This is a list of distinguished members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity who have achieved significant recognition in their respective fields, including (but not limited to) education, film, industry, literature, music, philanthropy, public service, radio, science, and television.
In determining the classification for each Sinfonian listed here, an attempt was made to classify the individual based on what he is most known for. In some cases, a person such as Aaron Copland may be known equally as a conductor and a composer. In other cases, an individual such as Branford Marsalis may be known equally as a jazz musician and a television personality.
Honorary members are in italics, charter members are in bold.
Jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger; member of the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame; had four number one hits in the 1930s
American bandleader and orchestral director; commissioned Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
[2]
Businessmen and philanthropists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
George Banta
Alpha (1917)
Founder of the George Banta Company (later known as Banta Corporation); served as historian of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is honored as a "second founder" of that fraternity in recognition of his contributions to its development and expansion; instrumental in the expansion of Delta Gamma women's fraternity, of which he remains the only male initiate, and was an advocate of collegiate Greek life; mayor of Menasha, Wisconsin in 1892, 1895, and 1902–1903
Andrew Carnegie
Alpha (1917)
Founder of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company which later became United States Steel; philanthropist; namesake of Carnegie-Mellon University, Carnegie Hall, and numerous libraries
[3]
George Eastman
Alpha Nu (1927)
Founded Eastman Kodak Company, invented the roll of film, and endowed the establishment of the Eastman School of Music
[4][5]
Henry Clay Frick
Alpha (1917)
Industrialist, financier, and art patron; founder of H. C. Frick & Company; chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company; played a major role in the formation of the giant United States Steel
[6][7]
Major Henry Lee Higginson
Alpha (1915)
Survivor of the Battle of Aldie; founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881; served as President of the Boston Music Hall and as trustee of the New England Conservatory of Music, 1892-1919
[8]
Otto H. Kahn
Alpha (1917)
Investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts; built Oheka Castle, the second largest private home in the US; served as Chairman of the National Music Week Committee of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music in the 1920s
Harvey S. Mudd
Beta Psi (1941)
Mining engineer; founder, investor, and president of the Cyprus Mines Corporation; namesake of Harvey Mudd College, a science and engineering college in Claremont, California
Charles M. Schwab
Alpha (1917)
Industrialist; steel magnate; under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second largest steel maker in the US, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world
Henry Z. Steinway
Alpha Alpha (1962)
Philanthropist; heir to Steinway piano manufacturing legacy; president of Steinway & Sons, 1955–1977; awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2007; founding president of the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California
[9][10]
Henry Lee Higginson, portrait by John Singer Sargent (1903)
Andrew Carnegie, c. 1913
Composers[edit]
Band/winds[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Richard Franko Goldman
Beta Omicron (1940)
Band director; son of Edwin Franko Goldman, founder of the American Bandmasters Association
Percy A. Grainger
Beta Omicron (1940)
Australian-born pianist; champion of the saxophone and concert band
David Holsinger
Beta Mu (1964)
Two-time recipient of the Sousa/Ostwald Award given by the American Bandmasters Association for best band composition
[11]
Martin Mailman
Zeta Psi (1961)
Prolific and well-decorated composer; two-time recipient of the Sousa/Ostwald Award
[11]
David Maslanka
Rho Tau (2008)
Best known for his wind band works including "A Child's Garden of Dreams"; two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Composer Award
[12]
W. Francis McBeth
Alpha Iota (1957)
Winner of the Presley Award at Hardin-Simmons University in 1954; named Composer Laureate of Arkansas in 1975; received the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1988
