Y institute of sacred music Year in Review 2011–2012 Table of Contents From the Director’s Desk 1 ISM Community 2 Alumni 5 Student Admissions 5 International Study Trip 6 Program Highlights 7 Other Events and Publications 11 Summer Programs 13 Appendix A: ISM Colloquium 14 Appendix B: Congregations Project 16 From the Director’s Desk In a speech delivered at but to extend it, indeed, to any religious practice, broadly Peking University in May, conceived. Our work, particularly in recent years, has been 2001, Yale’s President to respond to President Levin’s vision of the global univer- Richard C. Levin articulated sity with an effort to promote creative bridge building and a dream for the global uni- understanding among the disciplines and practices of the versity in the 21st century. religious arts. “I envision a curriculum and To that end, over the last few years, our students, faculty, a research agenda perme- and fellows have come to the ISM from nearly a dozen ated by awareness that countries, and traveled to over two dozen more through political, economic, social choir tours, language grants, and travel seminars. The and cultural phenomena in research and creative interests of our faculty and students any part of the world can have touched six continents of the world and most of the no longer be fully under- global religious traditions; and, of course, the biennial stood in isolation.” A host ISM Study Trip, described in this report, forms a capstone of realities makes this truer now than ever: the hyper- experience for our students. While we concentrate heavily velocity with which information is communicated, the on the Euro-American musical repertoire, we bring to international configuration of large-scale manufacturing, campus dozens of artists and ensembles who represent massive demographic shifts that are increasing the size very different regions of the globe. and complexity of major urban centers, the global nature of the scientific and medical communities, and the sheer What better context in which to train a young musician, speed of travel. scholar, minister, or artist? Our students leave the ISM and our sister schools with a deeper understanding of Only four short months after President Levin made his the complex, diverse, and shared human experiences that remarks in China, the world was forever changed by make life in the twenty-first century so rich. the tragedies of 9/11; suddenly, the broad diversity of religious traditions in the human family jumped to the The pages that fol- forefront of awareness. We’ve never had a time more filled low give some evi- with violence and prejudice based on religious allegiance; dence to the work never a time when religious understanding was more of these talented needed. In times such as these, the arts assume a vital role, students, faculty, with the potential to open avenues of communication and staff and help between different religious and cultural groups, and even track the where- to inspire reconciliation. abouts of some of our more recent This is one of the ultimate goals of the Institute, which graduates. I hope the reader will also see this as a tribute carries out its mission in the context of today’s globalized, to our president, Richard Levin, who steps down from pluralistic society: to educate leaders who foster, explore, this role at the end of this year. President Levin entrusted and study engagement with the sacred through music, the care of this Institute to me eight years ago, and to my worship, and the arts in Christian communities, diverse illustrious predecessor, Margot Fassler, eighteen years ago. religious traditions, and public life. For all of this time, we have been fueled by his inspiring The Institute is the youngest and smallest of the schools vision of global education, and hope, in some small way, of Yale University, but our growth has been one of the that we have lived up to the challenges he has set. most rapid. From the three faculty members and one For my part, I remain awestruck and humbled by the re- administrator that began the ISM in 1973, we have grown lentless dedication this community holds for our common to a community of nearly 120 full-time, part-time, and work. I give thanks for the vision and generosity of our affiliate faculty, fellows, fellow associates and post-docs, founders, and I pray that we all remain “strong enough to students, and staff. Our core remains fixed on the training lead, wise enough to listen, and willing enough to subor- of musicians and clergy for Christian churches, as well as dinate individual ambition to collective advancement.”1 artists, performers, and scholars whose focus is on sacred arts and worship. Martin Jean Director And while Christianity alone, with all its global instantia- Yale Institute of Sacred Music