As a Texan teen learning to play the marimba, Chad Beebe ’25MMA watched a lot of YouTube videos. Those that most piqued his interest featured the Yale Percussion Group and its director, Robert van Sice. Watching and listening to the performance and interview clips, Beebe told himself, “This feels like something special.”
During his first Convocation as the Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of the Yale School of Music, José García-León told each member of the incoming class, “You are a member of one of the most prestigious music programs in the world, of a school with an incredible history of training musicians at the highest level. I encourage you to pause and reflect on all you have accomplished already, all that has brought you to this moment.”
On April 27, Yale President Peter Salovey hosted a concert event in celebration of Yale School of Music Dean Robert Blocker’s 28 years of distinguished service to the University. Blocker will retire as Dean on August 31.
Generations of clarinetists who have studied or are currently enrolled at Yale College and the Yale School of Music will gather Sunday, Dec. 4 for a performance that showcases the instrument and the musicians for whom it is an extension of themselves.