This list of Juilliard School alumni contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and teachers of the Juilliard School in New York City.
Notable alumni
Dance division
The dance division was established in 1951. It offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree or a diploma. In prior years it also awarded B.S. and M.S. degrees.
Robert Battle (BFA 1994)[1] – choreographer
Phoebe Cates – actress, singer, entrepreneur
Brennan Clost (2016)[2] – dancer, actor
Carla DeSola (1960) – pioneer of liturgical dance
Robert Garland (BFA 1983)[3] – choreographer
Marcia Jean Kurtz (BS 1964)[4] – actress, director
Daniel Lewis (1967) dancer, choreographer, teacher
Lar Lubovitch (1964)[4] – choreographer
Robert LuPone – actor
Bradon McDonald (1997, dance)[5] – dancer, choreographer, fashion designer
Ohad Naharin (1977)[6] – dancer, choreographer
Bebe Neuwirth (1977, dance)[7] – actress, singer, dancer
Henning Rübsam (BFA 1991, dance)[8] – choreographer
Rina Schenfeld [9] – choreographer, dancer
Adam Shankman – dancer, director
Elizabeth Sung (BFA, dance)[10] – actress
Paul Taylor (BS 1953, dance)[11] – choreographer
Lea Ved (BFA 2013, dance) – choreographer and contemporary dancer
Drama division
The drama division was founded in 1968.[12] Those who complete the four-year program receive either a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree (starting Fall 2012), or a diploma.[13] [14] Each year's class is identified by a group number: Group 1 started in 1968 and graduated in 1972;[15] Group 46 includes students completing their fourth year in 2017.[update] [16]
Jane Adams (Group 18, 1989)[1] [17]
Frankie J. Alvarez (Group 39, 2010)
Robert Aramayo (Group 44, 2015)
Michael Arden (Group 34, 2001–2003)[18]
Tony Azito (Group 1, 1968–1970)
Morena Baccarin (Group 29, 2000)
David Aaron Baker (Group 19, 1990)
Lisa Banes (Group 6, 1977)
Christine Baranski (Group 3, 1974)[1] [17]
Charlie Barnett (Group 39, 2010)
Michael Beach (Group 15, 1986)
Nicole Beharie (Group 36, 2007)[1]
Wes Bentley (Group 29, 1996–1997)[1]
Casey Biggs (Group 6, 1977)
Ryan Bittle (Group 31, 2002)
Tom Blyth (Group 49, 2020)
Steven Boyer (Group 30, 2001)
Andre Braugher (Group 17, 1988)[18]
Daniel Breaker (Group 31, 2002)
Danielle Brooks (Group 40, 2011)[19]
Bill Camp (Group 18, 1989)
Michael Chernus (Group 28, 1999)
Mary Chieffo (Group 44, 2015)
Christian Camargo (Group 25, 1996)[1]
Jeffrey Carlson (Group 30, 2001)[1]
Jennifer Carpenter (Group 31, 2002)[1]
Jessica Chastain (Group 32, 2003)[20]
Fala Chen (Group 47, 2018)
Bryan Cogman (Group 30, 2001)
Jessie Collins (Group 34, 2005)[18]
Lynn Collins (Group 28, 1999)[21] [17]
David Conrad (Group 25, 1992–1995)[18]
Frances Conroy (Group 6, 1977)[22] [17]
Kevin Conroy (Group 6, 1977)
David Corenswet (Group 45, 2016)
Marcia Cross (Group 13, 1984)[23]
Wallis Currie-Wood (Group 43, 2014)
Kevin Daniels (Group 27, 1998)[18]
Keith David (Group 8, 1979)[18] [17]
Viola Davis (Group 22, 1993)[20]
John de Lancie (Group 5, 1976)
David Denman (Group 26, 1997)[18] [17]
Reed Diamond (Group 20, 1991)[6]
Megan Dodds (Group 24, 1995)[6]
Harris Doran (Group 29, 1996–1998)
Mike Doyle (Group 27, 1998)[18]
Adam Driver (Group 38, 2009)[24]
Gabriel Ebert (Group 38, 2009)
James Eckhouse (Group 9, 1980)
Edward Edwards (Group 4, 1975)
