Draft:Maurice Hinson

Maurice Hinson (born December 30st, 1930) is an English musicologist, pianist, lecture, and 21st century music scholar. He is notable as a principal editor of Alfred Music Editions.

Early Life

Hinson began playing piano from an early age, and was described as a prodigy by age 13. He studied for three summers at the Sherwood Music School in Chicago, Illinois. During his senior year of high school, he decided to be a musicologist, enrolling at the Juilliard School in New York City. He ultimately finished his Bachelor's Degree at the University of Florida.

After graduation, he joined the military, serving in the Korean War. While in France, he studied with George Bolen at the Conservatoire National in Paris. He later finished masters and doctoral work at the University of Michigan.

Career

Throughout his career, Hinson is known for having helped write the New Grove Dictionary of American Music. He taught at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for 50 years, starting in 1957. He also served as the first president of the Greater Louisville Music Teachers Association, as well as Kentucky Music Teachers Association.

For his work, Hinson received the Liszt Commemorative Medal from the Hungarian government, Medal of Excellence from the American Liszt Society, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Music Teachers National Association, Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Florida in 1990, and Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Michigan in 1995.

Hinson died on November 11th, 2015 at the age of 84. Upon his death, Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. emphasized Hinson's, "very rare gift both as a pianist and as one of the great scholars of the piano as an instrument."