The Yale ISM Review returns with a new editor at the helm
The biannual digital publication relaunches with new editor Loraine Enlow and six authors exploring how worship and the sacred arts can help build just communities. Read more.
ISM launches a new after-school visual arts pilot program
The new initiative offers New Haven middle-school students in grades 6–8 a studio space to develop their creative skills. Read more.
Highlights from the Yale Schola Cantorum tour to Italy
Led by conductor Grete Pedersen, the world class ISM ensemble travelled to five Italian cities in June performing Haydn's Creation.Watch video highlights.
Interwoven: Sounds and Visions from the World’s Refugee Camps
ISM's newest exhibit, opening on Oct. 14, will bring together art and music created by displaced communities across five continents. Read more.
FACULTY, FELLOWS, & STAFF NEWS
James O'Donnell on CT Arts Talk
In a conversation with William Boughton and Tom Duffy, O'Donnell talks about his career and path to the ISM. Listen now.
Markus Rathey, "A Passion for all seasons"
Ahead of Schola’s November 1 St. Matthew Passion, Markus Rathey explores its meaning beyond the Lenten setting. Read more.
Meet the 2026-27 long-term fellows
Meet our new global cohort of scholars and artists exploring religion, music, arts, and culture. Read more.
AAR journal publishes new article by ISM fellow
Dr. Harini Kumar’s “Passionate Living, Divine Rewards” explores ethical labor and Muslim women’s religious authority. Read more.
Bryan Spinks celebrates 50 years of ministry
ISM and YDS colleagues joined a service honoring Rev. Dr. Bryan Spinks' five decades of ministry and scholarship. Read more.
Welcoming Julia Alexander
Julia is the new art exhibitions postgraduate associate, overseeing art exhibits at the ISM. Read more.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mark your calendars!
The ISM’s fall season offers a rich array of events that explore the intersections of music, religion, and the arts. Highlights include Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 in both New York and New Haven; a fall concert and Latin Vespers service with Yale Voxtet; Verdi’s Requiem with Yale Camerata and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, along with the ever-popular annual Camerata Advent concert; weekly Yale Consort choral evensong services; organ recitals featuring James O’Donnell, and Wolfgang Zerer; the annual Lana Schwebel lecture with priest-poet Malcolm Guite; the annual Kavanagh liturgy talk by L. Edward Phillips; and a series of interdisciplinary events engaging ecology, ritual, and sound. View all upcoming events on the ISM online calendar.
Photo: James O'Donnell rehearsing with Yale Consort at St. Mary's Church. Photo by Harold Shapiro.
