We have been notified of the passing of Joan Lippincott, one of the foremost organ teachers of the past half century.
An international soloist with two-dozen recordings to her name, Lippincott was Head of the Organ Department at Westminster College, the world’s largest organ training facility in her time.
She was also Principal University Organist at Princeton.
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