David Hill to join choral conducting faculty at YSM and ISM
David Hill has been appointed Professor (Adj.) of Choral Conducting in the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music and as Principal Conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum. Martin Jean, the director of the ISM, made the announcement earlier this week. The three-year term of the joint appointment begins July 1, 2013. At [...]
Dmitri Novgorodsky ’03DMA to join faculty of SUNY-Fredonia
Dmitri Novgorodsky ’94MM, ’99MMA, ’03DMA, a pianist, has been appointed to the faculty of the School of Music at SUNY-Fredonia. Novgorodsky will be Assistant Professor of Music, a tenure-track position. For the past three years, Novgorodsky has served on the piano faculty at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He has also taught at [...]
Dominick DiOrio ’12DMA to join faculty of Indiana University
Dominick DiOrio ’08MM, ’09MMA, ’12DMA has accepted a tenure-track position at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University for next fall. DiOrio will be Assistant Professor of Music in the choral conducting department. “I am so excited about this new opportunity,” said DiOrio, “and I can’t wait to move to Bloomington to start this [...]
Tubist Carol Jantsch to join YSM faculty
Dean Blocker announced that Carol Jantsch will join the Yale School of Music faculty next fall. Jantsch has been the principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2006. She won the position while still a senior at the University of Michigan, becoming the first female tuba player in a major symphony orchestra. Raised in a [...]
Ryo Yanagitani ’08MMA appointed to faculty at University of British Columbia
Ryo Yanagitani ’04MM, ’05AD, ’08MMA has been appointed Assistant Professor of Piano at University of British Columbia School of Music. He will begin teaching this fall. Ryo Yanagitani received his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the University of British Columbia under Doctor Henri-Paul Sicsic, a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of [...]
Marc Daniel van Biemen ’10CERT wins position with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Marc Daniel van Biemen ’10CERT has just won a position as a first violinist in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Said van Biemen, “I would like to give Yale much deserved credit for reaching this wonderful goal in my career.” At left is a picture of van Biemen at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, where he [...]
Peter Oundjian to be music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian – a longtime faculty member of the Yale School of Music, the principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, and a former first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet – was named the new music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He will succeed Stéphane Denève in the role. According [...]
Renowned violinist Brian Lewis helps Yale School of Music students become teaching artists
As the Class of ’57 Visiting Professor of Music Education, Lewis guides graduate students in community engagement Brian Lewis, the acclaimed violinist who is also widely recognized as a leader in music education, is the Class of ’57 Visiting Professor of Music Education at the Yale School of Music for the 2010-2011 academic year. By [...]
So Percussion joins the faculty at Bard Conservatory
The Bard College Conservatory of Music has just announced the appointment of So Percussion to its faculty. The members of So Percussion – Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting – will serve as co-directors of the Conservatory’s undergraduate-only percussion program, which will admit its first students in August of 2011. Joining them [...]
New book on C.P.E. Bach from Markus Rathey
Prof. Rathey also named Class of 1960 Fellow at Williams College Dr. Markus Rathey, associate professor of music history at the Institute of Sacred Music, was recently named Class of 1960 Fellow at Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.). In the Class of 1960 Fellows Program, Williams College invites outstanding figures to visit the campus. As distinguished [...]
Martin Jean reappointed as Director of ISM
University President Richard Levin announced last month that Professor Martin Jean has been reappointed as the Director of the Institute of Sacred Music for a second five-year term, beginning January 1, 2010. Levin noted that faculty and staff alike expressed enthusiastic support for Professor Jean’s reappointment. One commentator noted, “His four years show him to [...]
Jeremy Grall ’99MM appointed to faculty at University of Alabama
Guitarist Jeremy Grall ’99MM was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he will teach courses in guitar and music history. This spring, Grall graduated with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Memphis. Dr. Grall’s dissertation, titled An Analytical Edition of Giovanni Kapsberger’s Partite [...]
