Yale School of Music

Yale School of Music

Performance in Sudler Recital Hall
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 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.

Yale is the only Ivy League school with a separate school of music. It is considered one of the best and most prestigious music schools in the world and has an acceptance rate of 8-10%. It has 200 students.

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. (Hendrie Hall has been torn down and in its place will be the Adams Center for Musical Arts)
• 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

• David Lang, Grammy Award and 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning composer
• Marco Beltrami, Academy Award nominated composer and Golden Globe winner
• Aldo Parisot, Cellist and professor
• Martin Leung, Pianist known as the Video Game Pianist
• Reena Esmail, Pianist and composer
• Emma Lou Diemer, Composer
• Daniel Asia, Composer
• Lori Laitman, Opera composer
• Jian Wang, Cellist
• Jahja Ling, Conductor and pianist
• Johann Sebastian Paetsch, Cellist and musician
• Dorothy Bishop, Singer and comedian
• Willie Ruff, Jazz musician
• Missy Mazzoli, Composer and pianist
• Hannah Lash, Concert music composer
• Judd Greenstein, Contemporary classsical music composer and promoter
• Gisele Ben-Dor, Orchestra conductor
• Kay George Roberts, Founder and musical conductor of the New England Ochestra
• Matt Brubeck, Cellist, bassist, keyboarder and arranger
• Paul Jacobs, Grammy Award winning organist
• Ted Hearne, Singer and composer
• Juliana Hall, Composer of art songs and vocal chamber music
• Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Trombonist
• Janna Baty, Mezzo soprano opera singer
• Dominick DiOrio, Conductor
• Andy Akiho, Composer
• Robert Beaser, Composer
• Howard Boatwright, Violinist and musicologist
• Christopher Magiera, Operatic baritone
• Andrew Norman, Contemporary classical music composer
• Jan Swafford, Author and Composer
• Robert Dick, Lifetime Achievement Award winner flutist
• Eddie Mayehoff, American actor
• Jacob Cooper, Composer
• Perry Lafferty, Television producer
• Jeremy Beck, Composer
• Eugene Friesen, Cellist and Composer
• Ken Ueno, Composer
• Joshua Rosenblum, Conductor, arranger and music journalist
• Henry-Louis de La Grange, Musicologist and biographer
• Tanya Anisimova, Cellist and Composer
• Moni Simeonov, Violinist
• Peter Scott Lewis, Composer
• Matthew Barnson, Composer
• Stephen Simon, Conductor and arranger
• Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto, Pianist
• Scott Lindroth, Composer
• Fan Lei, Clarinetist
• Ruth Muzzy Conniston Morize, Musician and socialite

Distinguished members of 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
• 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)
• Stephen Taylor, Professor of Oboe
• Christopher Theofanidis, Professor of Composition
• Rosalyn Tureck, Visiting Professor of Keyboard (past)
• Keith Wilson, Professor of Clarinet (1946–87)
• Ransom Wilson, Professor of Flute

Further reading

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

External links

• 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