2026 Yale Organ Academy
The 2026 Yale Organ Academy will be held from June 15-19, 2026 in New Haven, CT. This will be a unique and enriching educational opportunity for advanced undergraduate organ students to work with some of the nation’s top artists/teachers on the Yale University campus. Faculty include Ken Cowan (Rice University), Martin Jean (Yale University), James O’Donnell (Yale University), and Carole Terry (University of Washington).
For one week, students will receive daily lessons, participate in workshops on topics related to organ literature and church music, study on notable organs at Yale,* and in New Haven and its environs, and hear performances by faculty and each other in evening events. Students will encounter organ playing and teaching of the highest caliber and will meet their peers in other organ departments from around the country.
Applications are now closed.
Questions about future Sacred Music Academies be directed to program manager, Clifton Massey.
* Please note: The Newberry Organ (Ernest Skinner, 1928) in Woolsey Hall will be under renovation in the summer and won’t be in use during the 2026 Organ Academy.
