List of Delta Omicron members

Delta Omicron is a co-ed international professional music honors fraternity. It has three types of members: collegiate, patron, and national honorary members. The national board of directors recognizes musicians who attain outstanding recognition in the field with a national honorary membership. The board may also give a patron or patroness membership to musicians who have attained a national reputation in their field or to nationally recognized patrons of music. Following are some of its notable members.National Patrons and Patronesses of Delta Omicron "National Honorary Members" . Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

NameMember type Induction date Induction location NotabilityBruce AbelPatron1974Cleveland, OhioBaritoneClaudio ArrauPatron1943Louisville, KentuckyPianistDorothy AshbyNational honorary1972Detroit, MichiganHarpist and composerMilton BabbittPatronOctober 9, 2000New York City, New YorkComposerJoseph BanowetzPatron1973Mount Pleasant, MichiganPianistSamuel BarberPatron1960New York City, New YorkComposerEvelyn Rothwell BarbirolliNational honorary1965Houston, TexasOboistJohn BarbirolliPatron1965Houston, TexasConductorEdmund BattersbyPatron2001 or March 27, 2007Jefferson City, TennesseePianistGisele Ben-DorNational honorary1995Englewood Cliffs, New JerseyConductorJack BeesonPatron1971Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaComposer and educatorJean BergerPatron1980Denver, ColoradoComposerPhilip BezansonPatron1962Chicago, IllinoisComposer and educatorIngrid BjonerNational honorary1968Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSopranoFrances BlaisdellNational honorary1941New York City, New YorkFlutist and educatorJoseph BlochPatron1962New York City, New YorkPianist and educatorJean Tennyson BoissevainNational honorarySopranoWilliam BolcomPatron1989 or July 2006Ann Arbor, MichiganComposer and pianistGena BranscombeNational honorary1925New York City, New YorkComposer and conductorAnshel BrusilowPatron1972Maryville, TennesseeConductorFritz BuschPatron1948Cincinnati, OhioConductorErnest CharlesPatron1941Lincoln, NebraskaComposerConstance CherryPatronFebruary 2013Jefferson City, TennesseeEducatorLoris Chobanian Patron1990Kent, OhioComposerLili ChookasianNational honorary1955Chicago, IllinoisContraltoCurtis ClarkPatron1984Kent, OhioPianist and impresarioJoseph W. ClokeyPatron1939Oxford, OhioEducator and composerMichael ColgrassPatron1991Akron, OhioComposerFiora ContinoNational honorary1974Bloomington, IndianaConductorDominic CossaPatron1971Cincinnati, OhioBassHollis DannPatron1925EducatorNorman Dello JoioPatron1967Cincinnati, OhioComposerNickitas DemosPatronJuly 2012 ComposerJoerg DemusPatron1955Cincinnati, OhioPianistMisha DichterPatronApril 13, 1999Jefferson City, TennesseePianistFannie Charles DillonNational honorary1925Los Angeles, CaliforniaComposerWalt DisneyPatron1940Los Angeles, CaliforniaProducerOlin DownesPatron1939New York City, New YorkCriticJohn DowneyPatron1980Milwaukee, WisconsinComposerSophie H. DrinkerNational honorary1951Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMusicologist and authorMarcel DupréPatron1937Bloomington, IllinoisOrganistCecil EffingerPatron1957Denver, ColoradoComposer, inventor, and educatorHalim El-DabhPatron1990Kent, OhioComposerRobert ElmorePatron1965Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaOrganist and composerGeorges EnescoPatronViolinistSimon EstesPatron1979Chicago, IllinoisBass-baritoneJoAnn FallettaNational honorary1988Milwaukee, WisconsinConductorRay FergusonPatron1976Detroit, MichiganOrganistWilhelmenia FernandezNational honorary1983Detroit, MichiganSopranoFrancis FindlayPatron1934EducatorBirgit FinnilaNational honorary1973Chicago, IllinoisContraltoHarvey S. Firestone Jr.Patron1939PhilanthropistCarlisle FloydPatron1961Columbia, South CarolinaComposer and educatorEugene FodorPatron1978Washington, D.C.ViolinistHenry FordPatron1939PhilanthropistLukas