Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM[2]) is one of the 12 professional schools at
Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees:
Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joint Bachelor of Arts—Master of Music program in conjunction with
Yale College, a Certificate in Performance, and an Artist Diploma.[3]
Yale is the only
Ivy League school with a separate school of music; the university also has a separate Department of Music in the Division of Humanities of the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The School of Music originated in 1855 with a gift of $5,000 from
Joseph Battell and conferred its first degrees in 1894; it has a separate endowment, and as a result of a 2005 gift waives tuition and gives students maintenance grants.[1][4]
José García-León, formerly dean of academic affairs and assessment at
Juilliard, succeeded
Robert Blocker as dean of the Yale School of Music in fall 2023.[5][6]
Buildings
Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall (1917), renovated in 2003.
Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall (1930), Gothic style, renovated in 2006.
Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM[2]) is one of the 12 professional schools at
Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees:
Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joint Bachelor of Arts—Master of Music program in conjunction with
Yale College, a Certificate in Performance, and an Artist Diploma.[3]
Yale is the only
Ivy League school with a separate school of music; the university also has a separate Department of Music in the Division of Humanities of the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The School of Music originated in 1855 with a gift of $5,000 from
Joseph Battell and conferred its first degrees in 1894; it has a separate endowment, and as a result of a 2005 gift waives tuition and gives students maintenance grants.[1][4]
José García-León, formerly dean of academic affairs and assessment at
Juilliard, succeeded
Robert Blocker as dean of the Yale School of Music in fall 2023.[5][6]
Buildings
Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall (1917), renovated in 2003.
Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall (1930), Gothic style, renovated in 2006.