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Joan Lippincott is an American concert organist and former head of the organ department at Westminster Choir College. She was born Joan Edna Hult on December 25, 1935. On June 18, 1960 she married Curtis Lippincott in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College where she had earned her undergraduate degree, and was pursuing her masters degree. She completed studies at Westminster, and then continued at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studied with Alexander McCurdy. She served for several years as the principal organist of Princeton University. She has made numerous recordings and is famous for her teachings of rhythm and touch in organ music, particularly that of Bach. Her playing is distinguished by rhythmic intensity, a supple technical control, and emotional intensity.

Joan Lippincott

Discography

Gothic:

• J.S. Bach: Clavierübung III and Schübler Chorales. Princeton Theological Seminary.
• J.S. Bach: Preludes and Fugues. Pacific Lutheran University.
• Sinfonia. Organ Concertos and Sinfonias with instrumental ensemble. Princeton Theological Seminary.
• Bach: The Trio Sonatas. St. Thomas Church, New York City.
• Leipzig Chorales of J.S. Bach. Duke University.
• Toccata and Fugues by Bach. Duke University.
• Princeton University Chapel. Music of Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Howells, Widor.
• Joan Lippincott & The Philadelphia Brass. Princeton University Chapel
• Mozart and the Organ. Old West Church, Boston, MA.
• Music for a Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine, New York, NY.

PGM:

• The Uncommon Bach – Variants, Rarities and Transcriptions. With George Ritchie. Recorded in conjunction with The American Bach Society.

External links

• Official website at Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.