Information for Alumni

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

Michael Smith (MM '03, '05)

August 6, 2013
Michael Smith has been appointed Organist and Choirmaster at Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, PA. He leaves a similar post at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge...

Kat Banakis (MDiv '09)

August 6, 2013
Kat Banakis  has been appointed director of strategic implementation and analytics at Grenzebach, Glier & Associates, a full service philanthropic management consulting...

Rachel Heath, MDiv '11

August 5, 2013
  Rachel Heath has been appointed as the Coordinaror for Spiritual Life at Rockefeller Chapel and the University of Chicago. Along with developing and implementing...

Suart Forster (MM '98, AD '99)

August 5, 2013
Stuart Forster is excited to announce the publication of his book Hymn Playing: A Modern Colloquium. The book is based on research for his doctoral dissertation, and is now...
Yale Schola Cantorum

Schola Tour: Japan & the Phillippines

July 11, 2013
MASAAKI SUZUKI conducts Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 Bach: Mass in B minor With members of Yale Baroque Ensemble       INTERNATIONAL TOUR to JAPAN and SINGAPORE...