Gretchen Egolf (Group 24, 1995)
Nelsan Ellis (Group 33, 2004)[21]
Betty Gabriel (Group 43, 2014)
Boyd Gaines (Group 8, 1979)[18]
Megan Gallagher (Group 11, 1982)
Michael Genet (Group 9, 1980)
Thomas Gibson (Group 14, 1985)[6] [17]
Michel Gill (Group 14, 1985)[25]
Heather Goldenhersh (Group 24, 1995)
Enid Graham (Group 21, 1992); 1998 Tony nominee
Kelsey Grammer (Group 6, 1973–1975)[18]
Shalita Grant (Group 39, 2010)
Dan Green [26]
Lynnie Greene (Group 5, 1972–1975)
John Gremillion (Group 17, 1986–1988)[27]
Gerald Gutierrez (Group 1, 1972)
Brandon Micheal Hall (Group 44, 2015)
LisaGay Hamilton (Group 18, 1989)
Evan Handler (Group 12, 1979–1981)[22]
Brian Hargrove (Group 10, 1981)[28]
James Harper (Group 5, 1976)
Harriet Sansom Harris (Group 6, 1977)[18] [29]
Maya Hawke (Group 49, 2016–2017)
Corey Hawkins (Group 40, 2011)
Michael Hayden (Group 21, 1992)
Stephen McKinley Henderson (Group 1, 1968–1970)
Benjamin Hendrickson (Group 1, 1972)
Patrick Heusinger (Group 33, 2004)
John Benjamin Hickey (Group 18, 1989)
Nancy Hower (Group 21, 1992)
Glenn Howerton (Group 29, 2000)[6] [17]
Janet Hubert (Group 7; left)
David Hunt
William Hurt (Group 5, 1976)[18]
Doug Hutchison (left)
Oscar Isaac (Group 34, 2005)[30]
Gillian Jacobs (Group 33, 2004)[6]
Peter Jacobson (Group 20, 1991)[18]
Gregory Jbara (Group 15, 1986)[30] [31]
Penny Johnson Jerald (Group 11, 1982)
Jack Kenny (Group 11, 1982)
Matt Keeslar (Group 24, 1995)
Val Kilmer (Group 10, 1981)[6] [28]
Perry King (Group 3, 1970–1971)
Kevin Kline (Group 1, 1972)[18]
Joaquina Kalukango (Group 40, 2011)
Linda Kozlowski (Group 10, 1981)[28] [32]
Erin Krakow (Group 35, 2005)
Stephen Kunken (Group 26, 1997)[18]
Eriq La Salle (Group 13, 1980–1982)[33]
Jayme Lawson [34] (Group 48, 2019)
Laura-Leigh (Group 37, 2008)
James Hiroyuki Liao (Group 34, 2004)
Laura Linney (Group 19, 1990)[18]
Cleavon Little
Vella Lovell (Group 44, 2015)
Justine Lupe (Group 40, 2011)
Patti LuPone (Group 1, 1972)[15] [17]
Luke Macfarlane (Group 32, 2003)[33]
Anthony Mackie (Group 30, 2001)[1]
Nate Mann (Group 48, 2019)[35]
Kenneth Marshall (Group 6, 1977)
James Marsters (Group 15, 1982–1984)[36]
Elizabeth Marvel (Group 21, 1992)
Danny Mastrogiorgio (Group 23, 1994)
Patricia Mauceri (Group 3, 1974)
Leigh McCloskey (Group 6, 1973–1975)[37]
Kelly McGillis (Group 12, 1983)[38]
Elizabeth McGovern (Group 12, 1979–1981)[20]
Robert Duncan McNeill (Group 17, 1984–1986)[39]
John McTiernan (Group 2, left)
Nick Mennell (Group 34, 2004)
Lindsay G. Merrithew (Group 15, 1982–1984)
Jim Moody (Group 1, 1972)
Gregory Mosher (Group 4, 1971–1974)
Kurt Naebig (Group 19, 1990)[40]
Tim Blake Nelson (Group 19, 1990)
Seth Numrich (Group 36, 2007)[41]
Clancy O'Connor (Group 35, 2005)[42]
Michael O'Hare
Caitlin O'Heaney (Group 3, 1974)
Nancy Opel (Group 9, 1980)
Lee Pace (Group 30, 2001)[18]
Teyonah Parris (Group 38, 2009)
Lux Pascal (Group 52, 2023)
Mandy Patinkin (Group 5, 1972–1974)[30]
Lisa Pelikan (Group 6, 1977)
Paul Perri (Group 6, 1977)
Wendell Pierce (Group 14, 1985)[18] [17]
Carrie Preston (Group 23, 1994)[21] [43]
Lonny Price (Group 10, 1977–1978)
Saundra Quarterman (Group 19, 1990)
Sara Ramirez (Group 26, 1997)[6]
Wes Ramsey (Group 29, 2000)[44]
Gayle Rankin (Group 40, 2011)[45]
Ben Rappaport (Group 37, 2008)[33]
Monica Raymund (Group 37, 2008)[46]