FossPatron1982New York City, New YorkConductor and composerVirgil FoxPatron1958Westminster, MarylandOrganistVera FranceschiNational honorary1955Chicago, IllinoisPianistOssip GabrilowitschPatron1921Cincinnati, OhioConductor and pianistJames GalwayPatron1991Columbus, OhioFlutistMary GardenPatron1932Cincinnati, OhioSopranoVance GeorgePatronApril 3, 2008Washington, PennsylvaniaConductorThe Wheel of Delta Omicron. Spring 2008Armando GhitallaPatron1988Ann Arbor, MichiganTrumpeterVittorio GianniniPatron1953Cincinnati, OhioComposer and educatorDavid GillinghamPatron1996Normal, IllinoisComposerJoseph GingoldPatron1989Bloomington, IllinoisViolinistRichard Franko GoldmanPatron1964New York City, New YorkComposer, author, and conductorEugene GoossensPatron1925Rochester, New YorkConductorCamargo GuarnieriPatron1973Sao Paulo, BrazilComposerIda HaendelNational honorary1986Dallas, TexasVolinistRichard HagemanPatron1926ComposerRobert HalePatron1971Cincinnati, OhioBaritoneHoward HansonPatron1925Rochester, New YorkComposer, educator, and conductorLouis HasselmansPatron1940Baton Rouge, LouisianaConductorEvelyn LearNational honorary1989Chicago, IllinoisSopranoWalter HendlPatronDecember 1, 1960Chicago, IllinoisConductor and educatorEthel Glenn HierNational honorary1924Columbus, OhioComposer and pianistIma HoggPatron1971Houston, TexasPhilanthropistLorin HollanderPatron1974Milwaukee, WisconsinPianistStanley HollingsworthPatron1988Rochester, MichiganComposerDavid HolsingerPatron1998San Antonio, TexasComposer and conductorHal Hopson Patron1988Nashville, TennesseeComposerKarel HusaPatron1977Milwaukee, WisconsinComposer and conductorDonald HustadPatron1994Jefferson City, TennesseeOrganist, composer, arranger, and educatorRoger JacobiPatron1980Interlochen, MichiganEducatorGrant JohannesenPatron1982Cleveland, OhioPianistCamellia JohnsonNational honorary1925Jefferson City, TennesseeSopranoThor JohnsonPatron1947Cincinnati, OhioConductor and educatorVakhtang JordaniaPatron1988Chattanooga, TennesseeConductorMartin KatzPatron1985Sarasota, FloridaPianist and educatorGraham KendrickPatronFebruary 2013Contemporary worship artistHans KindlerPatron1945ConductorTom KrausePatron1969Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBaritoneRafael KubelíkPatron1951Chicago, IllinoisConductorGail KubikPatron1960Lawrence, KansasComposerErich KunzelPatron1993Cincinnati, OhioConductorFredell LackNational honorary1963Beaumont, TexasViolinist and educatorHans LangePatron1940ConductorBenjamin LeesPatron1965New York City, New YorkComposer and educatorJ. Reilly LewisPatron2010Organist and choirmaster of the National CathedralKlafeta, Jennifer. "The President's 2010-2011 Fall Overture to Alumni Chapters and Clubs." Sept. 2010. P. 1.Martha LiptonNational honorary1943Cincinnati, OhioMezzo-soprano and educatorFrank LittlePatron1977Johnson City, TennesseeTenorHugh LivingstonPatronNovember 6, 2003Maryville, TennesseeComposer and pianistNormand LockwoodPatron1980Denver, ColoradoComposerJesús López-CobosPatron1992Cincinnati, OhioConductorGeorge LynnPatron1974Fort Collins, ColoradoComposerJoseph E. MaddyPatron1934Educator and conductorSpiro MalasPatron1971Cincinnati, OhioBaritoneNicolai MalkoPatron1943Chicago, IllinoisConductorRobert MarcellusPatron1980Interlochen, MichiganEducator and conductorAndre MarchalPatron1954Cincinnati, OhioOrganistJean MartinonPatron1967Chicago, IllinoisConductorDavid MaslankaPatron1996Normal, IllinoisComposerWilliam MayerPatron1964New York City, New YorkComposerJames McCrayPatron1981Fort Collins, ColoradoComposer and educatorSylvia McNairNational honorary1985Atlanta, GeorgiaSopranoSherrill MilnesPatron1990Urbana, IllinoisBaritoneYvonne MintonNational honorary1975Chicago, IllinoisMezzo-sopranoDonald Neuen Patron1977Jefferson City, TennesseeEducator and conductorGeoffrey O'HaraPatron1938ComposerPaul ParayPatron1946Cincinnati, OhioConductorLuciano PavarottiPatron1978Washington, D.C.TenorVincent