[13][14][15]
William Schuman
Beta Gamma (1930)
Former President of the Juilliard School; first president of Lincoln Center; awarded the inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1943, the National Medal of Arts in 1987, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1989
[9][16][17]
John Philip Sousa
Alpha Xi (1925)
Known as the "March King;" composer of over 100 marches, including the national march "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
Jack Stamp
Zeta Tau (1973)
Inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 2000; awarded the title of "University Professor" for the 2008-2009 academic year at IUP
[18][19]
James Swearingen
Iota Omicron (1968)
Inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 2000
[18]
Frank Ticheli
Alpha Alpha (2009)
Well-decorated composer; recipient of the Arts and Letters Award, Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, and Charles Ives Scholarship, all from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
[20]
J. Clifton Williams
Beta Omega (1946)
First winner of the Sousa/Ostwald Award; known for concert march "The Sinfonians", which incorporates the fraternity song "Hail Sinfonia"
[11]
John Philip Sousa c. 1900
Percy Grainger
Choral/vocal[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
William Levi Dawson
Alpha Alpha (1977)
Arranger of African-American spirituals; recipient of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in 1968
[21]
Frank Ferko
Kappa Sigma (1969)
Recipient of a Holtkamp Award from the American Guild of Organists in 1990
Daniel Pinkham
Alpha (1959)
Named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists in 1990
Leo Sowerby
Rho (1933)
First composer to receive the Rome Prize, in 1921; recipient of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Music
[17][22]
Randall Thompson
Rho Tau (1972)
Noted for choral compositions Alleluia and Testament of Freedom; first recipient of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit, in 1964; recipient of Yale University's Sanford Medal
[21][23]
Peter Wilhousky
Beta Gamma (1949)
Arranged "Battle Hymn of the Republic"; wrote English lyrics of "Carol of the Bells"
Film/TV[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Warren Barker
Beta Psi (1942)
Wrote theme songs for Bewitched, 77 Sunset Strip, That Girl, and the Donny and Marie Osmond Show
John Cacavas
Iota (1951)
Composer of music for television shows including Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, The Bionic Woman, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and the films Airport 1975 and Airport '77
[24][25]
Bill Conti
Beta Omega (1960)
Film and television composer, including for Rocky and the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only; won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for The Right Stuff and three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction for the 64th, 70th and 75th Academy Award ceremonies
[26][27]
Dave Grusin
Beta Chi (1953)
Composed the theme songs for Maude, Good Times, Baretta, and St. Elsewhere; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1991
[15][28]
Nelson S. Riddle, Jr.
Gamma Omega (1967)
Bandleader, arranger, orchestrator; composed soundtrack of the 1960s Batman television series and 1966 movie
David Rose
Gamma Omega (1968)
Wrote music for The Red Skelton Show and Bonanza; known for 1962 Billboard #1 hit "The Stripper"; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[29][30]
David Rose (3rd from left) in AFRS Radio Show, c. 1946
Post-romantic[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
George W. Chadwick
Alpha (1909)
Director of the New England Conservatory of Music, 1897–1930; member of "Boston Six"; "Sinfonia" in the fraternity's name is attributed to Chadwick, based on the name of a student organization he was a member of at the Leipzig Conservatory
George W. Chadwick c. 1909
Other[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Samuel Adler
Gamma Theta (1960), Alpha Alpha (1966)
German-born composer; named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists in 1991
Leroy Anderson
Gamma Omega (1969)
Composer, noted for "Bugler's Holiday", "Syncopated Clock", and the holiday classic "Sleigh Ride"; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[29][31]
Robert Russell Bennett
Gamma Omega (1966)
First president of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC); won an Oscar for the film Oklahoma!
