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Alumnus awarded $500,000 for music education program

The Heartbeat Music Project, which provides music education to Navajo students, is the recipient of the Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award

February 3, 2022

ANNE GROSS

Wayne Escoffery leads Yale Jazz Ensemble in performance celebrating Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington

New Yale Jazz Ensemble Director Wayne Escoffery led the band in a concert on Wednesday, as band members expressed frustration with University policies for the performing arts.

November 5, 2021

HANNAH QU

Music School denies Chinese social media rumors that detained pianist Yundi Li was offered a tenured professor role

After Chinese pianist Yundi Li was detained for hiring a sex worker on Oct. 22, a rumor on Chinese social media claimed Li was appointed to Music School faculty; The Yale School of Music denied the allegations.

November 5, 2021

YEJI KIM

Yale Glee Club puts on joint fundraising concert with Harvard, Princeton

In its first in-person official concert since February 2020, the Yale Glee Club will host a joint fundraising event called Hand in Hand. The Club […]

October 29, 2021

KAYLA YUP

Benjamin Beckman ’24 embarks on a musical odyssey new album “VOYAGE”

On Friday, listeners are invited to embark on an odyssey led by Benjamin Beckman ’24, an undergraduate student composer with a passion for innovative musical […]

October 29, 2021

KAYLA YUP

Students experience early Halloween fright as YSO Halloween Show tickets sell out within seconds

Tickets for the Yale Symphony Orchestra’s annual Halloween concert sold out in under a minute on Monday night, leading to a burgeoning black market for […]

October 27, 2021

KAYLA YUP

YSO to present “Hope”

The Yale Symphony Orchestra will open its season this Saturday with a concert called “Hope” at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall. The repertoire consists of […]

October 15, 2021

RACHEL SHIN

Opera Theatre to stage double-bill production of “Always/Sāvitri”

The Opera Theatre of Yale College, or OTYC, will stage a double-bill production of “Always” by Jonathan Bailey Holland and “Sāvitri” by Gustav Holst as […]

October 8, 2021

GAMZE KAZAKOGLU

Yale Concert Band to give first in-person concert of the semester

The Yale Concert Band will host a concert today featuring music that spans continents, cultures and styles. This show is both the YCB’s first in-person […]

October 8, 2021

GAMZE KAZAKOGLU

2020 Whiffenpoofs Release “Whiffs on Ice”

The 2020 Whiffenpoofs, one of Yale’s most renowned singing groups, released their new album after a nearly 15-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. Along […]

October 6, 2021

GAMZE KAZAKOGLU

Yale Philharmonia gives first in-person concert since pandemic’s start

On Friday, Sep. 24 in Woolsey Hall, Yale Philharmonia gave its first in-person concert since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, with music by Maurice Ravel […]

September 29, 2021

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