Elizabeth Reaser (Group 28, 1999)[47] [48]
Serena Reeder (Group 34, 2005)[49]
Christopher Reeve (Group 4, 1973–1975)[50] [28]
Marianne Rendón (Group 45, 2016)
Ving Rhames (Group 12, 1983)[51] [17]
Tom Robbins (Group 6, 1977)
Dallas Roberts (Group 23, 1994)[18]
Matt Ross (Group 22, 1993)
Jed Rubenfeld (Group 13, 1980–1982)
Kario Salem (Group 5–7; left)[52]
Marla Schaffel (Group 19, 1990)[53] [54]
Stephen Schnetzer (Group 3, 1974)
David Schramm (Group 1, 1972)
Judson Scott
Franklyn Seales (Group 3, 1974)
Matt Servitto (Group 18, 1989)
Alex Sharp (Group 43, 2014)
Michael James Shaw (Group 42, 2013)
Leslie Silva (Group 24, 1995)
Brian J. Smith (Group 36, 2007)[55]
Norman Snow (Group 1, 1972)
Phillipa Soo (Group 41, 2012)
Kevin Spacey (Group 12, 1979–1981)[18]
Bern Nadette Stanis (Group 3, 1971–1973)[56]
Jack Stehlin (Group 11, 1982)[18]
Mary Stein (Group 13, 1984)[4]
David Ogden Stiers (Group 1, 1972)[57]
Henry Stram (Group 6, 1977)
Ethan Strimling (Group 18, 1985–1987)
Michael Stuhlbarg (Group 21, 1992)[18]
Jeremy Tardy (Group 42, 2013)
Jon Tenney (Group 19, 1986–1987)[1]
Tracie Thoms (Group 30, 2001)[18] [17]
Auden Thornton (Group 40, 2011)
Lorraine Toussaint (Group 11, 1982)[58] [17]
Jeanne Tripplehorn (Group 19, 1990)[18]
Sam Tsoutsouvas (Group 1, 1972)
Alan Tudyk (Group 26, 1993–1996)[18]
Stephen Barker Turner (Group 23, 1994)
Michael Urie (Group 32, 2003)[6]
Paul Michael Valley (Group 20, 1987–1990)[30]
James Vasquez (Group 23, 1994)[49]
Diane Venora (Group 6, 1977)[6]
Thomas G. Waites (Group 7, 1974–1977)[6]
Benjamin Walker (Group 33, 2004)[49]
Jake Weber (Group 19, 1990)[18]
Jess Weixler (Group 32, 2003)[49]
Fred Weller (Group 21, 1988–1991)[18]
Rutina Wesley (Group 34, 2005)[21]
Bradley Whitford (Group 14, 1985)[49] [17]
Samira Wiley (Group 39, 2010)[19]
Robin Williams (Group 6, 1973–1976)[18]
Michael Wincott (Group 15, 1986)[59]
C. J. Wilson (Group 23, 1994)
Mary Wiseman (Group 44, 2015)
Finn Wittrock (Group 37, 2008)[60]
Sam Witwer (Group 29, 1996–1998)
Janet Zarish (Group 5, 1976)
Stephanie Zimbalist (Group 7, 1974–1975)[52]
Playwrights program
The Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program is a one-year graduate level program in Juilliard's drama division. Selected playwrights invited to complete a second year may earn an Artist Diploma in Playwriting.[61]
David Adjmi (Playwrights 2002)[55] [60]
David Auburn (Playwrights 1995, 1996)[62]
Tanya Barfield (Playwrights 2001, 2002)
Stephen Belber (Playwrights 1995, 1996)[18]
Hilary Bell [63]
Brooke Berman (Playwrights 1998, 1999)[18]
Julia Cho (Playwrights 2002, 2003)[6]
Cusi Cram (Playwrights 2000)
Alexandra Cunningham (Playwrights 2000)[18]
Bathsheba Doran (Playwrights 2005)[3]
Ron Fitzgerald (Playwrights 1998)[22]
Etan Frankel (Playwrights 2002)[64]
Jessica Goldberg (Playwrights 1998, 1999, 2000)[18]
Katori Hall (Playwrights 2008, 2009)[60]
Josh Harmon (Playwrights 2012, 2013, 2014)
Samuel D. Hunter (Playwrights 2009)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Playwrights 2012, 2013)
Nick Jones (Playwrights 2011)
Julia Jordan (Playwrights 1995)
Deborah Zoe Laufer (Playwrights 2000)
Michael Lew (Playwrights 2013)
David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwrights 1997, 1998)[61] [62]
Martyna Majok (Playwrights 2015, 2016, 2017)
