Yale School of Music
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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.
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and one of the premier music conservatories in the world.
The School of Music offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music
Master of Music
The Master of Music is the first graduate degree in Music awarded by universities and music conservatories. The M.Mus. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy...
(MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts
Doctor of Musical Arts
The Doctor of Musical Arts degree is a doctoral academic degree in music. The D.M.A. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy. The D.M.A...
(DMA). The School also offers a joint Bachelor of Arts—Master of Music program in conjunction with Yale College
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
, 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
Stephen Adams (business)
Stephen Adams is an American businessman and private equity investor. His current holdings include Affinity Group, Inc., a national publishing, retail stores, and member-based direct marketing organization directed toward owners of recreational vehicles and Adams Outdoor Advertising, an operator...
) 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 HallWoolsey HallWoolsey Hall is the primary auditorium at Yale University. Woolsey Hall, which seats 2,695 people, was built as part of the Yale bicentennial celebration in 1901. The architects were Carrère and Hastings, designers of the New York Public Library....
(1901), used for orchestral performances and organ recitals (on the Newberry Memorial OrganNewberry Memorial OrganThe Newberry Memorial Organ is among the largest and most notable "orchestral" organs in North America. Located in Woolsey Hall at Yale University, the organ contains 197 ranks and 166 stops comprising 12,617 pipes. It is one of the largest organs in the world....
).
Notable faculty
- John Adams, Professor of Composition
- Nancy AllenNancy Allen (harpist)Nancy Allen is a prominent harpist from the United States.The daughter of a public school music teacher in the Carmel, New York district, she won numerous international competitions starting at a young age. In 1973 she won first prize at the Fifth International Harp Competition in Israel, which is...
, Professor of Harp - Emanuel AxEmanuel AxEmanuel Ax is a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is currently a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School. He is considered one of the best known concert pianists of the 21st century.-Early life:...
, Visiting Professor of Piano - Martin BeaverMartin BeaverMartin Beaver is a Canadian violinist. As a part of the Tokyo String Quartet he plays the Paganini-Comte Cozio di Salabue violin circa 1727...
, Artist in Residence - Boris BermanBoris BermanBoris Berman is a Russian pianist and pedagogue .He was a student of Lev Oborin at the Moscow Conservatory. He made his debut in Moscow in 1965. He joined an early music ensemble, at the time the only one in Russia, as a harpsichordist. At the same time he worked with contemporary composers such...
, Professor of Piano - Martin BresnickMartin BresnickMartin Bresnick is a composer of contemporary classical music, film scores and experimental music.-Education and early career:Bresnick was born and raised in the Bronx, and is a graduate of New York City's specialized High School of Music and Art. He was educated at the University of Hartford ,...
, Professor of Composition - Simon CarringtonSimon CarringtonSimon Carrington is a singer, double bass player and conductor. He first performed in the UK where he was born, and more recently in the United States.-External links:* * * * * * * * *...
, Professor of Choral Conducting - Allan DeanAllan DeanAllan Dean is a notable American trumpeter who has spent much of his career working as one of the top chamber music players in the United States. Mr. Dean's career is particularly well established in the New York musical scene - primarily because of his long involvement with the New York Brass...
, Professor of Trumpet - Claude FrankClaude FrankClaude Frank is a German-born, American Jewish pianist whose career has included appearances with highly reputed orchestras, at major festivals, and in major recital halls around the world...
, Professor of Piano - Erick FriedmanErick FriedmanErick Friedman is considered by many as one of the greatest American born violinists of the past century. Erick Friedman's illustrious career took him to many of the great concert stages of the world appearing as guest soloist with most of the great orchestras throughout the United States and...
, Professor of Violin - Peter FranklPeter FranklPeter Frankl is a Hungarian-born British pianist. He mainly performs music from the Classical period , the Romantic period and the early Modern period...
, Professor of Piano - Martin JeanMartin JeanMartin David Jean is an American organist considered to be in the "highest ranks of the world's concert organists". He currently teaches organ at the Yale School of Music, along with Thomas Murray, and serves as Director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music...
