Kyung Yu and Elizabeth Parisot perform together March 3
Concert features music by Bach, Strauss, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot on Sunday, March 3 at 8 pm. The concert takes place in Morse Recital Hall, located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street. The event was originally scheduled for February [...]
Violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot perform Feb. 8th
Concert features music by Bach, Strauss, and Saint-Saëns UPDATE 2/8/2013: Because of the snowstorm, this concert has been postponed to Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 8 pm. New Haven, CT |The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot on Friday, February 8th, 2013 at 8 pm. The [...]
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 [...]
Hung-Kuan Chen performs Brahms, Schumann & more Nov. 28
“A virtuoso… with an enormous palette of tone colors.” ––Boston Globe New Haven, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Hung-Kuan Chen on Wednesday, November 28. Chen, a faculty member hailed by the Boston Globe as “a deeply probing, imaginative player with an enormous palette of tone [...]
David Lang named Musical America’s Composer of the Year
Musical America Announces 2013 Awards; Gustavo Dudamel Named Musician of the Year David Lang, Wu Man, Joyce DiDonato, and José Antonio Abreu recognized as Composer, Instrumentalist, Vocalist, and Educator of the Year, respectively Musical America, now in its third century as an indispensable resource for the performing arts, today announced the winners of the annual Musical America [...]
Actress to bring Dickens characters to life at British Art Center
Award-winning British stage and screen actress Miriam Margolyes will perform her celebrated production of “Dickens’ Women” at the Yale Center for British Art on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 6 pm. The production features Margolyes portraying 23 of Dickens’ best-loved characters. Acclaimed pianist Wei-Yi Yang will accompany Margolyes on piano with music contemporary to Dickens’ time. [...]
In memoriam: John Warner Swallow
John Swallow, Professor Emeritus of Music, died Saturday, October 20, 2012 after a long illness. In a message to the School, Dean Robert Blocker wrote of the community’s “admiration and affection” for Professor Swallow, who came to the School of Music in 1965 as a Lecturer of Trombone. Swallow retired in 2001 as Professor of Trombone, [...]
Boris Berman plays music from a hundred years back Nov. 7
Program highlights Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy Multimedia program includes Debussy, Scriabin, Prokofiev NEW HAVEN, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents A Hundred Years Back: music written 1912–1913, a performance by pianist Boris Berman, on Wednesday, November 7. Featuring pieces by Scriabin, Prokofiev, and Debussy, the recital highlights the rich variety [...]
Faculty Artist Series presents violinist Wendy Sharp and pianist Joel Wizansky
Concert features music from Dvorak to Schnittke to Corigliano The Yale School of Music presents a recital by Wendy Sharp, violin, and Joel Wizansky, piano on Sunday, October 21 at 4 pm. The event is part of the Faculty Artist Series, which features the School’s prestigious faculty in concerts that are free and open to [...]
Wei-Yi Yang performs Spanish program Oct. 10
The Yale School of Music opens the 2012—2013 season of the Horowitz Piano Series with a recital by the “untiring, passionate, and poetic” (Classics Today) pianist Wei-Yi Yang on Wednesday, October 10. The centerpiece of the program is Enrique Granados’s masterful Goyescas, a neo-Romantic piano suite inspired by the work of the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Goyescas [...]
Melvin Chen returns to Yale
Melvin Chen has been appointed Associate Professor of Piano (adjunct) at the Yale School of Music. In announcing this faculty position, Dean Robert Blocker has also appointed Chen to serve as Deputy Dean of the School. Blocker commented: “Melvin Chen’s longstanding relationship with Yale College and the School of Music, his international profile as an [...]
Masaaki Suzuki to receive Bach Medal 2012
The 2012 Bach Medal, awarded by the city of Leipzig, was presented to the Japanese conductor, organist, and harpsichordist Masaaki Suzuki on June 8, at a ceremony during the Leipzig Bach Festival. Suzuki, the founder and director of Bach Collegium Japan, is a member of the Yale faculty and the director of Yale Schola Cantorum. [...]
Faculty profile: Ettore Causa, viola
Ettore Causa joined the School of Music faculty in the fall of 2009. He brought not only his experience on the concert stage but a deep passion for teaching. In this brand-new video, watch him in his studio, hear from some of his students, and learn about his unique approach to teaching.
Tokyo String Quartet to retire from international concert stage after 2012–2013 season
The Tokyo String Quartet announced today that the concert season 2012–2013 will be its last. One of the world’s most distinguished chamber music ensembles, the quartet was founded in 1969 and joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music as Artists-in-Residence in 1977. The Tokyo Quartet – Martin Beaver, violin; Kikuei Ikeda, violin; Kazuhide [...]
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 [...]
Tokyo String Quartet looks to future
Dean Robert Blocker announced this morning that violist Kazuhide Isomura and second violinist Kikuei Ikeda will retire from the Tokyo String Quartet in June, 2013. One of the world’s most distinguished chamber music ensembles, the Tokyo String Quartet was founded in 1969 and has been the quartet-in-residence at the Yale School of Music and the [...]
Longtime duo of Kyung Yu and Elizabeth Parisot performs Nov. 2
The Yale School of Music presents violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot in a Faculty Artist Recital on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Yu and Parisot, a longtime duo who have performed together in the United States, Italy, and Korea, will play music from Mozart to Ravel. The recital will take place at 8 pm [...]
Concert features music of David Lang Oct. 6
The Yale School of Music presents the first New Music New Haven concert of the year on Thursday, October 6, 2011. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, a faculty member and graduate of the School of Music, is the featured composer. The concert will take place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague [...]
Composers Aaron Jay Kernis and Martin Boykan elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced earlier this month that Aaron Jay Kernis ’83MM, a graduate of the Yale School of Music and a current member of the composition faculty, and alumnus Martin Boykan ’53MM are among the ten people recently elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The [...]
Boris Berman plays Bach keyboard concertos April 6
Will perform with quartet of YSM faculty and alumni performers The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by pianist Boris Berman and guest artists on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert presents four concertos [...]
William Purvis appointed the Director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce that William Purvis has been appointed as the Director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. Purvis, a horn player, conductor, and educator, has been serving as the Interim Director of the Collection since 2008. After several years as a faculty artist at the Norfolk Chamber [...]
Violinist Sarita Kwok and pianist Jian Liu perform March 31
Diverse duos by Beethoven, Bresnick, Messiaen, and Prokofiev The Yale School of Music presents a Faculty Artist Recital with violinist Sarita Kwok and pianist Jian Liu on Thursday, March 31, at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street, New Haven). Both Kwok and Liu are graduates of the [...]
Bruckner Society of America to award Joseph Kilenyi Medal of Honor to Paul Hawkshaw
The Bruckner Society of America announced this week that Paul Hawkshaw will be awarded the Joseph Kilenyi Medal of Honor. This honor is given to individuals whose work exemplifies the understanding and appreciation of the life and music of Anton Bruckner. Paul Hawkshaw is Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Music as well as [...]
Daewon Music Awards Grand Prize given to Hyo Kang
Hyo Kang, a member of the YSM violin faculty, was honored with the Daewon Music Awards Grand Prize, the most prestigious music award in Korea, for his contribution to the field of music through his establishment of the Great Mountains International Music Festival. Hyo Kang has led a flourishing and versatile career as a performer, [...]
