Yale School of Music

Yale School of Music

Type	Private
Established	1894
Location	New Haven , Connecticut , U.S.
Dean	Robert Blocker
Website	music.yale.edu

The Yale School of Music is one of the twelve professional schools at Yale University and one of the premier music conservatories in the world.

The School of Music offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA). The School also offers a joint Bachelor of Arts—Master of Music program in conjunction with Yale College, a Certificate in Performance, and an Artist Diploma.

In November 2005, an anonymous donation of $100 million (later revealed to be from Yale alumnus Stephen Adams) endowed full scholarships for all students accepted to the Yale School of Music.

Buildings

• Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall (1917), renovated in 2003.
• Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall (1930), Gothic style, renovated in 2006.
• Portions of Hendrie Hall are also used by the School.
• Woolsey Hall (1901), used for orchestral performances and organ recitals (on the Newberry Memorial Organ).

Notable faculty

• John Adams, Professor of Composition
• Nancy Allen, Professor of Harp
• Emanuel Ax, Visiting Professor of Piano
• Martin Beaver, Artist in Residence
• Boris Berman, Professor of Piano
• Martin Bresnick, Professor of Composition
• Simon Carrington, Professor of Choral Conducting
• Allan Dean, Professor of Trumpet
• Claude Frank, Professor of Piano
• Erick Friedman, Professor of Violin
• Peter Frankl, Professor of Piano
• Martin Jean, Professor of Organ
• Sidney Harth, Professor of Violin
• Paul Hindemith, Professor of Music (1940-53)
• Ani Kavafian, Professor of Violin
• Aaron Jay Kernis, Professor of Composition
• Ezra Laderman, Professor of Composition
• David Lang, Professor of Composition
• Ingram Marshall, Visiting Professor of Composition
• 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)
• Charles Seeger, Visiting Professor of the Theory of Music (1949-50)
• David Shifrin, Professor of Clarinet
• Oscar Shumsky, Professor of Violin
• Robert van Sice, Professor of Percussion
• Morton Subotnick, Professor of Composition
• Masaaki Suzuki, Professor of Choral Conducting
• Christopher Theofanidis, Professor of Composition
• Keith Wilson, Professor of Clarinet
• Ransom Wilson, Professor of Flute

External Links

• Official site
• 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