The Gilmore Music Library is excited to present the second annual Miles Hoffman Concert, honoring the memory of noted violist and public radio commentator, Miles Hoffman ’73. The concert series is possible thanks to the generosity of Dr. Jeffrey Ravetch, ’73, classmate and friend of Hoffman. This year’s concert will feature a variety of selections exploring early examples of chamber music and looking at how the idea of some kinds of “chamber music” grew in other directions. The concert takes place in the Beinecke Library on April 10, 2025 at 4:00. A reception will follow.

Tanner Lectures on Human Values

Archives Out Loud
12:00–1:00 P.M., HQ 134
Revisiting Robert Frost in The Yale Review
Enjoy lunch with Jackie Goldsby and Maureen N. McLane as they discuss the legacy of Robert Frost and his poems in The Yale Review.

Keynote Reading and Reception
5:00-6:30 P.M., HQ L02/L90
Poet as novelist, novelist as poet
Writers Raven Leilani and Ocean Vuong read from their work and discuss writing across genre, with Meghan O’Rourke, editor of The Yale Review. Introduced by Maggie Millner, TYR senior editor.
Reception to Follow

Artists at Work
12:00–1:00 P.M., HQ 134
How do artists collaborate?
Husband-and-wife duo Matt Berninger, lead singer of The National, and poet and editor Carin Besser, formerly of The New Yorker, discuss their long-standing musical collaboration, and the challenges and delights of co-creation. Introduced by Meghan O’Rourke and moderated by award-winning playwright and Yale professor Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.