PersichettiPatron1946Kent, OhioComposerGregor PiatagorskyPatron1944Louisville, KentuckyCellistPaul PlishkaPatron1985Detroit, MichiganBaritoneJohn PozdroPatron1960Lawrence, KansasEducator and composerEve QuelerNational honorary1979Detroit, MichiganConductorFlorence QuivarNational honorary1980Los Angeles, CaliforniaMezzo-sopranoSamuel RameyPatron1980Washington, D.C.BassRobert RayfieldPatronDecember 1, 1976Chicago, IllinoisOrganistFritz ReinerPatron1920Cincinnati, OhioConductorBernard RogersPatron1960Lawrence, KansasComposer and educatorFred RogersPatron1996Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaEducator, producer, and musicianGianna RolandiNational honorary1986Spartanburg, South CarolinaSopranoStella RomanNational honorary1943Chicago, IllinoisSopranoJulius Rudel Patron1971Cincinnati, OhioConductor and opera directorJohn RutterPatron1985Jefferson City, TennesseeComposer and conductorCarlos SalzedoPatron1926HarpistClara Clemens SamossoudNational honorary1921Detroit, MichiganContraltoDavid P. Sartor PatronJuly 17, 2009 Composer and conductorArlene SaundersNational honorary1971Cincinnati, OhioSopranoBidu SayãoNational honorary1939Cincinnati, OhioSopranoThomas SchermanPatron1965New York City, New YorkConductorKenneth SchermerhornPatron1970Milwaukee, WisconsinConductorTito SchipaPatron1940Beverly Hills, CaliforniaTenorThomas SchippersPatron1971Cincinnati, OhioConductorWilliam SchumanPatron1968New York City, New YorkComposer and administratorElisabeth SchwarzkopfNational honorary1954Chicago, IllinoisSopranoIrmgard SeefriedNational honorary1953Chicago, IllinoisSopranoRobert ShawPatron1969Cincinnati, OhioConductorGeorge ShirleyPatron1972Detroit, MichiganTenorBeverly SillsPatronMay 1, 1971Cincinnati, OhioSopranoHenry SopkinPatron1953Chicago, IllinoisConductorAlbert SpaldingPatron1938ViolinistOley SpeaksPatron1939ComposerSusan StarrNational honorary1964Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPianist and educatorEleanor SteberNational honorary1943Chicago, IllinoisSoprano and educatorRuth SlenczynskaNational honorary1956New York City, New YorkPianist, author, and educatorTeresa Stich-RandallNational honorary1966New York City, New YorkSopranoWilliam StonePatronApril 1, 2003Jefferson City, TennesseeBaritoneGustave StrubePatron1932Conductor and composerShinichi SuzukiPatron1997Johnson City, Tennessee (via phone)Musician, educator, and founder of the Suzuki Method of TeachingToshio TakahashiPatron1997Johnson City, TennesseeMusician, flutist, educator, and founder of the Suzuki Flute InstituteCarl TannerPatronAugust 8, 2005Santa Fe, New MexicoTenorThe Whistle: 6. 2006.Deems TaylorPatron1939New York City, New YorkComposer and criticAlexander TcherepninPatron1939New York City, New YorkComposer and pianistRenata TebaldiNational honorary1957Chicago, IllinoisSopranoHenri TemiankaPatron1961Lawrence, KansasViolinist and educatorJohn Charles ThomasPatron1940Oxford, OhioBaritoneVirgil ThomsonPatron1957Milwaukee, WisconsinComposerKerstin ThorborgNational honorary1939Columbus, OhioContraltoJames ToccoPatron1990Middletown, OhioPianistNoel TredinnickPatron1988Jefferson City, TennesseeConductorNorman TreiglePatron1971Cincinnati, OhioBass-baritoneBarry TuckwellPatron1988Cincinnati, OhioHornistRamon VinayPatron1948Denver, ColoradoTenorFrederica Von StadeNational honorary1996Brevard, North CarolinaMezzo-sopranoReinald WerrenrathPatron1931BaritonePaul W. WhearPatron1975Huntington, West VirginiaComposerJohn WhitePatronDecember 11, 2005Denver, ColoradoComposer, cellist, and authorRobert WhitneyPatron1950Louisville, KentuckyConductor and educatorGavin WilliamsonPatron1954HarpsichordistBeverly WolffPatron1971Cincinnati, OhioMezzo-sopranoRichard YardumianPatron1967Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaComposer and pianistBerj ZamkochianPatron1969Normal, IllinoisOrganistEfrem ZimbalistPatron1940Georgetown, KentuckyViolinist and educator

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