[32][33]
Aaron Copland
Alpha Upsilon (1961)
Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize in composition for Appalachian Spring, and Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1970; a Kennedy Center honoree in 1979; his well-known compositions include Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo
[15][16][17]
George Crumb
Beta Chi (1961)
Received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1968 for his orchestral work Echoes of Time and the River and a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition in 2001 for his work Star-Child
[17][34]
Norman Dello Joio
Epsilon Nu (1971)
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Meditations on Ecclesiastes in 1957, and an Emmy Award in 1965 for his score to the NBC special The Louvre
[17]
Carlisle Floyd
Epsilon Iota (1957)
Awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2004; named the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music in 2012
[9][15]
Morton Gould
Alpha Delta (1947)
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for Stringmusic in 1995, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
[17][35]
Ferde Grofé
Beta Epsilon (1939)
Piano player for Paul Whiteman's orchestra; arranged George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for both jazz and full orchestras; known for Grand Canyon Suite
Adolphus Hailstork
Rho Mu (2010)
Composer and educator
Howard Hanson
Iota (1916)
Director of the Eastman School of Music, 1924–1964; recipient of the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 4, Requiem, and the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1954
[15][17]
Victor Herbert
Lambda (1913)
Tin Pan Alley composer; co-founder and vice-president of ASCAP
[36][37]
Alan Hovhaness
Delta Omicron (1949)
Prolific Armenian-American composer, with over 500 surviving works
Karel Husa
Alpha Alpha (1977)
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 3 in 1969; known for Music for Prague 1968
[17]
Gail T. Kubik
Alpha Nu (1934)
Won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Symphony Concertante
[17]
Krzysztof Penderecki
Epsilon Iota (1975)
Received a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for Credo in 2001
Vincent Persichetti
Delta Eta (1961)
Awarded the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in 1984
[21]
Peter Schickele
Gamma Epsilon (1974)
Composer and comedian, best known by the pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach
[38]
Arnold Schoenberg
Alpha Epsilon (1935)
Developed the twelve-tone technique of composition
[39]
Arnold Schoenberg, Alpha Epsilon Honorary 1935
Conductors[edit]
Band/winds[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Leonard Falcone
Gamma Epsilon (1940)
Long-time Director of Bands at Michigan State University; scholarship endowments were established in his honor at Michigan State University, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and the Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival
Frederick Fennell
Alpha Nu (1934)
Widely regarded as the leader of the wind ensemble movement in the US; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 2003
[15]
George N. Parks
Rho Sigma (1974)
Founder of the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy, a summer workshop program for high school drum majors
William Revelli
Alpha Lambda (1935)
Long-time Director of Bands at the University of Michigan; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1994 (awarded posthumously, as he died one month before the National Convention)
[15]
Thomas Tyra
Iota (1953)
Director of Bands at Louisiana State University and Eastern Michigan University; later Dean at Crane School of Music; created the LSU Golden Girls Dance Line and wrote lyrics and music for many university spirit songs, including Northwestern's Alma Mater
Choral[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Charles Bruffy
Nu Gamma (1981)
Grammy Award-winning director of the Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Chorale; chorus director of the Kansas City Symphony
[40][41]
Norman Luboff
Alpha Nu (1963)
Founder and Director of the Norman Luboff Choir; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[29]
Robert Shaw
Alpha Chi (1945)
Recipient of 14 Grammy Awards; Kennedy Center honoree in 1991
[16]
John Finley Williamson
Alpha Theta (1925)
Founder of Westminster Choir; co-founder of Westminster Choir College
Norman Luboff in 1963
Symphonic[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Arthur Fiedler
Delta Omicron (1950)
Long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra; awarded the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in 1976, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977
[21]
Erich Kunzel
Eta-Omicron (1969)