Paul Hawkshaw appointed deputy dean
Dean Robert Blocker announced today the appointment of Paul Hawkshaw as Deputy Dean of the School of Music. Professor Hawkshaw has served the School and University with distinction for twenty-five years, a tenure that has included eleven years as Associate Dean and two years as Acting Dean. He will continue his responsibilities as Director of [...]
Violist Ettore Causa appointed to YSM faculty
The Yale School of Music announces with pleasure the appointment of Ettore Causa as Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Viola. Mr. Causa will join the faculty in September. Since 2001, Mr. Causa has served as professor of viola and chamber music at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, and he regularly presents master classes throughout [...]
William Westney ’76DMA named Hans Christian Andersen Guest Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) for 2009-10
William Westney (DMA ’76, Piano Performance) has been named the Hans Christian Andersen Guest Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) for the 2009-10 academic year. This six-month university-wide interdisciplinary residency is granted annually to one scholar in any field. During his time in Scandinavia he will also perform as guest artist at the [...]
Toshi Shimada appointed music director of Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra in New London, CT., is thrilled to announce the appointment of Toshiyuki (Toshi) Shimada as its new music director. Shimada, currently the music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra (the university’s undergraduate orchestra), will be the fifth music director in the ECSO’s 63-year history. Toshiyuki Shimada has been music director [...]
John Sipher ’08MM appointed principal trombone of Syracuse Symphony
John Sipher ’08MM has been appointed principal trombone of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He will begin performing with the orchestra of its summer season and will begin full time in September.
Cellist Dmitri Atapine earns awards, faculty appointment
Dmitri Atapine ’05MMA, ’06AD has been appointed to the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno. Beginning in September, Atapine will be Assistant Professor of Cello. In the past year he has also been awarded the Top Prize and the Yamaha Corporation Special Prize at the Spanish National Cello Competition. The First Prize winner at [...]
Bo Li ’09MM to be principal viola of Atlanta Opera
Bo Li, who will graduate this year with a master of music degree in viola, has been appointed principal viola with the Atlanta Opera for the 2009-2010 season. Bo Li studied with the late Jesse Levine at the Yale School of Music after graduating from in 2007 from the Beijing Central Conservatory, where he studied [...]
Violinist Nicholas DiEugenio ’08AD appointed Assistant Professor at Ithaca College
Nicholas DiEugenio ’08AD has been appointed Assistant Professor of Violin at the Ithaca College School of Music. The position is tenure-track and begins this August. BIOGRAPHY Praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer for his “invigorating, silken” playing and “mysterious atmosphere,” violinist Nicholas DiEugenio leads a versatile musical life as a multi-faceted performer of composers from [...]
Julian Pellicano appointed to faculty at Longy
Julian Pellicano ’07MA, currently a conducting fellow at the Yale School of Music, has been appointed the artistic director of large ensembles in the Conservatory and principal conductor of the Longy Chamber Orchestra and Longy Chamber Winds, beginning in September. Currently, Mr. Pellicano serves as the assistant conductor of the New Britain (Conn.) Symphony and [...]
John Mangan ’94MM appointed Vice President & Dean of Curtis Institute of Music
John Mangan, a graduate of the Yale School of Music and a lecturer in the Department of History, has been appointed as the next Vice President and Dean of the Curtis Institute of Music. Dr. Mangan will oversee the academic, musical studies, and performance curricula, as well as all areas relating to students and faculty. [...]
Chad Burrow ’01MM appointed professor of clarinet at University of Michigan
Chad Burrow ’01MM has been appointed to the prestigious position of professor of clarinet at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The winner of prizes and awards from the 2001 Young Concert Artist International Competition in New York City, the 2000 Woolsey Hall Competition, the 2000 Artist International Competition, and the 1997 Fischoff National [...]
Yale Announces Appointment of Conductor Masaaki Suzuki
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music are pleased to announce the joint appointment of eminent Bach scholar and conductor Masaaki Suzuki as Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting and conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum, the University’s renowned chamber choir. The two-year appointment will begin July 1, 2009. Since founding Bach Collegium [...]
