Posted on Feb 27, 1998

Over 200 voices, organ and brass will fill Memorial Chapel Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. for a performance of Daniel Pinkham's The Christmas Cantata.

Conducted by the composer, and performed in honor of his 75th birthday, the program will feature the Union College Choir, Albany Pro Musica, the Battenkill Chorale, and the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society.

Pinkham's catalog includes four symphonies, cantatas, oratorios and theater works. His teachers have include Aaron Copeland and Samuel Barber. He has held
fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, Ford Foundation and American Academy of Arts
and Sciences. He teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music, and is director of
music at Boston's historic King's Chapel.