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Welcome ISM/Union Alumni

The purpose of this page is to keep alumni of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Union School of Sacred Music up to date with the alumni news. Additionally, alumni may be interested in the Job Listings page maintained by our placement office.

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Alumni News

March 1, 2024
Dr. Michelle “Shelle” Louer credits the Institute of Sacred Music’s interdisciplinary training for her success as a church musician and arts director. Dr. Louer is Director...
February 5, 2024
Yale Camerata and Yale Glee Club will join together with orchestra to present a concert on Sunday, February 11 at 4 p.m. in Yale’s Woolsey Hall. Yale Camerata will...
January 29, 2024
— By Laurie H. Ongley In 1985, Marguerite L. Brooks and the Institute of Sacred Music invited New Haven community members to join Yale affiliates in a fledgling chorus, the...
January 24, 2024
The featured article in the January/February issue of Yale Alumni Magazine reflects on some of the ways in which the ISM has made an impact during its fifty years at Yale....
December 17, 2023
Tawnie Olson A.D. ’00 says it was “a thrill” to hear Yale Schola Cantorum perform her carol “I Saw a Stable” in Woolsey Hall on Dec. 8 after being commissioned by Oxford...
December 13, 2023
In celebration of its 50th anniversary year, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music is inviting singers in the greater New Haven area to participate in an ecumenical hymn...
December 3, 2023
Institute of Sacred Music director Martin Jean has announced a financial commitment of $12 million dollars to the construction of the Living Village in Yale’s Sterling...
November 18, 2023
Congratulations to Carolyn Craig, M.M. ‘21, M.M.A. ’22 who has been appointed as the new assistant director of music at Wells Cathedral, beginning April 2024.  Carolyn is a...
October 24, 2023
Incarceration in a prison deprives people of not only their freedom, but also their community, identity, and sense of self-worth. ISM alumna Amanda Weber M.M. ’13 is...
September 28, 2023
In celebration of ISM’s 50th anniversary, ISM alums have been invited to share what they have been up to since graduation and to reflect on how the ISM has impacted...