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Recognized around the world for their performances, compositions, and scholarship, Yale School of Music faculty are an invaluable resource for our students, our audiences, and our field.
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![Kevin Cobb](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/cobb_people-promo.jpg?itok=V7ubs5wj)
Kevin Cobb
Visiting Associate Professor of Trumpet,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Scott Hartman](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/hartman_people-promo.jpg?itok=R5EXQwtb)
Scott Hartman
Lecturer in Trombone,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Carol Jantsch](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/jantsch_people-promo.jpg?itok=-YAC6tsf)
Carol Jantsch
Lecturer in Tuba,
Yale School of Music
![William Purvis](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/purvis_people-promo.jpg?itok=fFqNMKxt)
William Purvis
Professor in the Practice of Horn,
Yale School of Music
Coordinator of Woodwind and Brass Studies,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Composition
![Katherine Balch](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2022-06/Katherine%20Balch_people%20profile_606x666.jpg?itok=Tgq5l_sQ)
Katherine Balch
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Composition ,
Yale School of Music
![Martin Bresnick](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/bresnick_people-promo.jpg?itok=meNvyWxa)
Martin Bresnick
Charles T. Wilson Professor in the Practice of Composition,
Yale School of Music
Director, New Music Workshop,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Aaron Jay Kernis](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/kernis_people-promo.jpg?itok=6JrsIUHS)
Aaron Jay Kernis
Professor Adjunct of Composition,
Yale School of Music
Artistic Director, New Music New Haven,
Yale School of Music
![David Lang](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/lang_people-promo.jpg?itok=jBaYm_lK)
David Lang
Professor Adjunct of Composition,
Yale School of Music
![Christopher Theofanidis](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/theofanidis_people-promo.jpg?itok=XwWkiw0X)
Christopher Theofanidis
Professor in the Practice of Composition,
Yale School of Music
Coordinator of Composition Studies,
Yale School of Music
Conducting
![dr. Felicia barber](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2022-07/dr.%20felicia%20barber.jpg?itok=UU2ouoSD)
Felicia Barber
Associate Professor, Adjunct, of Choral Conducting,
Yale School of Music
Conductor, Yale Camerata,
Institute of Sacred Music
Chamber Choir & Choral Conducting Workshop,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![William Boughton](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/boughton_people-promo.jpg?itok=mD2GLX15)
William Boughton
Associate Professor Adjunct of Music,
Yale School of Music
Director, Yale Symphony Orchestra,
Department of Music
![jeff douma](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2023-09/jeff.png?itok=SZ3LZLwe)
Jeffrey Douma
Marshall Bartholomew Professor in the Practice of Choral Music,
Yale School of Music
Director, Yale Glee Club,
Department of Music
Director, Chamber Choir & Choral Conducting Workshop,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Thomas C. Duffy](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/duffy_people-promo.jpg?itok=5WVo8nZD)
Thomas C. Duffy
Professor Adjunct of Music,
Yale School of Music
Artistic Director, Ellington Jazz Series,
Yale School of Music
Director, Yale Jazz Initiative,
Yale School of Music
Director, Yale University Bands,
Yale College
![David Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/hill_people-promo.jpg?itok=jVZPPhbC)
David Hill
Professor Adjunct of Choral Conducting,
Institute of Sacred Music
Principal Conductor, Yale Schola Cantorum,
Institute of Sacred Music
![Peter Oundjian](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/oundjian_people-promo.jpg?itok=wfD13HLR)
Peter Oundjian
Professor Adjunct of Music and Orchestral Conducting,
Yale School of Music
Principal Conductor, Yale Philharmonia,
Yale School of Music
Guitar
![Benjamin Verdery](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/verdery_people-promo.jpg?itok=h87Mf5jR)
Benjamin Verdery
Associate Professor Adjunct of Guitar,
Yale School of Music
Harp
![June Han](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/han_people-promo.jpg?itok=P9s5Ox2j)
June Han
Lecturer in Harp,
Yale School of Music
Harpsichord
![Arthur Haas](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/haas_people-promo.jpg?itok=6IpQQGVF)
Arthur Haas
Lecturer in Harpsichord,
Yale School of Music
Organ
![Jeffrey Brillhart](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/brillhart_people-promo.jpg?itok=c8KK-GrJ)
Jeffrey Brillhart
Lecturer in Organ Improvisation,
Institute of Sacred Music
![Martin Jean](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/jean_people-promo.jpg?itok=GUykL-Ys)
Martin Jean
Director, Yale Institute of Sacred Music,
Institute of Sacred Music
Professor of Organ,
