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[edit] Noted alumni
- Eric Whitacre, Composer
- Miles Davis (did not complete his studies)
- Yo-Yo Ma, cello
- Jordan Rudess, piano/keyboardist for progressive metal band Dream Theater
- James Gaffigan, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony
- David Fein
- John Frusciante (senior), father of Red Hot Chili Pepper's guitarist John Frusciante
- Itzhak Perlman, violin
- Stephen Hough, pianist
- André M. Smith, eminent music historian and bass trombonist; formerly with The Metropolitan Opera and Leopold Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra (Carnegie Hall)
- Audra McDonald, Broadway musical theatre performer and four-time Tony winner
- Vilem Sokol, violinist
- Philip Glass, composer
- Paul Lavalle, conductor, arranger, radio show personality
- Peter Schickele, composer, satirist
- The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas), violinist/electric guitarist
- Jesse Ceci, violinist, former concertmaster for The Colorado Symphony Orchestra
- Robin Williams. While he never graduated, he received an honorary degree for his achievements.
- Daron Hagen, composer, pianist, conductor
- Jeffrey Khaner, flutist
- Teo Macero, jazz composer, producer
- Gerald Fried, film and television composer
[edit] Noted current faculty
- Clara Kim, cellist
- Samuel Adler, composer
- Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic
- Milton Babbitt, composition
- Kevin Cobb, member of the American Brass Quintet, trumpet
- Joel Smirnoff, violinist
- Ronald Copes, violinist
- Samuel Rhodes, violist
- Joel Krosnick, cellist
- Robert Mann, violinist
- Earl Carlyss, violinist
- John Corigliano, composition
- Mary-Anthony Cox, solfege
- James DePreist, conductor
- Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic
- Eric Ewazen, composition
- Marc Goldberg, former associate principal bassoon of the New York Philharmonic
- June Han, harpist
- Sharon Isbin, classical guitar
- Lewis Kaplan, violinist
- Yoheved Kaplinsky , pianist
- Alan Kay, member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, clarinet
- Jeffrey Khaner, flautist
- Bridget Kibbey, harpist
- Albert Laszlo, double bass
- Phillip Lasser, harmony, counterpoint
- Eugene Levinson, principal bass of the New York Philharmonic
- Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
- Jerome Lowenthal
- Jeffrey Milarsky, music director, AXIOM Ensemble
- Orin O'Brien, double bass
- Itzhak Perlman, violin
- Behzad Ranjbaran, theory
- Adelaide Roberts, piano
- Christopher Rouse, composition
- Eric Sessler, theory
- Herbert Stessin, piano
- David Soyer, cello
- Andrew Thomas, composition
- Sally Thomas, violin, Ivan Galamian school
- Carol Wincenc, flute
- Samuel Zyman, theory
- Robert Richter, flute
- Tracie Thoms, Actress
- Robin Williams, Actor
- Meryl Streep, Actress
[edit] Notable students
- Adam Rapp, playwright and author.
- Alan Greenspan, saxophonist, former chair of the Federal Reserve Board
- Alan Tudyk, actor
- Albert Laszlo, bassist
- Alexis Weissenberg, pianist
- Alexander Mishnaevski, violinist
- Alfred Teltschik, pianist
- Alicia Gabriela Martinez, pianist
- Alpin Hong, pianist
- Andre Braugher, actor
- Andrew Litton, pianist, conductor
- Anthony Mackie, actor
- Audra McDonald, singer and actress
- B.H. Haggin, music critic, studied piano at Juilliard
- Barry Manilow, singer & songwriter
- Bebe Neuwirth, actor, dancer
- Bernard Herrmann, composer
- Bradley Whitford, actor
- Brian Atene, actor
- Brian Hargrove, writer/producer
- Charles Schlueter, trumpeter
- Charlotte Moorman, cellist
- Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
- Christopher Reeve, actor
- David Conrad, actor
- David L Cook, singer, composer and Christian comedian
- David Auburn, playwright
- David Bryan, keyboardist of Bon Jovi
- David Ogden Stiers, actor
- Douglas M. Brown, bassoonist
- Eddie Gomez, jazz bassist
- Edvin Marton, violinist
- Elizabeth McGovern, actress
- Emi Ferguson, flautist
- Emily Smith, violinist
- Eric Ewazen, composer
- Eric Whitacre, composer
- Eriq La Salle, actor
- Ezequiel Viñao, composer
- Frances Conroy, actress
- Freddie Herko, dancer
- Gerard Schwarz, conductor
- Gigi Drums, composer
- Gil Shaham, violinist
- Glenn Dicterow, violinist, Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic
- Gulnara Mashurova, harpist
- Hahn-Bin, violinist
- Hazel Scott, pianist and singer
- Henry Grimes, double bassist.
- Henry Mancini, film composer, conductor, pianist, flutist, song writer
- Hila Plitmann, singer.