Elizabeth Meriwether (Playwrights 2007, 2008)
Janine Nabers (Playwrights 2012, 2013)
Adam Rapp (Playwrights 1999, 2000)[20] [61]
Dan Moses Schreier (Playwrights 2008)
Jen Silverman (Playwrights 2015)
Tommy Smith
Beau Willimon (Playwrights 2008)[65]
Directors program
The Andrew W. Mellon Artist Diploma Program for Theatre Directors was a two-year graduate fellowship that began in 1995 (expanded to three years in 1997) and was discontinued from autumn 2006.
Music division
The music division offers a four-year Bachelor of Music (BM) degree, a Master of Music (MM) degree, a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree, an Artist Diploma (AD), or a diploma. In prior years it also awarded B.S. and M.S. degrees.
Bruce Adolphe – composer, author
Edie Adams – singer, actress
Sophia Agranovich (Pre-college 1973, BM 1978, MM 1979)[20] – pianist
Hanan Alattar – soprano
Charlie Albright – pianist, composer
John Aler – lyric tenor
Susan Alexander-Max (BS 1965, MS 1966, piano)[47] – fortepianist
Greg Anderson (BM 2004, MM 2006, piano)[7] – pianist, composer
Helen Armstrong – violinist
Şahan Arzruni (Diploma 1965, BS 1967, MS 1968, piano)[66] – pianist
Lera Auerbach (BM 1996, piano; MM 1999, composition)[1] – pianist, composer
Nathaniel Ayers (1972, double bass)[67] – bassist
Christian Badea - conductor
Jenny Oaks Baker – violinist
Chase Baird – saxophonist
Huáscar Barradas – flautist
Jon Batiste – pianist
Enrique Batiz – pianist
Jon "Bowzer" Bauman – Sha Na Na bass vocalist, classical pianist
Larry Thomas Bell – composer
Bob Berg – saxophonist
Harold Blair – tenor
Serge Blanc – violinist, conductor, academic
Mike Block (MM 2006) – cellist, singer, composer[68]
Theodore Bloomfield – conductor
Ronald Braunstein – conductor
Anne Wiggins Brown – soprano
Elizabeth Brown (MM 1977) – composer and performer
The 5 Browns : Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody, Ryan – pianists[69]
Sheila Browne – violist
Leo Brouwer – guitarist, composer
Bruce Brubaker – pianist, composer
David Bryan – keyboardist of Bon Jovi
Steven Bryant – composer
Kenji Bunch (BM 1995, MM 1997, viola; MM 1997, composition)[60] – violist, composer
Sara Davis Buechner (BM 1980, MM 1981, piano)[20] – pianist, recording artist
Igor Buketoff – conductor
Cosmo Buono – pianist, founder of The Alexander and Buono Competitions
Kevin Burdette – bass
George Byrd – conductor
Michel Camilo – jazz pianist
John-Michael Caprio – conductor, organist
Barry Carl – a cappella bass singer, bassist, voice-over artist
Jonathan Carney – violinist, violist, conductor
Cameron Carpenter (BM 2004, MM 2006, organ)[7] – organist, composer
Bryan Carter – drummer, vocalist, composer
Jesse Ceci – violinist
John Cerminaro – hornist
David Chan (MM 1997, violin)[70] – violinist
Sarah Chang – violinist
Jiafeng Chen – violinist
Robert Chen – violinist
Dan Chmielinski – jazz bassist
Jennifer Choi – composer, violinist, member of Ethel string quartet
Timothy Chooi – violinist
Kyung-wha Chung – violinist
Myung-whun Chung – conductor, pianist
Van Cliburn – pianist
Pamela Coburn – soprano
Dan Coleman – composer
James Conlon – conductor
Bill Conti – composer
Chick Corea (1961, piano)[1] – jazz pianist
Robert Craft – conductor, music writer
John Creswell – jazz musician
Vera Curtis – soprano