Institute of Sacred Music
![Walden Moore](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/moore_people-promo.jpg?itok=vbsoQnMj)
Walden Moore
Lecturer Adjunct in Organ,
Institute of Sacred Music
![james o'donnell](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2022-06/odonnell_james_news.jpg?itok=9QEhLuqJ)
James O'Donnell
Professor in the Practice of Organ,
Institute of Sacred Music
Percussion
![Robert Van Sice](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/van%20sice_people-promo.jpg?itok=nadtpLpt)
Robert van Sice
Lecturer in Percussion,
Yale School of Music
Piano
![Photo of Boris Berman.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/berman_people-promo.jpg?itok=SP0iOVX8)
Boris Berman
Sylvia and Leonard Marx Professor in the Practice of Piano,
Yale School of Music
Artistic Director, Horowitz Piano Series,
Yale School of Music
Coordinator of Piano Studies,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Photo of Dean Robert Blocker.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/blocker_people-promo.jpg?itok=pAvIRDBn)
Robert Blocker
William Edward Gilbert Professor of Piano,
Yale School of Music
![Melvin Chen](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/chen_m_people-promo.jpg?itok=s6cFSGay)
Melvin Chen
Professor in the Practice of Piano,
Yale School of Music
Director,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Elizabeth Parisot](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/parisot_e_people-promo.jpg?itok=4ePQFU-C)
Elizabeth Parisot
Associate Professor Adjunct of Piano,
Yale School of Music
![Boris Slutsky](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/slutsky_people-promo.jpg?itok=xFipDFWJ)
Boris Slutsky
Professor in the Practice of Piano,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Wei-Yi Yang](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/yang_people-promo.jpg?itok=gOHzsSm-)
Wei-Yi Yang
Professor in the Practice of Piano,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Strings
![Photo of Ole Akahoshi.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/akahoshi_people-promo.jpg?itok=UdmFpvX1)
Ole Akahoshi
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Cello,
Yale School of Music
Director, Yale Cellos,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Ettore Causa](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/causa_people-promo.jpg?itok=_fjziMCo)
Ettore Causa
Associate Professor Adjunct of Viola,
Yale School of Music
![Hadelich_Augustin](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2021-08/hadelich-people-promo.jpg?itok=pG8XzX-Q)
Augustin Hadelich
Professor in the Practice of Violin,
Yale School of Music
![Ani Kavafian](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/kavafian_people-promo.jpg?itok=Fmpec9yt)
Ani Kavafian
Professor in the Practice of Violin,
Yale School of Music
Coordinator of String Studies,
Yale School of Music
![soovin kim](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2022-06/Soovin%20Kim.jpg?itok=OgCafYTt)
Soovin Kim
Visiting Professor in the Practice of Violin,
Yale School of Music
![a man with glasses, black hair, and black shirt, playing the violin in front of a stained glass window](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2023-11/Lumedia_FourSeasons-20.jpg?itok=tHB0N1-N)
Daniel S. Lee
Lecturer in Early Music, Violin,
Yale School of Music
![murray_tai](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2021-08/murray-people-promo.jpg?itok=ct2r_vfa)
Tai Murray
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, of Violin,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Donald Palma](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/palma_people-promo.jpg?itok=s1wVrAoe)
Donald Palma
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Double Bass,
Yale School of Music
![Wendy Sharp](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/sharp_people-promo.jpg?itok=U95Booi_)
Wendy Sharp
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Violin,
Yale School of Music
Director, Chamber Music,
Yale School of Music
![Paul Watkins](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/watkins_people-promo.jpg?itok=W_Lw_vVl)
Paul Watkins
Professor in the Practice of Cello,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Kyung Yu](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/yu_people-promo.jpg?itok=wEt0doBU)
Kyung Yu
Lecturer in Violin,
Yale School of Music
Voice
![Photo of Janna Baty.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/baty_people-promo.jpg?itok=80tZ7Nxn)
Janna Baty
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Voice,
Yale School of Music
![Gerald Martin Moore. Photo by Ashley Claire Emrick](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-07/Gerald%20Martin%20Moore.jpg?itok=MHM_U8ek)
Gerald Martin Moore
Professor in the Practice of Voice,
Yale School of Music
Director, Yale Opera,
Yale School of Music
Coordinator of Vocal Studies,
Yale School of Music
![penna_jj](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2021-08/penna_jj-people-promo.1.jpg?itok=ILnVrBpu)
J.J. Penna
Lecturer in Voice and Opera,