tions, could be enough to occupy us, our founders also saw fit not to limit this enterprise to Christian studies, 1 Levin, Richard. “Introduction.” The Work of the University (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001), p. x ISM Community 2011–2012 music history Robin Leaver, Visiting Professor (Spring 2012) Canticum Novum Faculty Markus Rathey, Associate Professor (adj.) choral conducting Music and Theology in the 16th Century Marguerite Brooks, Associate Professor (adj.) Oratorio in the 17th and 18th Centuries Individual Instruction and Seminar—Choral Conducting Credo: Faith Prayed and Sung Yale Camerata, Repertory Chorus, Recital Chorus Masaaki Suzuki, Visiting Professor liturgical studies Yale Schola Cantorum, Individual Instruction and Seminar— Stefanos Alexopoulos, Visiting Assistant Professor Choral Conducting (Spring 2012) Worship of the East organ performance Teresa Berger, Professor Thomas Murray, Prof. in the Practice of Foundations of Christian Worship Individual Instruction and Seminar—Organ Reel Presence: Liturgy and Film Performance Class Catholic Liturgy: Between Dogma and Devotion Martin Jean, Prof. in the Practice of; ISM Director Gender and Liturgy Individual Instruction and Seminar—Organ Melanie Ross, Assistant Professor (beginning Fall 2012) Performance Class Proseminar in Church Music Bryan Spinks, Professor ISM Colloquium Credo: Faith Prayed and Sung English Reformation Liturgical Traditions Jeffrey Brillhart, Lecturer Worship of the East Organ Improvisation Planning and Presiding at Worship Larry Smith, Visiting Prof. (Fall 2011) Individual Instruction and Seminar–Organ preaching Performance Class Thomas Troeger, Professor Principles and Practice of Preaching vocal performance Preaching to Whole Congregations James Taylor, Assoc. Prof. (adj.) Theologies of Preaching Individual Instruction and Seminar—Voice The Roundtable Pulpit German Diction Congregational Song as a Resource for Preaching Latin Diction Vocal Chamber Music religion and the visual arts Vasileios Marinis, Assistant Professor (on leave 2011–2012) Judith Malafronte, Lecturer Secondary Instruction for choral conductors—Voice Sally M. Promey, Professor; ISM Deputy Director Performance Practice of Music from before 1800 Material Sensations: Sense and Contention in Material Religious Practice Ted Taylor, Lecturer Art Song Coaching for Singers Edmund Ryder, Visiting Assistant Professor (2011–2012) Collaborative Piano: Voice From House Church to Medieval Cathedral Christian Art and Architecture from the Renaissance to the sacred music Present Patrick Evans, Assoc. Prof. in the Practice of (through June 2012) religion and literature Musical Skills and Vocal Development for the Parish Ministry Russell Davis, Lecturer (Spring 2012) Congregational Song as a Resource for Preaching Creative and Dramatic Writing Marquand Chapel Choir Peter Hawkins, Professor (on leave Spring 2012) Mark Miller, Lecturer Religious Lyric in Britain Marquand Gospel Choir Religious Themes in Contemporary Fiction Liturgical Keyboard Skills David Mahan, Lecturer (Spring 2012) Walden Moore, Lecturer Imagining the Apocalypse Liturgical Keyboard Skills affiliated faculty Maggi Dawn, Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Theology and Literature; Associate Dean for Marquand Chapel ISM Community continued Faculty News Sally M. Promey advanced numerous aspects of the Luce Our distinguished faculty continues to make substantive grant-funded Initiative for the Study of Materials and contributions to their fields and present acclaimed Visual Cultures of Religion (see page 10 for a detailed performances. Selected highlights include: report). Other publications include American Religious Liberalism (Indiana University Press, 2012), which she Teresa Berger gave a keynote address at the annual coedited with Leigh Eric Schmidt and also served as a convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America contributing author. She was also elected to the American in St. Louis, MO, on June 9. Titled “Spying in a Promised Society for the Study of Religion. Land: Sacramental Sights Through Women’s Eyes,” Berger’s presentation mapped developments in women’s Markus Rathey was elected vice-president of the American sacramental practices since the opening of the Second Bach Society. Earlier in the spring, he was awarded the Vatican Council fifty years ago. Her presentation will Martha Arnold Scholar-in-Residence fellowship by the be published in the Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Riemenschneider Bach Institute, where he will spend four Society 67 (2012). weeks in fall, 2012, working on a book about the Christmas Oratorio. Prof. Rathey’s chapter on Johann Sebastian Marguerite Brooks presented numerous masterclasses Bach’s choral cantatas was published in