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Welcome to the Yale ISM Admissions Newsletter!!
Hello hello, and welcome to our brand new ISM Admissions blog! My name is Katharine Arnold Luce, and I am a recent graduate of the Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School. This site was created to help give prospective graduate students a window into our interdisciplinary life at the ISM– where worship meets ...
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Day in the Life: Michael Racine (MDiv ’15)
Good day to you, ISM enthusiasts! It’s week two of Spring Break (yes, there are some perks to attending an Ivy League University…), and I thought it would be a good time to share some of what daily life looks like for our ISM students. I hope you enjoy this post, written by Michael Racine, one ...
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Why we love New Haven
Greetings, readers! It’s hard to believe that Spring Break is upon us, but indeed, the halls are quiet after a frenzied week of midterms and the like. Between all the concerts, events, and conferences that took place during January and February (not to mention classes, readings and papers), it can be hard to remember ...
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Alumni Profile: Awet Andemicael, MAR ’10
Today we have the opportunity to bring you an interview with ISM graduate Awet Andemicael, MAR ’10, whose study in music and theology at the ISM eventually led her back to Yale to pursue further graduate work in systematic theology! Awet was kind enough to share about her experience at the Institute, and how it ...
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ISM Study Tour: Durham and York
One of the lesser-known facts about the ISM is that there are often opportunities for study and travel built right into our coursework! This semester, Professors Bryan Spinks and Robin Leaver are co-teaching a course entitled, “Cuthbert, Bede, and Their Theological, Musical, and Liturgical Legacy: The Christian Witness of Durham Cathedral and York Minster.” It ...
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Makoto Fujimura and the ISM
Spring semester is nearly upon us! Classes begin on Monday, January 14th, and in the meantime, we are busy preparing for our first art exhibition of the new year! Makoto Fujimura’s Four Holy Gospels and The Golden Sea opens at the Yale ISM next week, and promises to be a memorable and exciting event! The process of ...
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ISM Student Profiles: In their own words
Nicholas A. Lewis, MDiv ’13: “How does one describe the Institute of Sacred Music? I know it can seem a bit amorphous. But this, in part, is what is so wonderful about the Institute. At any given time, there will be a motley assortment of choral conductors, musicologists, MDiv’s, MAR’s, with world-class singers and organists, ...
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Meet our Alumni: Debi Wong (MM ’10)
Debi Wong, MM ’10, characterizes her experience at the Yale ISM as one of “the most intensive things I’ve ever done,” yet in the same breath she expressed much gratitude for her two years spent studying early sacred music in the ISM’s vocal program. Debi, a mezzo-soprano, described the ISM was “a place with extraordinary ...