Long-time conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2006
[9]
James Levine
Alpha Alpha (1979)
Conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the soundtrack of Fantasia 2000; Kennedy Center Honoree in 2002; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1979
[15][16]
Pierre Monteaux
Alpha (1919)
Conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and other prominent works, including Petrushka, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, and Debussy's Jeux
[42]
Leonard Slatkin
Alpha Alpha (1987)
Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra;s Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1997 and the National Medal of Arts in 2003
[9][15]
Michael Tilson Thomas
Alpha Epsilon (1963)
Long-time Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony; recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and multiple Grammy Awards
[9]
Television[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Mort Lindsey
Beta Gamma (1948)
Orchestrator, composer, conductor and musical director for Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Merv Griffin; won a Grammy Award for Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall and an Emmy Award for Barbra Streisand in Central Park
[43]
Educational administrators[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Gilbert Raynolds Combs
Beta (1900)
Founded the Combs College of Music, originally called the Combs Broad Street Conservatory of Music; second Supreme President of Phi Mu Alpha
Charles Paul Conn
Pi Xi (2011)
President of Lee University, overseeing significant growth, both in student population and budget
[44]
John Dunn
Delta Iota (2010)
President of Western Michigan University
Diether Haenicke
Delta Iota (1993)
Former President of Western Michigan University; received an honorary degree from WMU in 1998
[45]
Robert Hemenway
Xi (2011)
Former Chancellor of the University of Kansas
Charles S. Johnson
Zeta Rho (1953)
First black president of historically black Fisk University; civil rights advocate
Aubrey K. Lucas
Eta Phi (1977)
Former President of the University of Southern Mississippi; oversaw major changes in the structure of the university
James Moeser
Alpha Iota (1958)
Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jay F. W. Pearson
Beta Tau (1953)
Marine biologist; second president of the University of Miami, 1952–1962
J. Wayne Reitz
Eta Omega (1990)
Economist; fifth president of the University of Florida, 1955–1967
James M. Simmons
Theta Rho (1963)
President of Lamar University; a Signature Sinfonian.
[46][47]
Graham Spanier
Alpha Zeta (1998)
Former President of Pennsylvania State University
Charles S. Johnson c.1953
Folk singers[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Burl Ives
Alpha Chi (1953)
Portrayed Sam the Snowman in the stop-motion special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; awarded the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in 1975
[21]
Burl Ives c.1955
Government leaders[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
David L. Boren
Mu (2003)
Former Governor of Oklahoma, former US Senator, and former President of the University of Oklahoma
George B. Cortelyou
Alpha Alpha (1903)
First US Secretary of Commerce and Labor; served as US Postmaster General and US Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas Dewey
Epsilon (1920)
Former Governor of New York; Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1944 and 1948
Fiorello La Guardia
Beta Gamma (1941)
Former Congressman from New York; former Mayor of New York
Joshua B. Lee
Mu (1917)
Former US Senator from Oklahoma
James G. Martin
Gamma Kappa (1955)
Former US Congressman from North Carolina; former Governor of North Carolina
George B. Cortelyou c.1905-07
Thomas E. Dewey c.1948
Fiorello La Guardia c.1940
James G. Martin c.1988
Instrumentalists[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Pablo Casals
Epsilon Iota (1963)
Cellist; conductor; recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1973
[15][35]
Philip Farkas
Rho Chi (1971)
French horn player; wrote several widely used books on horn playing; designed the Holton-Farkas horn
Vic Firth
Alpha (1950)
Founder of Vic Firth drum stick company
Carlos Montoya
Alpha Alpha (1975)
Spanish-born Flamenco guitarist; brought the style of playing into the mainstream
[48]
Albert Tipton
Alpha Chi (1934)
Flautist, pianist and conductor; in 1966, Time magazine placed Tipton amongst the "30 first-rate flutists" in the United States and Europe
[49]
Statue of Pablo Casals at Montserrat, Spain
Carlos Montoya c.1954
Organists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
E. Power Biggs
Beta Delta (1957)
Sparked a renewal of the classical pipe organ during the 1950s; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[29]
