Study
Yale School of Music offers its students an intimate and supportive environment in which to excel in their respective area of study.
Explore
Be it with musical instruments, manuscripts, or recordings, YSM provides ample resources for exploration, such as The Collection of Musical Instruments and other Yale resources.
Engage
With year-long performances in our concert halls, countless community initiatives, and the summer’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, YSM is engaged with the world at large.
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Explore
Be it with musical instruments, manuscripts, or recordings, YSM provides ample resources for exploration, such as The Collection of Musical Instruments and other Yale resources.
Engage
With year-long performances in our concert halls, countless community initiatives, and the summer’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, YSM is engaged with the world at large.
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News
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Jun 1
Artistic voices for tragic times: A message from Dean Robert Blocker
May 29
Proposed reopening for fall term 2020
May 28
YSM alumni curate concert broadcast for Yale New Haven Health patients and caregivers
Meet Paul Watkins
My goal is to give my students the self-critical faculties and, above all, confidence to go independently into the demanding but extraordinarily fulfilling profession they have chosen.
Paul Watkins, Professor Adjunct of Cello
Commencement
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Congrats Class of 2020
The School of Music held a virtual commencement ceremony that aired on Monday, May 18, 2020. This festive virtual occasion acknowledged the conferral of individual degrees for the D.M.A., M.M.A., M.M., and A.D. programs. Additionally, student prizes normally awarded at the annual Honors Banquet were announced.
