 | Artist-in-residence Kikuei Ikeda of the Tokyo String Quartet coaches School of Music students. Beginning next year, the school will award all students full tuition. |
A gift of $100 million to the School of Music will allow it to grant full tuition remission for all students beginning with the 2006-2007 academic year, Acting Dean Thomas C. Duffy has announced.
"This generous gift is a transformational addition to the resources of the School of Music, and represents a major step that will make it possible to realize many of the school's goals in a matter of years instead of decades," Duffy said, adding that the donors wished to remain anonymous.
"Their request for anonymity does not prohibit me from expressing to the donors the gratitude of the school, its staff, faculty and students, and the gratitude of the many fans, artists, musical guests and alumni," he said. "This gift reflects evidence of the school's importance, its place in this excellent University and its potential to sustain a position of international prominence in the training and education of talented musicians."
The fully subsidized tuition for all students in the School of Music, including those already enrolled, will begin next year, enhancing the school's ability to attract the world's best musicians.
Duffy said other benefits of the gift would be realized over the next several years. Among other advances, the acting dean said, the unprecedented gift to the school would allow it to acquire technology making it possible to broadcast events, clinics and special lectures, including the ability to host and participate in live interactive clinics and workshops with colleagues from conservatories and institution around the world.
The school already has relationships with conservatories in Budapest, Mannheim, Beijing, two schools in Seoul and Moscow, and is working to establish others. These relationships involve exchanges of faculty and students, and will involve exchanges of ensembles. The gift to the school will make it possible to accelerate the pace and expand the depth of these relationships.
The donors have also made it possible for the school to expand its presence in the New Haven community, from the public school system to partnerships with New Haven's professional arts community, Duffy said.
The development of other new programs and additional changes in financial aid for music students in future years are envisioned as possible uses of the large gift to the school.
Duffy thanked Robert L. Blocker, who served as dean from 1995-2005, stating that Blocker's successes sustained the interest of the donors and other supporters in the school. Duffy also expressed gratitude to President Richard C. Levin.
"An event like this does not happen without the complete support and direct involvement of our Yale president, Richard Levin," Duffy said. "We are fortunate that our president has a deep commitment to the arts at Yale and has demonstrated that commitment in many ways."
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