Joseph Bonnet
Alpha (1917)
Composer, educator; founded the organ department at the Eastman School of Music
Marcel Dupré
Alpha (1924)
Composer, educator; known for performing more than 2000 organ recitals throughout Australia, the US, Canada and Europe
Other[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Arna Bontemps
Zeta Rho (1954)
Poet, member of the Harlem Renaissance
Pianists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Van Cliburn
Alpha Chi (1958)Alpha Alpha (1962)
Pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War; awarded the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1962, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, and the National Medal of Arts in 2010
[9][15][16][35]
Rudolph Ganz
Zeta (1924)
Performer, conductor, composer, and educator
Leopold Godowsky
Beta (1900)
Performer, composer, educator; advanced piano playing technique
Morton Gould
Alpha Delta (1947)
Composer, conductor, arranger, and performer; a Kennedy Center honoree in 1994; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1995, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
[16][29][35]
Josef Hofmann
Alpha (1917)
Performer, composer, music teacher, and inventor
Peter Nero
Gamma Omega (1962)
Conductor and Grammy Award-winning pianist
André Previn, KBE
Zeta Mu (1967)
Pianist, conductor, and composer; winner of multiple Grammy and Academy Awards; appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996; a Kennedy Center honoree in 1998; received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010
[16][35][50]
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Alpha (1919)
Conductor, composer, and pianist
[42]
Roger Williams
Alpha Beta (1943)
Concert pianist; recorded the only piano instrumental (Autumn Leaves) to reach #1 on Billboard's popular music chart
Rudolph Ganz
Josef Hofmann
Trumpeters[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Maurice Andre
Delta (1970)
Trumpeter, prolific recording artist
Roger Voisin
Alpha (1951)
Classical trumpeter; in 1959, The New York Times called him "one of the best-known trumpeters in this country"
[51]
Saxophonists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Sigurd Raschèr
Delta (1951)
Saxophonist; pioneer of saxophone literature and voicing on the saxophone
Eugene Rousseau
Iota Gamma (2006)
Saxophonist; co-founder of the World Saxophone Congress
Violinists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Mischa Elman
Alpha (1917)
Ukrainian-born violinist famed for his passionate style and beautiful tone
Jascha Heifetz
Alpha (1917)
Listed by Time magazine as one of the most influential violinists of the twentieth century; awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumously) in 1989; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[29][35][52]
Eugène Ysaÿe
Alpha (1917)
Performer, composer, educator, conductor; known as "king of the violin"
Efrem Zimbalist
Alpha (1917)
Performer, composer, educator, and conductor
Mischa Elman
Eugène Ysaÿe
Jazz artists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
Gamma Theta (1960)Xi Omega (1970)
Saxophonist and bandleader
Jamey Aebersold
Gamma Omega (1976)
Saxophonist and music educator; known for his jazz improvisation education
Count Basie
Mu Nu (1970)
Pianist, bandleader; 1981 Kennedy Center honoree; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
[16][29][35]
Alvin Batiste
Mu Psi (1973)
Avant-garde clarinetist
Alan Baylock
Nu Psi (2016)
Composer, arranger, educator, bandleader, clinician, instrumentalist and bandleader
Louie Bellson
Xi Omega (1994)
Drummer; invented the double bass drum at age 15
Henry Butler
Mu Psi (1969)
Blind pianist
Bill Cunliffe
Omicron Pi (2010)
Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer
Duke Ellington
Rho Upsilon (1969)Gamma Delta (1969)Alpha Alpha
Pianist and bandleader; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966
[29][35]
Bill Evans
Delta Omega (1949)
Pianist and composer; posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994
[35]
Maynard Ferguson
Xi Chi (1976)
Trumpeter and bandleader; recipient of the 2006 Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award
[15]
Donald Harrison Jr.
Mu Psi (1979)
Saxophonist and orchestral composer
Stan Kenton
Gamma Epsilon (1961)
Pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
Tom "Bones" Malone
Gamma Theta (2001)
Member of The Blues Brothers band; member of the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman; former arranger for Saturday Night Live
Chuck Mangione
Alpha Nu (1971)
Flugelhornist and bandleader
Shelly Manne
Omicron Pi (1969)
Drummer, frequently associated with West Coast jazz
Branford Marsalis
Mu Psi (1979)
Saxophonist; former bandleader of the Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Ellis Marsalis, Jr.
