Yale School of Music

Professional school at Yale University

Yale School of Music

Type| Private
Established| 1894[1]

Parent institution

| Yale University
Dean| José García-León
Location|

New Haven

Connecticut

U.S.

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 originated in 1855 with a gift of $5,000 from Joseph Battell and conferred its first degrees in 1894; it has a separate endowment, and as a result of a 2005 gift waives tuition and gives students maintenance grants.[1][4]

José García-León, formerly dean of academic affairs and assessment at Juilliard, succeeded Robert Blocker as dean of the Yale School of Music in fall 2023.[5][6]

## Buildings[edit]

* 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.[7]
* Adams Center for Musical Arts (2017). The Adams Center complex includes Hendrie Hall, Leigh Hall, and new space which connects the two.[8]
* 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[edit]

### Musicians, artists, leaders[edit]

* Gisele Ben-Dor, Orchestra conductor
* Matt Brubeck, Cellist, bassist, keyboarder and arranger
* Ronald Crutcher, College President
* Robert Dick, Lifetime Achievement Award winner flutist
* Dominick DiOrio, Conductor
* Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto, Pianist
* Paul Jacobs, Grammy Award-winning organist
* Henry-Louis de La Grange, Musicologist and biographer
* Perry Lafferty, Television producer
* Fan Lei, Clarinetist
* Danny Elfman, Composer
* Martin Leung, Pianist known as the Video Game Pianist
* Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Trombonist
* Jahja Ling, Conductor and pianist
* Ruth Muzzy Conniston Morize, Musician and socialite
* Aldo Parisot, Cellist and professor
* Johann Sebastian Paetsch, Cellist and musician
* Joseph W. Polisi, College President
* Ravi S. Rajan, College President
* Kay George Roberts, Founder and musical conductor of the New England Orchestra
* Joshua Rosenblum, Conductor, arranger and music journalist
* Willie Ruff, Jazz musician
* Moni Simeonov, Violinist
* Stephen Simon, Conductor and arranger
* Jian Wang, Cellist

### Vocalists[edit]

* Janna Baty, Mezzo-soprano opera singer
* Dorothy Bishop, Singer and comedian
* Howard Boatwright, Violinist and musicologist
* Christopher Magiera, Operatic baritone
* Eddie Mayehoff, American actor
* Matthew Polenzani, American Tenor

### Composers[edit]

* Andy Akiho, Composer
* Timo Andres, Composer and pianist
* Tanya Anisimova, Cellist and Composer
* Daniel Asia, Composer
* Matthew Barnson, Composer
* Robert Beaser, Composer
* Jeremy Beck, Composer
* Marco Beltrami, Academy Award nominated composer and Golden Globe winner
* Christopher Cerrone, Composer
* Jacob Cooper, Composer
* Emma Lou Diemer, Composer
* Reena Esmail, Pianist and composer
* Eugene Friesen, Cellist and Composer
* Michael Gilbertson, Composer
* Judd Greenstein, composer and promoter
* Juliana Hall, Composer of art songs and vocal chamber music
* Ted Hearne, Singer and composer
* Aaron Jay Kernis, Grammy Award and 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning composer
* Lori Laitman, Opera composer
* David Lang, Grammy Award and 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning composer
* Hannah Lash, Composer
* Peter Scott Lewis, Composer
* Scott Lindroth, Composer
* Missy Mazzoli, Composer and pianist
* Harold Meltzer, Composer
* Andrew Norman, Contemporary classical music composer
* Kevin Puts, 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning composer
* Caroline Shaw, 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning composer
* Sarah Kirkland Snider, Composer
* Jan Swafford, Author and Composer
* Christopher Theofanidis, Composer
* Ken Ueno, Composer

## Faculty[edit]

* 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
* Kevin Cobb, Visiting Associate Professor of Trumpet
* Richard Cross (bass-baritone), Professor of Voice (past)
* 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
* Leon Kirchner, Visiting Professor of Composition (1985)
* 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)
* Frederic Rzewski, Visiting Professor of Composition (1984)
* 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)
* James Taylor (tenor), Professor of Voice - Institute for Sacred Music
* 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[edit]

1. ^ a b "History and Mission of the School of Music". Bulletin of Yale University. 2023–2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
2. ^ "About YSM | Yale School of Music". music.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
3. ^ "Yale School of Music: Academics". Retrieved 2009-04-18.
4. ^ Akbar Ahmed (April 10, 2012). "Music School profits from free tuition". Yale Daily News.
5. ^ Christopher Arnott (June 14, 2023). "Esteemed pianist José García-León named new dean of Yale School of Music". Hartford Courant.
6. ^ Tobias Liu (September 11, 2023). "José García-León appointed dean of the School of Music". Yale Daily News.
7. ^ "Hendrie Hall/Adams Center – Yale School of Music". Yale School of Music. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
8. ^ "Adams Center for Musical Arts opens". Yale School of Music. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

## Further reading[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

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