Coro Allegro honors
Bishop Gene Robinson
with the 2009 Daniel Pinkham Award
Coro Allegro presented Bishop Gene Robinson with the 2009 Daniel Pinkham Award for Outstanding Contributions to Classical Music and
to the GLBT Community at a special event on Friday April 3, 2009 at 8:00PM at the United Parish Church in Brookline. Bishop Robinson was honored for his extraordinary grace and courage
as an advocate for GLBT equality and for reconciliation with communities of faith. Bishop Robinson also spoke of his lifelong love of music and its powerful social and
spiritual roles, and he pledged to work with Coro Allegro Artistic Director David Hodgkins on future collaborations.
The Pinkham Award evening also featured a gripping performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Love Bade Me Welcome by the 2008 Pinkham Award recipient, baritone Sanford Sylvan. Rousing
and celebratory works composed by Daniel Pinkham were performed by special guests Terry Everson, trumpet; Shiela Kibbe, piano; Mike Goodspeed, bass; and Roger Hodgkins, drums; along with Coro Allegro and its
phenomenal piano accompanist Darryl Hollister.
Read the 2009 Pinkham Award citation honoring Bishop Gene Robinson.
Coro Allegro established the Daniel Pinkham Award in 2008,
to be given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to classical choral music
and the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. During his lifetime, Daniel Pinkham
featured prominently in Boston's classical music scene as a sought-after composer,
faculty member at New England Conservatory, conductor, organist,
and musical director at King's Chapel.
Learn more about Daniel Pinkham and the Pinkham Award
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