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 [...]
Michael Yaffe on arts education
An Emotional Education through Music These remarks are adapted from a talk given on August 18 at the final event of the second annual Morse Summer Music Academy on August 18. The Academy’s 51 students, who are in grades 5 through 11 in the New Haven Public Schools, undertook four weeks of intensive music instruction [...]
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, [...]
