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Upcoming Events at YSM

Special Announcement: Robert Blocker & Friends

Robert Blocker & Friends

Mar 7

Horowitz Piano Series

Although the University will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, March 7) beginning at noon, we are delighted to share that the scheduled Horowitz Piano Series concert in Sprague Hall will take place at 7:30 pm, as planned. In this remarkable concert, faculty pianist and School of Music Dean Robert Blocker is joined by piano faculty colleagues including recently retired professor Peter Frankl, and members of the Yale Philharmonia led by lecturer-in-music and New Haven Symphony Orchestra Music Director William Boughton, for an all-Mozart program.

Wednesday • 7:30 pm
Morse Recital Hall
Tickets from $13, Students FREE*

*In order to purchase online, you must log in with a valid Yale netID and password. Students of other institutions must call or visit the box office and show student ID. Limit 2 student tickets per log in/ID.

Please exercise caution when making travel plans, as the City of New Haven has instituted a parking ban. The concert will be streamed live at music.yale.edu/live and on Facebook.

For more information, please call the Box Office at 203 432-4158 or email concerts@yale.edu.

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Stephen Hartke, guest composer

Mar 8

New Music New Haven

A program of music by the School's graduate-student composers and Grammy Award-winning composer Stephen Hartke, including The Fifth Book, performed by the Brentano String Quartet, YSM's ensemble-in-residence.

Thursday • 7:30 pm
Morse Recital Hall
Free Admission

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Sirena Huang, violin

Mar 9

Artist Diploma Recital

Violinist Sirena Huang, winner of the inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, performs an artist diploma recital with pianist and artist diploma candidate Szymon Nehring, winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.

Friday • 7:30 pm
Morse Recital Hall
Free Admission

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An Evening with Peter Schickele

Mar 27

Oneppo Chamber Music Series

Peter Schickele, the famed composer, performer, and raconteur whose alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach, has entertained and enriched audiences for more than 50 years, shares stories of his uniquely compelling and multifaceted career, no doubt with inimitable humor. “An Evening with Peter Schickele” celebrates his extraordinary life in music.

Tuesday • 7:30 pm
Morse Recital Hall
Tickets from $10, Students from $5

Free for current Oneppo Chamber Music Series subscribers.

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Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Mar 31

Faculty Artist Series

Faculty guitarist Benjamin Verdery performs music by Bach, Boccherini, Villa-Lobos, Seymour Bernstein, former faculty composer Ingram Marshall, and former student Bryce Dessner '99MM, as well as an original composition.

Saturday • 7:30 pm
Morse Recital Hall
Free Admission

This performance was originally scheduled for February 17, 2018.

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More music at Yale

“Ask the Sky and the Earth: An Oratorio Cantata for the Sent-down Youth”

Mar 8

Yale Concert Band

Thomas C. Duffy, music director

This piece commemorates the 50th anniversary of the “sent-down youth” movement of China’s Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong in 1968.

Thursday • 7:30 pm
Woolsey Hall
Free Admission

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Academy of Sacred Drama presents Antonio Draghi's Judith

Mar 9

ISM Special Events and Guests

Jeremy Rhizor, artistic director

A performance of and lecture on Antonio Draghi’s Judith.

Friday • 7:30 pm
Marquand Chapel
Free Admission

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Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert

Apr 8

Yale Jazz Ensemble

The 11th annual concert dedicated to the memory of late trumpeter and Yale Law School professor Stan Wheeler. Featuring the Yale Jazz Ensemble, Thomas C. Duffy, music director, and the Reunion Jazz Ensemble.

Sunday • 2 pm
Yale Law School
Free Admission

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Please note that the Yale School of Music Box Office hours are now Monday–Friday 11 am–2 pm. On evenings with ticketed events, the Box Office will be open 5:30 pm through intermission. Tickets may be purchased online anytime at music-tickets.yale.edu.