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August 12, 2020
by Mark Roosien Interim Admissions Coordinator A new academic year is upon us at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), and it comes with a lot of changes, including here...
composite photo of graduating class
August 5, 2020
compiled by Stephen Gamboa-Diaz On Sunday, May 17, the ISM presented its newest graduates with their ISM certificates during an online celebration. Some of them accepted our...
Charles Krigbaum
August 1, 2020
On April 30, 2020, Yale Professor Emeritus Charles Russell Krigbaum died at the age of 91 in Beverly, Massachusetts. To generations of Yale organ students he was a much-...
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July 10, 2020
by Martin Jean Director, Yale Institute of Sacred Music I have lived through many moments of racial unrest in American history that stimulate calls for change—often the death...
Marilynne Robinson
June 22, 2020
Originally scheduled for April, 2020, and cancelled due to Covid-19, Marilynne Robinson has revised and Zoom-recorded two lectures for us now. (Sound quality may be affected...
mashup of fellows photos
June 16, 2020
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is pleased to announce that eight fellows have been selected for the 2020–2021 year. The Institute is an interdisciplinary graduate center...
June 10, 2020
Conductor David Hill talks with composers Roderick Williams and Reena Esmail about their commissioned works for Yale Schola Cantorum, released on the Hyperion label. We will...