Yale School of Music

Type	Private
Established	1894[1]
Location	New Haven , Connecticut , U.S.
Dean	Robert Blocker (leaving), José García-León (incoming)
Website	music.yale.edu

Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM^[2]) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joint Bachelor of Arts—Master of Music program in conjunction with Yale College, a Certificate in Performance, and an Artist Diploma.^[3]

Yale is the only Ivy League school with a separate school of music; the university also has a separate Department of Music in the Division of Humanities of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The School of Music has an acceptance rate of 6–8%. Enrollment is 200 students. From 1995 to 2022 the Yale School of Music's endowment rose from $29 million to $574 million.^[4]

In 2023, Juilliard's José García-León became the new dean.^[5] He replaced Robert Blocker on September 1, 2023.

Buildings

• Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall (1917), renovated in 2003.
• Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall (1930), Gothic style, renovated in 2006.
• Hendrie Hall (1895), renovated in 2017.^[6]
• Adams Center for Musical Arts (2017). The Adams Center complex includes Hendrie Hall, Leigh Hall, and new space which connects the two.^[7]
• Woolsey Hall (1901), used for orchestral performances (Yale Philharmonia) and organ recitals (on the Newberry Memorial Organ).
• The Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments (1895), Romanesque style.

Notable alumni

Faculty

• John Adams, Professor of Composition (past)
• Nancy Allen, Professor of Harp (past)
• Emanuel Ax, Visiting Professor of Piano (past)
• Martin Beaver, Artist in Residence (past)
• Boris Berman, Professor of Piano
• Martin Bresnick, Professor of Composition
• Simon Carrington, Professor of Choral Conducting
• Allan Dean, Professor of Trumpet (past)
• Jacob Druckman, Professor of Composition (past)
• Lukas Foss, Visiting Professor of Composition (past)
• Claude Frank, Professor of Piano
• Peter Frankl, Professor of Piano
• Erick Friedman, Professor of Violin (past)
• Sidney Harth, Professor of Violin (past)
• Paul Hindemith, Professor of Music (1940–53)
• Martin Jean, Professor of Organ
• Betsy Jolas, Visiting Professor of Composition (past)
• Ani Kavafian, Professor of Violin
• Aaron Jay Kernis, Professor of Composition
• Ezra Laderman, Professor of Composition (past)
• David Lang, Professor of Composition
• Ingram Marshall, Visiting Professor of Composition (past)
• Donald Martino, Professor of Music Theory (1959–69)
• Robert Mealy, Professor of Violin
• Thomas Murray, Professor of Organ
• Donald Palma, Professor of Double Bass
• Aldo Parisot, Professor of Cello
• Krzysztof Penderecki, Professor of Composition (1973–79)
• Mel Powell, Professor of Composition (1957–69)
• Joseph Schwantner, Professor of Composition (past)
• Charles Seeger, Visiting Professor of the Theory of Music (1949–50)
• David Shifrin, Professor of Clarinet
• Oscar Shumsky, Professor of Violin (past)
• Robert van Sice, Professor of Percussion
• Morton Subotnick, Professor of Composition (past)
• Masaaki Suzuki, Professor of Choral Conducting
• Toru Takemitsu, Visiting Professor of Composition (1975)
• Christopher Theofanidis, Professor of Composition
• Rosalyn Tureck, Visiting Professor of Keyboard (past)
• Keith Wilson, Professor of Clarinet (1946–87)
• Ransom Wilson, Professor of Flute (past)

References

Further reading

• Noss, Luther (1984). A History of the Yale School of Music, 1855–1970. Yale School of Music.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yale School of Music.

• Official website
• Yale School of Music Papers at Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University
• Yale School of Music D.M.A. Papers, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University

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