On Sunday, May 19, the ISM community joined with proud family members and friends to celebrate our twenty-two new graduates. Following a special dinner, certificates were presented to each student and the 2024 prize and scholarship winners were also announced. The following day, the graduates joined in the University's formal Commencement ceremony and received their degrees from the Yale School of Music or Yale Divinity School. Read the list of graduates and prizewinners. Click below to view slideshows from both occasions.
View graduation dinner slideshow
View commencement slideshow
FEATURED NEWS
Library adds gospel legends to its collection of oral history interviews
Yale’s Oral History of American Music collection recently added three Grammy Award–winning artists to its roster of interviews: Richard Smallwood (pictured), Lady Tramaine Hawkins, and Bebe Winans. The gospel artists were in New Haven for April's “Anthem of Praise”, a concert sponsored by ISM’s Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church to honor the life and music of Richard Smallwood. Read more.
Praises ring out in Woolsey Hall for ISM's closing anniversary event
On May 5, Woolsey Hall was filled with jubilant voices as the ISM marked the end of its 50th anniversary celebrations with an ecumenical hymn festival on the theme “All Creation Sings.” Attendees joined in rousing songs such as “We’ve Come This Far by Faith” and “Sweet, Sweet Spirit" and Drs. James Forbes and Barbara Brown Taylor shared reflections. If you missed it, you can view the full recording here.
Religion, Ecology and Expressive Culture Initiative one year on
In its first full year of programming, the ISM's Religion, Ecology and Expressive Culture initiative featured exhibitions, plays, workshops, panels, and conferences that drew attention to the rich and growing body of work at the intersection of religion, ecology, and expressive cultures. Read more.
Reflecting on the ISM's 50 years at Yale University
Watch this short video that traces the growth and impact of the ISM throughout its fifty years at Yale, in close partnership with the Yale School of Music and Yale Divinity School. Watch here.
STUDENT NEWS
What Bach's Mass in B Minor means to one Schola member
Eliana Barwinski M.A.R. ’25 is currently performing Bach’s B Minor Mass with Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 throughout the UK. Here she talks about how impactful the music has been in her own life. Read more.
ISM students conduct Danish National Choir in a Copenhagen church
As part of an ongoing exchange with Danish Radio and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, second year choral conducting majors led a concert in May in Copenhagen’s Trinitatis Church. Read more.
ALUMNI/FELLOWS NEWS
Alumna's work at the intersection of science and faith
Yale Scientific Magazine recently published an article about ISM alumna, Emily Boring, M.Div. ‘23, highlighting her work at the intersection of science and faith. Read more.
Welcoming a new short-term fellow
Welcome to James Blasina, music professor at Swarthmore College and the ISM's new short-term fellow, whose research will focus on chant and liturgy for the cults of saints in the European Middle Ages. Read more.
Fellow's podcast: Orthodox liturgy as refuge and resistance
Dr. Nadia Kizenko joins Ariana Hones M. Div. '25 to discuss her research on Orthodox liturgy in Ukraine. Listen to the podcast.
Fellow's podcast: Time in Byzantium
Dr. Peter Boudreau discusses the complexity of Byzantine time, the relationship between images and text, and the future of studying Byzantium. Listen now.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Giving thanks for the ISM
At Yale Consort's recent Festal Evensong, Professor Teresa Morgan, the McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at YDS, shared remarks for the ISM's 50th anniversary. Read them here.
Bach's Mass in B Minor
Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415, conducted by David Hill, performed Bach's B Minor Mass in Woolsey Hall on Saturday, April 27. View the concert recording.
Anthem of Praise
View April's concert at College Street Music Hall where multiple gospel artists honored legendary musician and composer, Richard Smallwood. Watch here.
