Dr. Pinkall is a Grammy-winning soloist and chorister with Kansas City Chorale, winners of the 2013 & 2016 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical in 2013. He was an assistant artistic manager for the 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and an artistic manager for the Emmy-winning production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Sochi, Russia.