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Yale harmonizes music and literacy in local schools
Nora Wessel Yale Daily News It is Tuesday morning at John C. Daniels Magnet School. Class is in session and the building is quiet, save for faint music echoing down the sunshine-flooded halls. Inside...
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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,...
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Associate Dean Michael Yaffe to receive National Guild Service Award
Michael Yaffe will be honored by the National Guild for Community Arts Education this Saturday, November 11. Yaffe, the associate dean of the School of Music, will receive the National Guild Service...
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Michael Yaffe receives national award
National Guild Service Award recognizes exceptional long-term achievement in community arts education The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce that Associate Dean Michael Yaffe was honored with...
View ArticleYoung Artists Solo Competition, 4th-6th grades
The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th–6th grade level of the Yale/New Haven Young Artists Solo Competition. This round of the Competition took place on Wednesday, May...
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Young Artists Solo Competition, 7th-8th grades, announces winners
The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce the winners of the 7th–8th grade level of the Yale/New Haven Young Artists Solo Competition. This round of the Competition took place on Tuesday, May 29,...
View Article9th-12th grade winners, Young Artists Solo Competition
The final level of the fifth annual Yale/New Haven Young Artists Solo Competition took place on Wednesday, May 30 at 5 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall. The Music in Schools Initiative is...
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Morse Academy presents final concert August 16
The 2012 Morse Summer Music Academy will present its final concert on Thursday, August 16. The event will recognize the 75 Morse Fellows for their hard work throughout the program. These New Haven...
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Winning participants announced for fifth Yale Symposium on Music in Schools
David Lang The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce the participants selected for the fifth Symposium on Music in Schools, which will take place June 4–7, 2015 on the Yale campus. This year’s...
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Yale Symposium 2015: Music in the Schools
Polyphonic.org | By Ann Drinan The Yale School of Music held its fifth Symposium on Music in the Schools on June 5 & 6, 2015 in New Haven to explore the role of music partnerships. A gift from the...
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Yale School of Music and New Haven Public Schools: Changing lives through...
YaleNews | By Bess Connolly Martell It’s not uncommon for the students at the Yale School of Music to “blow their own horns,” but when it comes to the wealth of opportunities the school presents to New...
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Yale School of Music’s gifted musicians a click away — via live streaming
Gene Kimball in the Fred Plaut Recording Studio. Photo by Peter Hvizdak, New Haven Register New Haven Register | By Joe Amarante NEW HAVEN » Yale’s stream of concert-ness has become a torrent of sorts....
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Yale recognizes Music in Schools Initiative with Linda K. Lorimer Award
On Oct. 28, President Salovey and Linda K. Lorimer presented 35 Yale staff members representing nine key initiatives with the Linda K. Lorimer Award for staff excellence and distinguished service to...
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Convocation 2016 Celebrates “Transcendent Yale Legacy”
YSM Dean Robert Blocker | Convocation 2016 In his Convocation address, titled Music: A Transcendent Yale Legacy, School of Music Dean Robert Blocker told incoming and returning students, faculty,...
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Adams Center for Musical Arts opens
Adams Center for Musical Arts The new Adams Center for Musical Arts opened today, as students, faculty, and staff returned to the Yale School of Music and Yale College to begin the spring semester....
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Yale celebrates Adams Center grand opening
Adams Center for Musical Arts | Photo by Bob Handelman The Yale University community and distinguished guests on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of the new Adams Center for Musical Arts. It was...
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Yaffe receives sustainability award, Purrington debuts “A Clarion Call”
YSM Associate Dean Michael Yaffe Yale School of Music Associate Dean Michael Yaffe received a Certificate of Outstanding Recognition on Friday, April 21, from Yale University’s Office of...
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YSM honors Distinguished Music Educators
The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Yale Distinguished Music Educator Awards. Ten awardees, who represent city school districts across the United States, will be...
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Yale Hosts Sixth Symposium on Music in Schools
Rubén Rodríguez, left, and Michael Yaffe during the 2017 Symposium on Music in Schools. Photo by Matt FriedOn June 15-17, the Yale School of Music hosted its sixth biennial Symposium on Music in...
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Symposium participant Lara Davis talks intersectionality
Lara Davis. Photo by Matt Fried Lara Davis, the arts education manager at Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture, was one of 43 participants at YSM’s sixth Symposium on Music in Schools, the focus of...
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Symposium participant Tarik Ward calls music “the cultural equalizer”
Tarik Ward. Photo by Matt Fried Tarik Ward, the director of music programs at ELMA Philanthropy Services, was one of 43 participants at YSM’s sixth Symposium on Music in Schools, the focus of which was...
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Policy expert points out that inequities in music education reflect society...
Mike Blakeslee. Photo by Matt Fried Mike Blakeslee, the executive director and CEO of the National Association for Music Education, was recently a participant at YSM’s sixth Symposium on Music in...
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Head of music-ed in Philadelphia’s schools is circumspect about work
Frank Machos. Photo by Matt Fried Frank Machos, director of music education in the School District of Philadelphia, was a participant at YSM’s sixth Symposium on Music in Schools, which focused on “how...
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University of Miami professor calls for commitment to social justice
Carol Abril. Photo by Matt Fried Carlos Abril, professor and director of undergraduate music education at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, was one of 43 participants at YSM’s sixth...
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Alumna Olivia Malin ’07MM, on choosing a career as a music educator
Olivia Malin works with students at KAPPA International High School Trumpeter Olivia Malin ’07MM, who studied with Allan Dean and worked in the Music in Schools Initiative during her time at YSM, is...
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YSM interns serve as Morse Academy Teaching Artists
Jesús Cortés-Sanchez, left, and Jocelyn Hernandez Talking about Jesús Cortés-Sanchez and Jocelyn Hernandez, in the context of YSM’s Music in Schools Initiative, Associate Dean Michael Yaffe said, “They...
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Music in Schools Initiative wins Ivy Award
The Music in Schools Initiative in practice Each year, the Yale University Seton Elm-Ivy Awards recognize outstanding members of the Yale and New Haven communities who work together to improve “town...
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Associate Dean Michael Yaffe advocates for arts education on Capitol Hill
Michael Yaffe In May, Associate Dean Michael Yaffe attended the National Association of Music Merchants’ Music Education Advocacy D.C. Fly-In. The annual conference is organized to advocate “for the...
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