Pinkham was a frequent guest on the E Power Biggs program on the CBS Radio Network.

Daniel Pinkham performed regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as an organist and as a harpsichordist, and he performed extensively with noted violinist Robert Brink, with whom he commissioned a duo for violin and harpsichord from Alan Hovhaness.

Daniel Pinkham's output represents a broad cross-section of 20th-century musical trends.

Daniel Pinkham received honorary degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music as well as from Nebraska Wesleyan University, Adrian College, Westminster Choir College, Ithaca College, and the Boston Conservatory.

In 1990, Daniel Pinkham was named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists.

Daniel Pinkham died in Natick, Massachusetts, of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, at the age of 83.

Daniel Pinkham is survived by his longtime partner, the organist Andrew Paul Holman.