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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

April 30, 2024
Yale has a new professional choir, and it is well worth hearing. The Yale Consort sings evensong services at local churches, especially Christ Church at 84 Broadway. Most of...
April 30, 2024
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 27 in grand style. A glittering performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor provided the capstone to a...
April 29, 2024
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music will hold an ecumenical hymn festival in Woolsey Hall on Sunday, May 5 at 4 p.m. A community choir...
April 23, 2024
Watch this short video that traces the growth and impact of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music throughout its fifty years at Yale University, in close partnership with...
April 15, 2024
Congratulations to Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music alumnus Robert Bennesh, M.M. ’14 and A.D. ’15 for his recent appointment as organist and choir...
March 27, 2024
The National Competition in Organ Improvisation recently announced the semi-finalists for this summer’s competition at the American Guild of Organists (AGO) conference in ...
March 22, 2024
Congratulations to ISM alumni Emily Boring, M.Div. ‘23, on multiple achievements. Following graduation, Emily has been serving as associate rector of All Souls Episcopal...
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...
February 5, 2024
Yale Camerata and Yale Glee Club will join together with orchestra to present a concert on Sunday, February 11 at 4 p.m. in Yale’s Woolsey Hall. Yale Camerata will...
January 29, 2024
— By Laurie H. Ongley In 1985, Marguerite L. Brooks and the Institute of Sacred Music invited New Haven community members to join Yale affiliates in a fledgling chorus, the...