Yale School of Music
![alejandro roca](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2022-06/Headshot%20Alejandro%20Roca%20Yale%202022.jpg?itok=u_a1v5v9)
Alejandro Roca
Lecturer in Voice and Opera,
Yale School of Music
![James Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/taylor_j_people-promo.jpg?itok=DTinRAnQ)
James Taylor
Professor in the Practice of Voice,
Institute of Sacred Music
![adriana zabala](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2024-05/Unknown.jpeg?itok=653ZqEoE)
Adriana Zabala
Associate Professor Adjunct of Voice,
Yale School of Music
Woodwinds
![Frank Morelli](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/morelli_people-promo.png?itok=PVdt1BRy)
Frank Morelli
Associate Professor Adjunct of Music,
Yale School of Music
![David Shifrin](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/shifrin_people-promo.jpg?itok=D8YINiQT)
David Shifrin
Professor in the Practice of Clarinet,
Yale School of Music
Artistic Director, Oneppo Chamber Music Series,
Yale School of Music
Artistic Director, Yale in New York,
Yale School of Music
![Stephen Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/taylor_s_people-promo.jpg?itok=mekKhyjG)
Stephen Taylor
Lecturer in Oboe,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
![Tara Helen O'Connor](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2023-07/Tara%20O%27Connor.png?itok=5_ipGfF1)
Tara Helen O'Connor
Visiting Associate Professor, Adjunct, of Flute ,
Yale School of Music
Festival Artist,
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Chamber Music
![Photo of Misha Amory.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/amory_people-promo.jpg?itok=x-iPzEWh)
Misha Amory
Artist in Residence (Brentano String Quartet),
Yale School of Music
![Serena Canin](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/canin_people-promo.jpg?itok=rTZ4EecK)
Serena Canin
Artist in Residence (Brentano String Quartet),
Yale School of Music
![Nina Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/lee_n_people-promo.jpg?itok=BATs7Stv)
Nina Lee
Artist in Residence (Brentano String Quartet),
Yale School of Music
![Wendy Sharp](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/sharp_people-promo.jpg?itok=U95Booi_)
Wendy Sharp
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Violin,
Yale School of Music
Director, Chamber Music,
Yale School of Music
![Mark Steinberg](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/steinberg_people-promo.jpg?itok=oW6IgvnU)
Mark Steinberg
Artist in Residence (Brentano String Quartet),
Yale School of Music
Academic Studies
![Photo of Astrid Baumgardner.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/baumgardner_people-promo.jpg?itok=WiuwQexn)
Astrid Baumgardner
Lecturer Adjunct in Music,
Yale School of Music
![Photo of Paul Berry.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/berry_people-promo.jpg?itok=TGhxZqse)
Paul Berry
Interim Deputy Dean,
Yale School of Music
Associate Professor Adjunct of Music History,
Yale School of Music
Coordinator of Academic Studies,
Yale School of Music
![Serena Blocker](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/blocker_s_people-promo.jpg?itok=BFX4hSPg)
Serena Blocker
Lecturer in English,
Yale School of Music
![Lynette Bowring](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/bowring_people-promo.jpg?itok=HRdjAcaQ)
Lynette Bowring
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Music History,
Yale School of Music
![Wayne Escoffery](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/escoffery_people-promo.jpg?itok=FsQBPGs8)
Wayne Escoffery
Lecturer in Jazz,
Yale School of Music
![Robert Holzer](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/holzer_people-promo.jpg?itok=JD_qaANW)
Robert Holzer
Associate Professor Adjunct of Music History,
Yale School of Music
![lee](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2021-08/lee-people-promo.jpg?itok=uzbuVMfF)
Albert Lee
Associate Professor, Adjunct,
Yale School of Music
Director of Equity, Belonging, and Student Life,
Yale School of Music
![Jonathan Mills](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/mills_people-promo.jpg?itok=Jml7JXLr)
Jonathan Mills
Visiting Professor of Music,
Yale School of Music
![Seth Monahan](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/monahan_people-promo.jpg?itok=q_sjSO4X)
Seth Monahan
Associate Professor Adjunct of Analysis and Musicianship,
Yale School of Music
![Markus Rathey](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/rathey_people-promo.jpg?itok=sFpIEN4g)
Markus Rathey
Robert S. Tangeman Professor in the Practice of Music History,
Institute of Sacred Music
![Sebastian Ruth](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2020-01/ruth_people-promo.jpg?itok=Te1J5bd7)
Sebastian Ruth
Visiting Lecturer in Community Engagement,
Yale School of Music
![Stephanie Venturino](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_image/public/2022-06/Venturino_34.jpg?itok=qR10Zft_)
Stephanie Venturino
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, of Music Analysis and Musicianship,
Yale School of Music