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Yale ISM has announced the launch of the Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

James O’Donnell has been made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) by King Charles III in the British New Year’s Honors list.

Kristen Forman retired at the end of December after twelve years of dedicated service to the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

ISM is hosting a series of four webinars that explore topics relating to Mass Extinction: Art, Ritual, Story, and the Sacred.

James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers, led mourners in bidding farewell to Britain’s longest serving monarch.

A semester course that teaches students to develop a vocabulary for describing the form and function of this genre of religious speech.

Professor Braxton Shelley received four awards for his book, Healing for the Soul: Richard Smallwood, the Vamp, and the Gospel Imagination.

Professor Braxton Shelley’s has been collaborating with Libby Van Cleve to establish a series of one-on-one interviews with leaders in gospel music.

Pamela Jean Davis, Minister of Music at the Fountain Church in Houston, TX, received a standing ovation for her medley of gospel favorites.

Adrián Emmanuel Hernández-Acosta has been appointed Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature in the Yale ISM and Yale Divinity School.

James (Jimmy) Taylor, has been awarded the George Perrin Prize for his extraordinary contribution to the vocal arts in America. 

James O’Donnell directed the music for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.