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Musicathlon 2008:
Cultural Prelude to the
Beijing Olympic Games
July 9-24, 2008 Beijing, China
The Yale School of Music and Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music will jointly host a festival welcoming students from eleven of the world's most elite conservatories, presenting a series of lectures, masterclasses, and concerts to "gather and create 'musical bridges,' learning about each other’s musical traditions while discovering shared values and aspirations.” more
Check out the Musicathlon blog.
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Oral History American Music Project receives Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
June 26, 2008
The Yale University Library's Oral History American Music, the premiere ongoing project dedicated to the preservation of memoirs in the voices of musicians and composers, recieved a grant of $294,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. more
Netcasts available at yale.edu/oham
Outreach: Music in Schools
Thanks to the vision and leadership of the Yale Class of 1957, the School of Music is bringing music programs to public schools throughout the New Haven area. more
YSM Viewbook (3.2MB PDF)
YSM fact sheet (PDF)
Yale Opera website
Yale Opera Blog from their concerts in Milan, Italy, in July 2007. more
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April 7 | David Lang '83MMA won the 2008 Pultizer Prize for music with his piece The Little Match Girl Passion, which was commissioned by Carnegie Hall for Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices. The Pulitzer site has the citation and more information on the composer.
Jan 27 | Robert Gupta '07MM, youngest member of L.A. Philharmonic, featured in Los Angeles Times article. Click here, then select Columnist Steve Lopez. Photo gallery here
April 26 | At the Annual Honors Dinner, the new Phyllis Curtin prize to assist young artists entering the profession was announced, along with the establishment of a new summer music institute created through the generosity of Dinny and Lester Morse. see photos
Request transcripts here
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