Epsilon Lambda (1965)
Louisiana Music Hall of Fame jazz pianist and music educator; father of Branford and Wynton Marsalis; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 2015
[53]
Mike Metheny
Upsilon Phi (1974)
Flugelhornist and music journalist
Doc Severinsen
Eta Lambda (1965)
Trumpeter; former bandleader of the NBC Orchestra (later the Tonight Show Band) on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Clark Terry
Beta Zeta (1968)
Trumpeter; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1985 and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010
[15][35]
George Wein
Delta Omicron (1954)
Jazz promoter and producer; founder of the Newport Jazz Festival
Kirk Whalum
Kappa Delta (1978)
Saxophonist and songwriter; won a Grammy Award in 2011 for Best Gospel Song
Duke Ellington c. 1965
Count Basie c. 1955
Clark Terry performs with the Great Lakes Navy Band Jazz Ensemble, 2002
Music critics and editors[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Richard Aldrich
Alpha (1917)
Music critic for The New York Times
Olin Downes
Alpha (1917)
Music critic for The Boston Post and The New York Times; host of the Metropolitan Opera Quiz
Henry Finck
Alpha (1917)
Music Editor for the New York Evening Post
Paul Hume
Alpha Alpha (1971)
Musicologist; Music Editor for The Washington Post; awarded the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in 1979
[21]
James Gibbons Huneker
Alpha (1917)
Music writer; music critic for The New York Sun
Henry Edward Krehbiel
Alpha (1917)
Musicologist; Music Editor for the New-York Tribune
James Huneker c. 1890
Music educators[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Frank Damrosch
Alpha (1917)
Founder of the Juilliard School in 1905
[54]
William P. Foster
Beta Gamma (1953) Omicron Gamma
Revolutionised the marching band at Florida A&M University, calling them the "Marching 100"
[55]
Edwin Gordon
Alpha Kappa (1955)
Music educator; developer of the Gordon Music Learning Theory
John Wesley Work III
Zeta Rho (1953)
Composer, educator, choral director, and scholar of African American folklore and music
Frank Heino Damrosch
Musicologists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Percy Goetschius
Alpha (1917)
Advanced composition theory, including the development of the theory of harmonic progression
Sigmund Spaeth
Iota (1910)
Composer and musicologist; traced the sources and origins of popular songs to their folk and classical roots; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1958
[15]
Michael J. Budds
Zeta
Musicologist and longtime professor at the University of Missouri School of Music. An author and first musicologist inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame.
Peace activists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Thomas W. Fox
Gamma Psi (1971)
Kidnapped in November 2005 in Baghdad, leading to the Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis; was found dead in 2006
Radio, film and television personalities[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Alan Bergman
Alpha Rho (1943)
With his wife, became the first songwriters to have written three of the five tunes nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song - "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends, "It Might Be You" from Tootsie (with Dave Grusin), and "If We Were in Love" from Yes, Giorgio (with John Williams). "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman won the award that year. They also wrote the popular theme song "And Then There's Maude" for the hit Norman Lear television series Maude.
Bergman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and in 1995 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Berklee College of Music. He is a member of the board of Barbra Streisand's charitable foundation.
