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Professor Markus Rathey shines a light on the purpose and the source of Bach’s Actus tragicus, soon to be performed by Yale Schola Cantorum. 

In January, a group of eleven Yale students and five faculty visited the world’s oldest continuously-inhabited monastery in Sinai.

On a cold January day, Yale’s Marsh Botanical Garden was the scene of an “en plein air” workshop led by Jon Seals, artist in ISM’s new exhibit. 

Four Chicago artists will explore the intersection of religion and ecology in a new exhibit at the ISM from January 22 to March 6.

The ISM is delighted to announce the appointment of Grete Pedersen as the new principal conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum. 

Watch the full video and view a slideshow from “Joyeux Noël”, the Yale Camerata’s 2024 Advent concert, performed in Woolsey Hall on Sat. Dec. 7. 

Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenska’s Agnus Dei was performed in Woolsey Hall on November 10. 

Guest artist Shin-Young Lee will perform music by Borodin, Bach, and Widor on Woolsey Hall’s magnificent Newberry Organ.

The 2025 Grammy Award nominees were recently announced, and the Institute of Sacred Music was well represented!

On Dec. 7 Yale Camerata will perform their popular annual Advent concert for the Yale and New Haven communities. 

In their annual fall trip to Norfolk, CT, the Voxtet joined Juilliard415 to perform new editions of Simone Vesi’s music.