, Professor of Organ - Sidney HarthSidney HarthSidney Harth was an American violinist and conductor.In 1957 Harth became the first American to receive the Laureate Prize in the Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poland...
, Professor of Violin - Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
, Professor of Music (1940-53) - Ani KavafianAni KavafianAni Kavafian is a classical violinist and professor at the Yale School of Music.Kavafian was born in Istanbul to parents of Armenian descent. In 1956 she moved with her family to Detroit, by which time she had begun playing piano. She began on violin at age nine, studying under Ara Zerounian and...
, Professor of Violin - Aaron Jay KernisAaron Jay KernisAaron Jay Kernis is an American composer and professor at the Yale School of Music.-Biography:Aaron Jay Kernis is Jewish, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory, and Yale University .,Notable works include the...
, Professor of Composition - Ezra LadermanEzra LadermanEzra Laderman is an American composer of classical music.-Biography:His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Though poor, the family had a piano. Ezra writes, "At four, I was improvising at the piano; at seven, I began to compose music, writing it down...
, Professor of Composition - David LangDavid Lang (composer)David Lang is an American composer living in New York City. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for The Little Match Girl Passion.-Biography:...
, Professor of Composition - Ingram MarshallIngram MarshallIngram Marshall is an American composer and a former student of Vladimir Ussachevsky and Morton Subotnick. Son of Bernice Douglas and Harry Reinhard Marshall, Sr. He was a talented soprano in the Boy's Choir at the Mt. Vernon Community Church, and was influenced early by noted music instructor,...
, Visiting Professor of Composition - Robert MealyRobert MealyRobert Mealy is a performer and teacher of baroque violin. He holds a joint position at the Yale School of Music and the Department of Music of Yale University, where he directs the and teaches classes in musical rhetoric and historically-informed performance...
, Professor of Violin - Thomas MurrayThomas MurrayTom Murray was a Scottish curler. He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.-External links:*...
, Professor of Organ - Donald PalmaDonald PalmaDonald Palma is a prominent classical double bassist, conductor, bass instructor, and educator of ensemble performance. He is a native of New York City, and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. Mr...
, Professor of Double Bass - Aldo ParisotAldo ParisotAldo Simoes Parisot is a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello teacher, was formerly a member of the Juilliard School faculty, and currently is serving as a professor of music at the Yale School of Music....
, Professor of Cello - Krzysztof PendereckiKrzysztof PendereckiKrzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
, Professor of Composition (1973-79) - Charles SeegerCharles SeegerCharles Seeger, Jr. was a noted musicologist, composer, and teacher. He was the father of iconic American folk singer Pete Seeger .-Life:...
, Visiting Professor of the Theory of Music (1949-50) - David ShifrinDavid ShifrinDavid Shifrin is an American classical clarinetist.-Performances:He has performed clarinet concertos with many major orchestras around the world....
, Professor of Clarinet - Oscar ShumskyOscar ShumskyOscar Shumsky was an American violinist and conductor born to Russian-Jewish parents.-Biography:...
, Professor of Violin - Robert van SiceRobert van SiceRobert van Sice is an American percussionist and marimba player. He has toured and recorded extensively, currently teaches at the Yale School of Music and the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and was recently invited to join the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music...
, Professor of Percussion - Morton SubotnickMorton SubotnickMorton Subotnick is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch...
, Professor of Composition - Masaaki SuzukiMasaaki Suzukiis a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and musical director of the Bach Collegium Japan.He was born in Kobe to parents who were both Christians and amateur musicians...
, Professor of Choral Conducting - Stephen TaylorStephen TaylorStephen Taylor may refer to:* Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor , British physician, civil servant, politician and educator* Stephen Taylor , lecturer in human resources at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School...
, Professor of Oboe - Christopher Theofanidis, Professor of Composition
- Keith WilsonKeith Wilson (musician)Keith L. Wilson is an American classical musician. He is a clarinetist, teacher, and conductor.-Teaching and conducting career:Wilson was appointed to the faculty of the Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1946....
, Professor of Clarinet - Ransom WilsonRansom WilsonRansom Wilson is an American flutist and conductor. Studying at the Juilliard School in New York City, he formed a close friendship with Jean-Pierre Rampal...
, Professor of Flute