School of Music awards prizes at annual honors dinner
The School of Music held its annual honors dinner on Sunday, May 5. The event offered tributes to distinguished alumni and faculty, and honored outstanding students. The Cultural Leadership Citation was awarded to James D’Addario. D’Addario is the CEO of D’Addario Strings, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of instrument strings, and (with his wife) co-founder of [...]
Yale Choral Artists sing Brahms February 9
Updated Feb. 9, 2013: This concert has been cancelled because of the blizzard. We hope we will be able to reschedule. Please check our website for updates. The Yale Glee Club and the Yale School of Music present a concert by the Yale Choral Artists on Saturday, February 9, at 8 pm. Jeffrey Douma will conduct [...]
Tokyo Quartet, Peter Oundjian receive Sanford Medals
At the Tokyo String Quartet‘s performance last night, Dean Robert Blocker awarded the Sanford Medal to current and past members of the quartet. The medal, which is the highest honor that the Yale School of Music bestows, is awarded for distinguished service to music. Blocker presented the medal to the four current members of the [...]
Margins and Mirrors: Dean Blocker’s Convocation Address
Robert Blocker, Dean of the School of Music, delivered this address to the incoming class at the School’s Fall Convocation on September 6, 2012. MARGINS and MIRRORS Tonight I want to think with you about the margins and mirrors that determine the course and quality of our lives. Margins are measurements of time and space that [...]
“Observe the Fermata”: Dean Blocker’s address to the Class of 2012
The Yale School of Music held its Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2012 in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall. Here is the text of Dean Robert Blocker’s address to the Class of 2012. In his epic poem THE FOUR QUARTETS, T.S. Elliot offers this revelation: What we call the beginning is often the [...]
Horowitz Piano Series closes season with Robert Blocker on March 21
“A pianist of purified technique and enormous sensitivity.” – La Provincia The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Robert Blocker, on Wednesday, March 21. Blocker, hailed as “a pianist of purified technique and enormous sensitivity,” will perform a diverse program of music from the Baroque to [...]
Feb. 13 concert features music of Martin Bresnick
“Bresnick is a major voice.” –Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times The Faculty Artist Series at the Yale School of Music presents a concert of music by the award-winning composer Martin Bresnick on Monday, February 13. Featuring performances by pianist Robert Blocker, the acclaimed piano-cello duo TwoSense, and alumni of the School of Music, the [...]
Asking Good Questions: Dean Blocker’s Commencement Address
At the School of Music’s 118th Commencement, held May 23, 2011, Dean Robert Blocker addressed the graduates. The text of his address, titled Asking Good Questions, is reprinted here. ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS Robert Blocker The Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music In the library of questions, there are many different types. Some are social, [...]
Pianist Robert Blocker performs music from Scarlatti to Schwantner March 23
“A measurable virtuoso bent and considerable musical sensitivity….” – Los Angeles Times The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by its Dean, pianist Robert Blocker on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The Los Angeles Times [...]
Dean Blocker among Central Conservatory honorees in Beijing
Last fall, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China honored Dean Robert Blocker at a ceremony celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding. On November 1 the Conservatory held a ceremony with hundreds of alumni and guests, including composer Tan Dun, pianist Lang Lang, and the heads of numerous Chinese universities, conservatories, orchestras, and [...]
Robert Blocker reappointed Dean of the School of Music
On August 16, Yale University President Richard Levin announced with great pleasure the reappointment of Robert Blocker as Dean of the School of Music for a term of five years, effective July 1, 2011. Wrote Levin to the School of Music community: Dean Blocker received enthusiastic support from those who wrote and those with whom [...]
Yale in New York series offers a preview of Prokofiev Rediscovered: premieres and rarities
Among the three premieres is the unfinished opera Distant Seas and Music for Athletic Exercises, performed with dance The celebrated Yale in New York series offers a special preview concert of its Prokofiev Rediscovered program on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The program, which will [...]
Yale in NY offers piano music for four and six hands
Featuring pianists Boris Berman, Claude Frank, Elizabeth Parisot, Wei-Yi Yang The Yale School of Music presents “One and Two Pianos, Four and Six Hands,” a fascinating program of music by Mozart, Schnittke, and Stravinsky, on Wednesday, February 4 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Eminent pianists from the School of [...]