Miles Davis – jazz trumpeter (three semester)
Netania Davrath – soprano
Annamary Dickey – soprano
Glenn Dicterow – violinist
Alfredo Diez Nieto – Cuban composer, conductor and professor
Orlando DiGirolamo – jazz accordionist, composer
David Dubal – pianist, teacher, author, broadcaster, painter (1961)
Alexandra du Bois – composer
Lawrence Dutton (BM 1977, MM 1978, viola)[1] – violist
James Ehnes – violinist
Ruby Elzy – soprano
Michael Endres – pianist
Damien Escobar – Violinist
Faith Esham – soprano
Jonathan Estabrooks – baritone
Eric Ewazen – composer
JoAnn Falletta – conductor, guitarist
Ying Fang – soprano[71]
Ralph Farris – composer, conductor, violist, violinist, co-founder of Ethel string quartet
Alan Feinberg – pianist
Wilhelmenia Fernandez (BM Voice) – soprano, actress
Arthur Ferrante – pianist
Brian T. Field – composer
Renée Fleming – soprano
Mario Frangoulis – tenor
Gerald Fried – composer
Lucas Vidal – composer
David Friedkin – writer, director, producer
Kenneth Fuchs – composer (MM, 1983; DMA, 1988; 2018 GRAMMY Award, Best Classical Compendium)
Kevin R. Gallagher – guitarist
David Garrett – violinist
Eliza Garth – pianist
David Garvey – pianist
Tim Genis – timpanist
Ariana Ghez – oboist
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. – actor
Ola Gjeilo — composer, pianist, arranger[72]
Michael Giacchino – composer
Alan Gilbert – conductor
Herschel Burke Gilbert – composer
Wallis Giunta – mezzo-soprano
Philip Glass – composer
David Golub – pianist
Eddie Gómez – jazz bassist
Matt Good – tubist
Midori Goto – violinist
Jason Grant – singer
Alan Greenspan – clarinetist, former chair of the Federal Reserve Board
Henry Grimes – double bassist
Paul Groves – tenor
Yang Guang – mezzo-soprano
Horacio Gutiérrez – pianist
Bruce Haack – pioneer in electronic music
Andreas Haefliger – pianist
Daron Hagen – composer, pianist, conductor, stage director
B. H. Haggin – music critic
Cecelia Hall – mezzo-soprano
Tamar Halperin – pianist, harpsichordist
Marvin Hamlisch – composer, pianist
Lynn Harrell – cellist
Edward W. Hardy – violinist, violist, composer
Margaret Rosezarian Harris – conductor, composer
Miguel Harth-Bedoya – conductor
Julius Hegyi – violinist, conductor
Luther Henderson – arranger, composer, orchestrator[73]
Freddie Herko – musician, dancer
Bernard Herrmann – composer
Natalie Hinderas – pianist, composer
Yoshihisa Hirano – composer
Moses Hogan – composer, conductor, arranger of choral music and spirituals
Stephen Hough – pianist
Ching-Yun Hu (Pre-College 1999, BM 2003, MM 2005) – pianist
Helen Huang – pianist
Frank Huang – violinist
Hao Huang – pianist[74]
Monica Huggett – baroque violinist
Nobuko Imai – violist
Mattias Jacobsson – guitarist
Morgan James – singer, actress
Joseph Kalichstein – pianist
Sharon Kam – clarinetist
Michael Kamen – composer, oboist
Hyo Kang – violinist
Paul Kantor – violinist
Jozef Kapustka – pianist
Laura Karpman – composer
Louis Kaufman – violinist
Martin Kennedy – composer, pianist
Matthew Kennedy – pianist
Nigel Kennedy – violinist
Nina Kennedy – pianist
Jeffrey Khaner – flutist
Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick – music educator
Benny Kim – violinist
Bomsori Kim (MM 2016, AD 2018, violin) – violinist
Chin Kim – violinist
David Kim – violinist
