Prism Newsletter
February/March 2025
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A winter to remember for the Yale Voxtet

With performances in New York City and throughout Connecticut, the ISM’s select group of eight singers has been engaged in a diverse range of events from a celebration of Charles Ives’ music to Latin Vespers, Bach, and French cabaret. Read more. 
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The ISM's growing exhibition program

The ISM's art exhibition program is growing and becoming more collaborative following the introduction of a new postgraduate associate position. Read more. 

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Grammy award for ISM alums and students 

Congratulations to the current and former ISM students involved with Ochre by The Crossing, which won the 2025 Grammy Award in the Best Choral Performance category. Read more.  

New faculty in Music and the Black Church program

Applications are now open for a faculty position and associate director for the Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church. Learn more. 

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The fourth Black Sacred Arts conference

Centering the Black sacred arts in the academy and beyond will be the theme of the fourth annual Black Sacred Arts conference to be held at Yale in June. Learn more. 

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Faculty spotlight: God in the details

The work of Vasileios Marinis, professor of Christian Art and Architecture, is featured in this article about the importance of looking at, discovering, and understanding art. Read more. 

Submit your writing to LETTERS

The ISM's semi-annual literary magazine is now accepting submissions for the Summer 2025 issue. LETTERS publishes poetry and prose that explores matters of faith, broadly defined. Learn more. 

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Apply now to the Sacred Music Academy

Applications are now open for the Yale Sacred Music Academy from June 23-27. Organists and choral conductors aspiring to a career in church music are welcome to apply before March 31. Learn more.

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Eben Graves: Staff highlight

Eben Graves is the assistant director of the ISM and coordinator of the fellows' program, but he is also a scholar and musician with expertise in Bengali devotional music. Read more. 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Consolation and Confidence

On Jan. 25, Yale Schola Cantorum performed Fauré’s Requiem, Poulenc's Un soir de neige, and Martin's Mass for Double Choir a cappella in Yale's Woolsey Hall. Watch here. 

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Liminal: Coastal Science in Sacred Music

On Feb. 21 the EcoSono Ensemble performed music made with data produced by the Virginia Coast Reserve long-term ecological research site about sea level rise, oyster reef restoration, shorebird extinction, and sea grass meadows. Watch now. 

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Upcoming Events

View all our upcoming events on the ISM's online calendar. 
(Photo of Masaaki Suzuki conducting Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 at the Feb. 22 concert of Klagt, Kinder: Köthener Trauermusik by J.S. Bach in Woolsey Hall. Photo by Harold Shapiro). 

 
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Published monthly in digital form, Prism highlights multiple facets of news from the ISM community. Comments or questions can be addressed to the editor, Amanda Patrick.
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