Monét X Change
Rho Kappa (2009)
Professional drag queen and singer; crowned Miss Congeniality on Season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race and winner of Season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
Frank De Vol
Gamma Omega (1962)
Arranger, composer and actor; recognized for his theme tunes for television shows Family Affair, The Brady Bunch, and My Three Sons; acted in several TV series, includingI Dream of Jeannie, Bonanza, and The Brady Bunch
Woody Durham
Alpha Rho (1961)
Longtime radio announcer for UNC basketball and football, known as the "Voice of the Tar Heels"
[56]
Nelson Eddy
Zeta (1936)
Actor and singer who starred in 19 musical films during the 1930s-40s; has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[29]
Art Gilmore
Chi (1934)
Announcer and narrator for several television and radio programs, including Amos 'n' Andy, The Red Skelton Show, and The World Tomorrow
Andy Griffith
Alpha Rho (1946)
Actor and singer best known for his lead roles in The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
[29]
Wayne Messmer
Alpha Lambda (1970)
Professional speaker, singer, radio broadcaster, author and actor; longtime announcer for the Chicago Cubs; well-known for singing "The Star Spangled Banner" for various Chicago sports teams; named as a Signature Sinfonian in 2010
[47]
Mitch Miller
Alpha Nu (1929)
Host of the 1960s community-sing television program Sing Along With Mitch; awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000
[35]
Fred Rogers
Xi Psi (1987)
Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002
[29]
J.K. Simmons
Delta Theta (1975)
Actor known for Whiplash, Spider-Man, and The Legend of Korra; won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 87th Academy Awards
[57]
Fred Waring
Alpha Zeta (1956)
Bandleader; host of The Fred Waring Show; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983
[29]
Andy Griffith c. 2005
Mitch Miller c. 1961
Rock and/or pop musicians[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Joe Bouchard
Delta (1967)
Former bass player for Blue Öyster Cult
Bo Diddley
Eta Omega (1999)
Rock and roll pioneer; member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998
[58]
Ben Folds
Beta Tau (2015)
Singer and songwriter; frontman of the Ben Folds Five
[59]
Glenn Hughes
Kappa Pi (1969)
The original "biker" character in the disco group Village People
Lee Loughnane
Kappa Phi (1965)
Founding member of the rock band Chicago; named as a Signature Sinfonian in 2009
[60]
James Pankow
Kappa Phi (1966)
Founding member of Chicago; named as a Signature Sinfonian in 2009
[60]
Walter Parazaider
Kappa Phi (1964)
Founding member of Chicago; named as a Signature Sinfonian in 2009
[60]
Ruben Studdard
Omicron Delta (1997)
Pop singer, winner of the second season of American Idol
Jimmy Webb
Pi Tau (1969)
Singer and songwriter; known for the songs "Up, Up and Away" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"; recipient of multiple Grammy Awards
Bo Diddley c. 1997
Scientists and scholars[edit]
Capt. Winston Scott, 1950–present (Epsilon Iota 1970); member of the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew; Senior Vice President for External Relations and Economic Development, Florida Institute of Technology[61])
Visual artists[edit]
Thomas Hart Benton (Alpha Psi Honorary 1947)
Vocalists[edit]
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Pasquale Amato
Beta Omega (1939)
Operatic baritone who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1908-1921
David Bispham
Epsilon (1905)
First American–born operatic baritone to gain international notability
Enrico Caruso
Alpha (1917)
Pioneer of recorded music; posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987
[35]
Craig Colclough
Delta Pi (2001)
American bass-baritone employed with groups such as the Los Angeles Opera.
François Clemmons
Alpha Omega (1968)
Founder of the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble; frequent guest (as Officer Clemmons) on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Jerry Hadley
Delta Nu (1971)
Grammy Award-winning operatic tenor
Sherrill Milnes
Alpha Beta (1954)
Operatic baritone known for his Verdi roles; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1982
[15]
Luciano Pavarotti
Beta Tau (1978)
Operatic tenor; humanitarian; known for bridging the gap between popular and classical music; Kennedy Center honoree in 2001
[16]
Titta Ruffo
Alpha (1917)
Operatic baritone and prolific recording artist
Antonio Scotti
Alpha (1917)
Principal baritone at the Metropolitan Opera
Jacques Urlus
Alpha (1917)
Dramatic tenor famed for his recordings of the music of Richard Wagner
William Warfield
Delta Lambda (1961)
Concert bass-baritone singer and actor; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1976
[15]
Baritone David Bispham c. 1920
Enrico Caruso c. 1910
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