Coya Knutson – Minnesota U.S. Representative
Wladimir Jan Kochanski – pianist
Catherine Ransom Karoly – flutist
Rosemary Kuhlmann – mezzo-soprano
Fredell Lack – violinist
Kenneth Lampl – composer
Kay Lande - composer and singer
Albert Laszlo – bassist
Manny Laureano – trumpet
Paul Lavalle – conductor, arranger, radio show personality
Dorothy Lawson – cellist, composer, co-founder of Ethel (string quartet)
Trey Chui-yee Lee – cellist
Adele Leigh – English operatic soprano[75]
Isabel Leonard – mezzo-soprano
Pete Levin – keyboards, horn
Gilbert Levine – conductor
James Levine (Diploma 1963, orchestral conducting)[1] – conductor
Cho-Liang Lin – violinist
Lowell Liebermann – composer, conductor, pianist
Jens Lindemann – trumpet
Mats Lidström – solo cellist, chamber musician, composer, teacher, publisher
Robert Lipsett – violinist
Andrew Litton – pianist, conductor
Ricardo Llorca – composer
Nicola Loud – violinist
Kevin Kwan Loucks – pianist, arts entrepreneur
Josephine Harreld Love – piano, musicologist, educator
David Ludwig – composer, Juilliard dean of music
Yo-Yo Ma (Professional Studies 1972, cello)[1] – cellist
Teo Macero – jazz composer, producer
Tod Machover – composer
John Mackey (MM 1997, composition) – composer
Henry Mancini – composer, conductor
Jon Manasse – clarinetist
Eugenia Manolidou – composer, conductor
Catherine Manoukian – violinist
Barry Manilow – singer & songwriter
Edvin Marton – violinist
Wynton Marsalis – trumpeter
Ana María Martínez – opera singer
Gulnara Mashurova – harpist
Joyce Mathis – soprano
Audra McDonald (BM 1993, voice)[30] – singer and actress
Christian McBride – jazz bassist
Susann McDonald – harpist
Robert McDuffie – violinist
Steven Mercurio – composer, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers – violinist
Stefan Milenković – violinist
Jeffery Miller – trombonist
Meagan Miller – opera singer
Stephanie Mills – singer
Eric Milnes – harpsichordist, organist and conductor
Leon Milo – composer, percussionist and sound artist
Alexander Mishnaevski – violinist
Beata Moon – composer, pianist
Charlotte Moorman – cellist
Alan Morrison – organist
Mark Morton – bassist
Nico Muhly – composer, pianist
Simon Nabatov – pianist, composer[76]
Hiroko Nakamura – pianist
Christina Naughton – pianist
Michelle Naughton – pianist
Paul Neebe – trumpeter
Pascal Nemirovski – pianist
Takako Nishizaki – violinist
Linda November – singer
Julia Nussenbaum – violinist, also known as Tania Lubova
Constantine Orbelian – conductor, pianist
Noriko Ogawa – pianist
Santos Ojeda – pianist
America Olivo – mezzo-soprano, actor
Margaret Saunders Ott – pianist
Peter Oundjian [77] – violinist, conductor
Alex Panamá – composer
Dorothy Papadakos – MM, organ
Anthony & Joseph Paratore – piano duo
Juliette Passer – music director
Margaret Pardee – violinist
Rene Paulo – pianist
Nick Perito – composer, arranger, music director, performer
Marina Piccinini – flutist
Miguel Franz Pinto – vocal coach, conductor, pianist
Hila Plitmann – opera singer, soprano
Itzhak Perlman – violinist
Susanna Phillips – opera singer, soprano
Christina Petrowska-Quilico – pianist
Ashan Pillai – violist
Daniel Pollack – pianist
Leontyne Price – soprano
Tito Puente – Latin jazz and mambo musician
Michael Rabin – violinist
Valentin Radu – pianist/organist, conductor
