Somehow, I am the last to learn of the passing of Joan Lippincott. But just in case I’m not, Lippincott, who was so much a part of the fabric of the local music community, as a student and later a professor of organ at Westminster Choir College and the Curtis Institute of Music and, for a time, principal organist at Princeton University, died on May 31 at the age of 89.

Here’s an appreciation, with reminiscences and an obituary, shared by one of her former students.

Legendary Joan Lippincott

And another, from current University Organist at Princeton University, Eric Plutz.

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Over the years, I played her recordings for the Gothic Records label on my radio shows. R.I.P.