PRISM the Newsletter of the ISM

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March 12, 2020
UPDATE March 19: In keeping with Yale’s COVID-19 policy and guidelines, all of the ISM’s public events scheduled through May 8 have now been cancelled, including...
March 6, 2020
Statement from Yale University: The five-city tour of English Musical Splendor, which was to feature the Yale Philharmonia, Yale Schola Cantorum, and The Bach Choir, London,...
Christian Wiman
February 19, 2020
Christian Wiman, recently appointed as the Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts, is a poet and educator who focuses his research on the language of faith, “...
Harry Adams
January 24, 2020
The ISM mourns the loss of our dear friend Harry Adams.  Harry Baker Adams ’51 B.D., the Horace Bushnell Professor Emeritus of Christian Nurture, passed away on Wednesday,...
January 14, 2020
Hamid Al-Saadi, one of the few masters of the Iraqi maqam, will perform with Safaafir, the only U.S.-based ensemble dedicated to the genre, on Saturday, January 18 at 4:30 PM...
December 5, 2019
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is pleased to announce that two new recordings of Yale Schola Cantorum, conducted by its principal conductor David Hill, have been released...
andre thomas
October 28, 2019
Martin Jean has announced the appointment of André Thomas for the 2020–2021 academic year. Dr. Thomas will join the faculties of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale...