List of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Music

The music section of the American Academy of Arts and Letters is one of the society's three departments. After being nominated by current members, new members are selected in two elections, the first by the department they join (Art, Literature or Music). Candidates who receive the most votes in their own department are then voted on by the entire membership.

Current members Name Elected John Adams1997 John Luther Adams2022 Samuel Adler2001 T.J. Anderson2005 Robert Beaser2004 William Bolcom1993 Martin Bresnick2006 Chen Yi2019 John Corigliano1991 Sebastian Currier2016 Anthony Davis2021 Philip Glass2003 Adolphus Hailstork2023 John Harbison1992 Stephen Hartke2009 Jennifer Higdon2022 Stephen Jaffe2012 Betsy Jolas1983 Aaron Jay Kernis2011 David Lang2014 Paul Lansky2016 Tania León2010 Fred Lerdahl2010 George E. Lewis2018 Annea Lockwood2022 Wynton Marsalis2021 Meredith Monk2019 Carman Moore2023 Tobias Picker2012 David Rakowski2016 Shulamit Ran2003 Bernard Rands2004 Steve Reich1994 Roger Reynolds2023 Terry Riley2020 David Sanford2022 Maria Schneider2023 Joseph Schwantner2002 Roberto Sierra2021 Alvin Singleton2014 Wadada Leo Smith2023 Christopher Theofanidis2022 Augusta Read Thomas2009 Henry Threadgill2021 Joan Tower1998 Chinary Ung2020 Melinda Wagner2017 Julia Wolfe2017 Yehudi Wyner1999 Pamela Z2023 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich1992

Deceased members Name Life Elected Dominick Argento1927–20191980 Arthur H. Bird1856–19231898 Martin Boykan1931–20212011 Howard Brockway1870–19511910 Dudley Buck1839–19091898 George Whitefield Chadwick1854–19311898 Chou Wen-chung1923–20191982 Frederick Converse1871–19401908 George Crumb1929–20221975 Walter Damrosch1862–19501898 Mario Davidovsky1934–20191982 Reginald De Koven1859–19201898 David Del Tredici1937–20231984 Carlisle Floyd1926–20212001 Arthur Foote1853–19371898 William W. Gilchrist1846–19161898 Henry Kimball Hadley1871–19371908 Victor Herbert1859–19241908 Karel Husa1921–20161994 Ben Johnston1926–20192018 Charles Martin Loeffler1861–19351908 Edward MacDowell1860–19081898 Ethelbert Nevin1862–19011898 John Knowles Paine1839–19061898 Horatio Parker1863–19191898 Ned Rorem1923–20221979 Christopher Rouse1949–20192002 Frederic Rzewski1938–20212009 Harry Rowe Shelley1858–19471898 David Stanley Smith1877–19491910 Stephen Sondheim1930–20211983 Edgar Stillman Kelley1857–19441898 Frank Van der Stucken1858–19291898 Arthur Batelle Whiting1861–19361905 Charles Wuorinen1938–20201985

See also Department of Art members Department of Literature members