André Raphel – conductor
Behzad Ranjbaran – composer
Einojuhani Rautavaara – composer
Steve Reich – composer[78]
Carole Dawn Reinhart – trumpet, professor in Vienna
Madelyn Renee – soprano
Gerardo Ribeiro – violinist
Fernando Rivas – composer
Graciela Rivera – soprano
Jennifer Rivera – mezzo-soprano
Marco Rizo – composer, pianist
Julius Rodriguez – pianist, drummer
Neil Rosenshein – tenor
Mary Rowell – composer, violinist, co-founder of Ethel (string quartet)
Alan Rubin – trumpeter
John Rubinstein – composer, actor
Jordan Rudess – pianist, Dream Theater
Joel Ryce-Menuhin – pianist, psychologist
Rohan Joseph de Saram – conductor
Ezra Schabas – clarinet, saxophone, educator
Staffan Scheja – pianist
Peter Schickele – composer, satirist
William Schimmel – composer, accordionist
Charles Schlueter – trumpeter
Stephen Schwartz (Pre-College 1964, piano)[49]
Gerard Schwarz – conductor
Hazel Scott – pianist, singer
Judson Scott – actor, pianist
Raymond Scott – composer, bandleader, inventor
Tony Scott – Bebop clarinetist, arranger, New World music innovator
Alex Seaver – singer-songwriter and DJ known as Mako
Kathryn Selby – pianist
Gil Shaham – violinist
Theodore Shapiro (MFA 1995, music composition)[17] [79]
Natalie Ni Shi - operatic soprano
Alan Shulman – composer, cellist
Tracy Silverman – violinist, composer
Jacques Singer – conductor
Lori Singer – cellist, actress
Nina Simone – musician, civil rights activist
Leonard Slatkin – conductor
Brian Slawson – composer
Vilem Sokol – violinist
Lew Soloff – composer, trumpeter
Wim Statius Muller – composer, pianist
Mark Steinberg – violinist
Albert Stern – violinist
Paul Stetsenko – organist
Bob Stillman (BM Piano)
Liz Story – pianist
Hai-Kyung Suh – pianist
Kathleen Supové – pianist
Akiko Suwanai – violinist
Jeffrey Swann – pianist
Walter Taieb – composer, conductor
Margaret Leng Tan – pianist
Louis Teicher [80] – pianist
Alfred Teltschik – pianist
Ralph de Toledano – journalist, music critic
Marioara Trifan – pianist, conductor
Ahn Trio – chamber music trio
Francesco Tristano – pianist
Jonathan Tunick – orchestrator
Rosalyn Tureck – pianist, harpsichordist
Hideko Udagawa – violinist
Leslie Uggams – actress, singer (left 1963)
Roland and Almita Vamos – violinist, violist
Jaap van Zweden – violinist, conductor
Robert Vernon – violist
F. Dudleigh Vernor – organist, composer[81]
Shirley Verrett – mezzo-soprano/soprano
Frédérique Vézina - soprano
Joseph Villa – piano
Verónica Villarroel – soprano
Ezequiel Viñao – composer
Andrew von Oeyen – pianist
Paul Waggoner – guitarist, Between the Buried and Me
Xun Wang – pianist
Robert Ward – composer
Katharine Mulky Warne – composer, founder of Milhaud Society
Alexis Weissenberg – pianist
June Weybright – composer, pianist
Eric Whitacre – composer, conductor
John Williams – composer, conductor
Albert Cano Smit – pianist
Meredith Willson – composer
Ransom Wilson – flutist, conductor
Mark Wood – electric violinist
Phil Woods – clarinetist, saxophonist
Joyce Yang – pianist
Yung Wook Yoo – pianist
Rolande Maxwell Young – composer, pianist
Terence Yung – pianist
Camille Zamora – soprano
Charlotte Lois Zelka – pianist
Bernard Zinck - violinist
Eva Maria Zuk – pianist
Pinchas Zukerman – violinist
Princess Rani Vijaya Devi of Kotda Sangani & Mysore – pianist