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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Upcoming performances at any of our many concert venues
Applications now open
Applications are due Dec. 1
Apply now for the 2021-2022 academic year
Students at YSM enjoy the intimacy of a small conservatory and the resources of a large, Ivy League university. Learn more about the degrees and programs at YSM.
News
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Dec 3
Dr. Howard Watkins, named a Presidential Visiting Fellow, will coach Yale Opera for spring semester
Nov 6
Generation YSM: Meet bassoonist Katia Osorio '22MM
Oct 26
Adriana Zabala stars as Susan B. Anthony in new, dramatic song-cycle
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
Returning to Yale
COVID-19 update fall 2020
Information for students, faculty, and staff as we return to campus
In the decision to return to campus during the fall 2020 semester, the school aims to successfully provide students with the ability to matriculate and complete requirements towards graduation with the fall semester coursework.
