Harry Pinchin is a retired Canadian trumpeter, composer and conductor.

Career

Harry Pinchin was born and raised in

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. After joining the

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in his twenties, Pinchin moved to

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as a member of the

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. In the 1950s, Pinchin performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as principal trumpet player. In 1963, Harry Pinchin founded the

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in Edmonton. Throughout his musical career, Pinchin collaborated with Canadian composer

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; for example, in 1981 Pinchin provided harp and percussion arranging for the soundtrack of

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's film ''

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'', of which Banks was the principal score composer. In December 2006, Harry Pinchin retired as musical director of the Cosmopolitan Music Society.

Discography

Per AllMusic Guide. * ''Cosmopolitan Club Concert Band of Edmonton'' (1973) * ''Concert in the Park'' (1988) * ''Snake Fence Country'' (1997)

References

External links

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1935 births Living people Canadian male composers Canadian music arrangers Canadian trumpeters Musicians from Edmonton Musicians from Toronto 20th-century Canadian composers 20th-century Canadian conductors (music) {{Canada-composer-stub