News

March 15, 2024
In celebration of its 50th anniversary at Yale, the Institute of Sacred Music is hosting several events in spring, 2024. Kicking off the anniversary events on Wednesday,...
March 12, 2024
The Yale Journal of Music and Religion (YJMR) is celebrating an important milestone—one hundred thousand downloads! A forum for the study of sacred music in all its ritual,...
March 12, 2024
The Institute of Sacred Music will host an opening reception on March 27 at 5 p.m. for Biophilia: In Excelsis, a new exhibit that focuses on the theme of sacred ecosystems...
March 12, 2024
Congratulations to David Preston, M.M. ’24, for his impressive showing at the 10th Miami International Organ Competition, where he won both second prize and audience prize. ...
March 7, 2024
At the end of  February, Yale Institute of Sacred Music hosted a group of scholars, practitioners, and artists whose work focuses on the ecological impact of Buddhist prayer...
March 5, 2024
Who Are You? I am Alexander Straus-Fausto M.M. ’24. I’m from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. What are you doing at the ISM? I am working on my Masters in Organ performance. What...
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...