This is list of notable alumni, faculty and staff of the Eastman School of Music.

Alumni

Martin Amlin, composer and pianist Dominick Argento, composer Sasami Ashworth, singer Martha Atwell, radio directorHowes, Durward, ed. (1937). American Women : The Official Who's Who Among the Women of the Nation, Vol. II (1937-38). Los Angeles, CA: American Publications, Inc. p. 26. 435906904. James Austin, trumpeter and educator Angelo Badalamenti, film and television composer Mark Bailey, conductor Nicholson Baker, author John Balme, conductor Jeff Beal, composer Bob Becker, percussionist and composer Frank Bencriscutto, conductor and composer Roger Bobo, tubist Bonita Boyd, flutist Horace Clarence Boyer, scholar Rosemarie Brancato, soprano Jeff Briggs, video game developer Cardon V. Burnham, composer Nicole Cabell, soprano Ron Carter, jazz musician Pamela Coburn (born 1959), soprano Alexander Courage, television composer Paul Crawford, jazz musician, music historian Bill Cunliffe, Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, jazz pianist Charles Daellenbach, , co-founder of Canadian Brass David Daniels, conductor and author Leonardo De Lorenzo, flautist, first flute instructor at the Eastman School of Music Robert deMaine, cellist David Diamond, composer Emma Lou Diemer, composer Steven Doane, cellist Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flautist, first woman named to principal chair of a major US orchestra Enrico Elisi, pianist Bradley Ellingboe, composer, professor Katia Escalera, soprano Eric Ewazen, composer Frederick Fennell, conductor John Ferguson, organist, church musician and composer David Finck, jazz bassist Pamela Fleming, trumpeter, composer Renée Fleming, soprano Dave Flippo, jazz composer, pianist, vocalist Cynthia Folio, flutist, theorist, composer Steve Gadd, jazz musician, session drummer Julia Gaines, percussionist Crawford Gates, composer, conductor Ayşedeniz Gökçin, pianist Jonas Gray, bassoonist and digital entrepreneur Diana Haskell, clarinetist Jon Hassell, composer and improviser Christos Hatzis, composer Scott Healy, Grammy–nominated composer and keyboardist Yoshihisa Hirano, anime composer Bernard Hoffer, composer and conductor Karen Holvik, soprano Katherine Hoover, composer, flutist, educator, author Warren Hull, actor and television personality Donald Hunsberger, conductor Jon Hynes, pianist Michael Isaacson, Jewish music composer Aaron James, organist Guy Johnston, cellist (BBC Young Musician of the Year, 2000) Richard Joiner, clarinetist Mark Kellogg, trombonist Donald Kendrick, choir director, organist Chosei Komatsu, conductor Gail Kubik, composer JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, researcher John La Montaine, composer Kay Lande, composer and singer William P. Latham, composer Judith LeClair, bassoonist Tony Levin, rock-fusion bassist Scott Lindroth, composer David Liptak, composer Joseph Locke, jazz percussionist Michael Lowenstern, clarinetist and bass clarinetist Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer Eileen Malone, harpist Eric Mandat, clarinetist and composer Chuck Mangione, jazz musician Christopher Martin, trumpet Ailbhe McDonagh, cellist and composer John McKay, pianist Thomas Meglioranza, baritone Marc Mellits, composer Mitch Miller, record producer Madeleine Mitchell, violinist Erin Morley, operatic sopranoBurger, David. "Salt Lake City native and Brighton High grad Erin Morley wins big opera prize", The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 April 2013. Retrieved on 29 March 2021. Robert Morris, composer, theorist Lee Musiker, arranger Gerry Niewood, saxophonist John Oddo, arranger Paul Parmelee, pianist Robert Paterson, composer Scott Perkins, choral composer Jim Pugh, trombonist Kevin Puts, composer, 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner, 2023 Grammy Award winner Lance Reddick, actor Bill Reichenbach Jr., Hollywood trombonist Tim Riley, music critic Catherine Rodland, organist Laurence Rosenthal, Emmy–winning film composer Vladimir Rosing, opera director, tenor; founded Opera Department in 1923 Margaret Vardell Sandresky, composer Ralph Sauer, trombonist Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor Kim Scharnberg, composer, arranger, conductor, record producer Maria Schneider, Grammy-winning composer and big band leader John Serry Jr., Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer and teacher at Eastman School of Music Fenwick Smith, flautist SNMNMNM, Indie rock band Lew Soloff, trumpeter, composer, actor, Grammy Award for Album of the Year D. J. Sparr, composer and electric guitar soloist Damin Spritzer, organist and academic Maurice Stern, tenor Leigh Howard Stevens, marimba soloist Eileen Strempel, soprano and dean of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Byron Stripling, jazz trumpeter Charles Strouse, composer Jessica Suchy-Pilalis, harpist, Byzantine singer and composer Carole Terry, organist Christopher Theofanidis, composer Michael Torke, composer Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor Jeff Tyzik, composer and conductor Allen Vizzutti, trumpeter and composer Mark Volpe, president and CEO of Boston Symphony Orchestra George Vosburgh, trumpeter George Walker, composer Michael Walsh, music critic, novelist and screenwriter Leehom Wang, singer-songwriter and record producer Robert Ward, opera composer William Warfield, baritone Claire Watson, soprano Helen L. Weiss, composer Norma Wendelburg, composer Alec Wilder, composer Clifton Williams, composer John Williams, composer, conductor, pianist Dana Wilson, composer Todd Wilson, organist Pieter Wispelwey, cellist Craig M. Wright, music historian and professor at Yale University Robert Wykes, composer and professor at Washington University in St. Louis John Wyre, composer and percussionist Sherry Zannoth, soprano Jeffrey Zeigler, cellist

Faculty The Eastman School has more than 130 faculty members, including internationally renowned performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators. In addition, many highly acclaimed musicians and scholars visit the school each year to give master classes and guest lectures or to serve as visiting faculty members.

Samuel Adler, composition John H. Beck, percussion Warren Benson, composition Bonita Boyd, flute David Burge, piano Charles Castleman, violin Katherine Ciesinski, voice David Craighead, organ Robert De Cormier, choral conductor Jan De Gaetani, voice Leonardo De Lorenzo, flute David Effron, orchestral conductor Sara Gazarek, voice Frank Glazer, piano Harold Gleason, organ Nicholas Goluses, guitar Anthony Dean Griffey, voice Arthur Hartmann, violin Stanley Hasty, clarinet David Higgs, organ Donald Hunsberger, wind ensemble conductor Mark Kellogg, euphonium & trombone Henry Klumpenhouwer, music theory Alexander Kobrin, piano Oleh Krysa, violin W. Peter Kurau, horn Ralph P. Locke, musicologist Eileen Malone, harp Jon Manasse, clarinet Chuck Mangione, jazz ensemble John Marcellus, trombone Paul O'Dette, lute, early music Thomas Paul, voice Emory Remington, trombone Mendi Rodan, orchestral conductor Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, composition Joseph Schwantner, composition , piano Yi-Kwei Sze, voice K. David van Hoesen, bassoon Ruth Taiko Watanabe, music librarian Marion Weed, voice Rayburn Wright, jazz and contemporary media Zvi Zeitlin, violin Oscar Zimmerman, double bass

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