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Contact Business Services Coordinator Wanda Lary at (203) 867-4030 x 254 or wlary@workforcealliance.biz www.workforcealliance.biz/business-services Workforce and practice rooms in New Haven. New-world symphony Robert Blocker has been dean of the Yale School of Music since 1995, coming to Yale from UCLA, where he was a professor and founding dean of the California school's School of the Arts and Architecture. He has known Adams since before the businessman made his first major gi to the music school. In honor of his Yale class' 40th reunion, Adams gave $10 million in 1999, money that was used in part to seed a YSM scholarship program. at first Adams "in- stallment" was "a major gi for us," Blocker recalls. "One of the things that brought me to Yale was Rick Levin's vision of how the arts and business could revitalize New Haven," Blocker says. "At that time Chapel Street was mostly boarded up. Now, when you go there on a ursday or Friday night it's just amazing what has happened. And a lot of that has to do with how the cultural com- munity and business community have worked together" to revitalize downtown. When Blocker arrived here, the School of Music "was in the same state that the university was at that point — not as good in some areas, in terms of facilities and programs" as some peer institutions. During Levin's two-decade ten- ure in Woodbridge Hall, a new era of engagement helped to fertilize something of a renaissance in New Haven. And one particular gi in 2005 was transformative on a smaller scale. "is was the vision of one busi- nessman," Blocker explains. "Steve looks at this and he says, 'Where can I help?' We knew that if we could erase to some extent the defi- cits that young musicians have as they launch their careers, it would be a huge help." Unlike conserva- tories such as Juilliard, Eastman and Curtis as well as world-class university music program's such as Indiana University's, Yale's School of Music is the only graduate-only music school in the country. e first Adams gi helped Yale become more competitive with some of the elite conservatories that admitted the most promis- ing young musicians tuition-free. Bolstering scholarship aid was a "really, really important" first step in making YSM more attractive to top candidates. Six years later, the Adams' $100 million blockbuster allowed YSM to waive tuition for all incoming students — in perpetuity. at gi immediate boosted Yale to the top ranks of graduate professional mu- sic programs for the most talented young musicians not just in the Northeast, or in the country — but in the world. Some 40 percent of YSM students come from a country other than the United States. "When the Adams endowment gi was made to the Yale School of Music, it enabled them to attract a larger number of applicants from the world's most talented young musicians, many who otherwise might not have been able to choose YSM as their graduate institution," says R. Walden Moore, organist and choirmaster at New Haven's Trinity Church on the Green and a mem- ber of the YSM organ faculty. "ey have therefore been able to raise an already high standard of excellence even higher." Almost overnight applications to YSM doubled — from 777 in 2005 to 1,478 a year later. (For the 2018 application year YSM processed 1,556 applications.) It also primed the pump, Blocker adds, for a num- ber of other significant gis from donors to the music school. It also made YSM more attractive to coveted professional academic Continued from previous page

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