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Program in Organ
Five of the 21 musicians selected for the 2011 American Guild of Organists' National Young Artists Competititon in Organ Performance are graduates or current students of the Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music. Samuel Backman is enrolled currently and expects to graduate this year. Kyle Babin and Jason Roberts are class of 2004, and were also competitors this summer in the St. Albans International Organ Competition. Adam Pajan and HyeHyung Sung graduated in 2009 and are pursuing the DMA at Oklahoma University and the University of Houston, respectively. Yale students represent the largest single successful applicant pool for the NYACOP this year. (posted August 31, 2011)
Paul Jacobs, MM '02; AD '03, has won the 2011 Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance without an orchestra for his performance of Messiaen's Livre du Saint-Sacrement. | read more
Student Honors 2009
The Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund, Inc., has voted Chelsea Chen (AD ’09) as the winner of its annual prize of $5000. The prize is given annually to an outstanding young musician under the age of 35 exhibiting unusual talent and promise for the future. Past winners have included distinguished composers Ned Rorem and Robert Levin. The selection committee received CDs and resumes from 5 nominees, each nominated by an eminent leader in the field. Chen was nominated by Prof. Thomas Murray.
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