40 years in pictures

  • ISM faculty 1998
    In 1998 Margot Fassler and Martin Jean (front row) organized a conference "Musicians for the Churches." Other current faculty memebers here: Bryan Spinks (2nd row, r), Peter Hawkins (4th row l), and marguerite Brooks (next to Hawkins).
  • Aidan Kavanagh
    The Kavanagh Lecture is named for Aidan Kavanagh professor of liturgics
  • Michael Malone
    Yale Literature and Spirituality Series is now 10 years old. Here Michael Malone signs books.
  • John Cook
    The art historian John Cook, former director and professor emeritus
  • Thomas Murray
    Thomas Murray with students in 1986
  • ISM Class of 1978
    ISM Class of 1978
  • Worship in Marquand Chapel
    Worship in Marquand Chapel is a collaborative effort of the ISM, Yale Divinity School, and Berkeley Divinity School
  • Aidan Kavanagh
    Aidan Kavanagh with student
  • Dave Brubeck
    Dave Brubeck is among the many guest artists Yale choirs have performed with (here in 2006)
  • Medieval Play of Adam
    Elements of music, worship and all the arts were woven together in the unorgettable rendering of the medieval Play of Adam on Sterling Divinity Quadrangle that included animals, a cauldron of hot chili at the gates of hell, and a live falcon. A Margot Fassler production for the ISM's 30th anniversary.
  • Jon Bailey
    The choral conductor Jon Bailey is a former director of the Institute.
  • James Taylor
    The vocal program admitted its first students in fall 2004. Jimmy Taylor, shown here in rehearsal, joined the faculty in 2005.
  • Marguerite Brooks conducts in Woolsey Hall in 2004
  • Hymn Festival in Woolsey Hall
    The ISM has presented several community hymn festivals, with the participation of Yale Camerata, church choirs from the region, and the audience.
  • Bach Collegium Japan
    The ISM brought the Bach Collegium Japan, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, to New Haven for a tsunami relief benefit performance in 2011.
  • ISM class of 1980
    ISM graduating class of 1980. Current faculty member Walden Moore is in the center of the front row.
  • Margot Fassler
    Medievalist Margot Fassler was director of the Institute from 1995-2004. She portrayed the serpent in her production of the Play of Adam in 2004.
  • John Cook, Thomas Ogletree, Ezra Laderman
    ISM director John Cook, YDS dean Thomas Ogletree, YSM dean Ezra Laderman, ca 1990
  • Holtkamp organ in Battell Chapel
    The ISM maintains all of Yale's pipe organs. Here, the Holtkamp organ in Battell Chapel.
  • Let's not forget Liturgical Studies! Here faculty gather to celebrate "The Serious Business of Worship," a festschrift for Bryan Spinks in 2010.
  • Fujimura exhibition at Yale
    The ISM's art gallery program has included an exhibition of works by Makoto Fujimura in 2013
  • Martin Jean and Margot Fassler
    Martin Jean and Margot Fassler, Commencement 2002