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December 9, 2021
The ISM Year in Review for the past academic year is now available for browsing!
November 8, 2021
About On November 3rd, 2021, the ISM presented a meditation on Black gospel song by Professor Braxton D. Shelley in conversation with Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes and Cornel West,...
November 2, 2021
We’re thrilled to announce the publication of Vol. 7, No. 1 of YJMR, examining Christian music in Burma/Myanmar, Scottish metrical psalmody, the Japanese shakuhachi as...
October 27, 2021
Did you miss this year’s Aidan Kavanagh lecture, delivered by Bryan Spinks? No problem! Watch and learn more here…     Sleuthing Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1942 Address...
October 25, 2021
The Institute of Sacred Music seeks a part time Interim Program Coordinator for its exciting new Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church. Learn more (link)
October 18, 2021
In Case You Missed It:  This past Friday (10/16/21), Yale Schola Cantorum performed their “J.S. Bach: Motets and Songs of Devotion” program, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki. The...
October 7, 2021
On September 29th, 2021, renowned organist and beloved Professor Emeritus Thomas Murray received an honoris causa Doctorate of Music from the School of Theology at Sewanee,...