- Ilya Finkelshteyn, principal cellist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Itzhak Perlman, violinist
- Izia Weyman, violist
- Jacques Singer, conductor
- James Ehnes, violinist
- James Levine, conductor
- James Marsters, actor
- Jamie Foxx, actor.
- Jeanne Tripplehorn, actress
- Jeffrey Carlson, actor
- Jennifer Carpenter, actor
- Jesse Ceci, violinist, former concertmaster for The Colorado Symphony Orchestra
- James Markey, associate principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic
- John Barth, novelist, studied only briefly at Juilliard
- John Gremillion, voice actor
- John Williams, composer, conductor
- Jordan Rudess, keyboardist and pianist
- Jude Tedaldi, cellist
- Julius Hegyi, violinist, conductor
- Justin Bahrami, flutist
- Katha Zinn, violinist
- Kelly McGillis, actress
- Kelsey Grammer, actor
- Kevin Conroy, actor
- Kevin R. Gallagher, guitarist
- Kevin Kline, actor
- Kevin Spacey, actor
- Kristen Wojcik, cellist
- Kyle Gass, actor and guitarist
- Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist
- Larry Weng, pianist
- Laura Linney, actress
- Lawrence Dutton, violist
- Leo Brouwer, guitarist and composer
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor
- Leontyne Price, singer (soprano)
- Lera Auerbach, pianist and composer
- Louis Kaufman, violinist
- Mandy Patinkin, actor
- Marcia Cross, actress
- Margaret Leng Tan, pianist
- Margie Pierce, harpist
- Mario Frangoulis, tenor
- Marvin Hamlisch, Broadway, television, film composer, pianist
- Megan Dodds, actress
- Meagan Rolling, trumpet
- Meredith Willson, composer
- Michael Arden, actor
- Michael Balzary (Flea), bassist, but studied trumpet at Juilliard
- Michael Endres, pianist
- Michel Camilo, jazz pianist
- Michael Giacchino, film and television composer
- Michael Kamen, composer and oboist
- Michael Rabin, violinist
- Midori Goto, violinist
- Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter (dropped out)
- Morena Baccarin, actress
- Nicola Loud, violinist
- Nigel Kennedy, violinist
- Nina Simone, singer and pianist
- Nuttin But Stringz - Damien and Tourie Escobar, violinist
- Oscar Isaac, actor
- Omar Ather, musician
- Patti LuPone, actress and singer
- Paul Kantor, violinist
- Paul Taylor, choreographer
- Peter M. Ferreira, violinist
- Phil Woods, clarinetist and saxophonist
- Philip Glass, composer
- Philip Smith, trumpeter
- Pinchas Zukerman, violinist
- Ralph de Toledano, journalist and music critic
- Ralph Farris, composer, violist, violinist, co-founder of ETHEL
- Raymond Scott, composer, bandleader, and inventor
- Renée Fleming, opera singer
- Robert Craft, conductor
- Robert Duncan McNeill, actor
- Robert Garland, resident choreographer, Dance Theatre of Harlem
- Robert McDuffie, violinist
- Robert Ward, composer
- Robin Williams, actor, comedian
- Ronen Segev, pianist
- Rosalyn Tureck, pianist and harpsichordist
- Rose Lombardo, flautist
- Sara Ramirez, actress
- Sarah Chang, violinist
- Sean Chen, pianist
- Siena Cherson Sigel, dancer
- Stephen Hough, pianist
- Steve Reich, composer
- Takako Nishizaki, violinist
- The 5 Browns, pianists
- The Great Kat, violinist, shred guitarist
- Theodore Bloomfield, conductor
- Tim Genis, timpanist
- Tito Puente, composer, bandleader, arranger, percussionist, mentor, producer,
- Tracie Thoms, actress
- Vadim Gluzman, violinist
- Val Kilmer, actor
- Valentin Radu
- Van Cliburn, pianist
- Ving Rhames, actor
- Viola Davis, actress
- William Fitzpatrick, violinist
- William Hurt, actor
- William Schimmel, composer, accordionist
- Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter
- Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
[edit] Notable teachers
- Albert Laszlo, bassist
- Baruch Arnon, piano, graduate studies, chamber music
- Carl Schachter, Schenkerian analyst
- Christopher Durang, playwright
- Christopher Rouse, composer
- David Diamond, composer
- David Soyer, cellist
- Dorothy Delay, violinist
- Elaine Douvas, oboe
- Elliott Carter, composer
- Emanuel Ax, pianist
- Glenn Dicterow, violinist
- Gerre Hancock, organist
- György Sandor, pianist
- Henry Brant, composer
- Homer Mensch, bassist
- Itzhak Perlman, violinist
- Ivan Galamian, violinist
- Jacob Lateiner, pianist
- João Carlos Martins, pianist
- John Corigliano, composer
- Joel Krosnick, cellist
- John Houseman, actor, producer
- Josef Lhévinne, pianist
- Joseph Alessi, trombonist
- Joseph Fuchs, violinist
- Julius Baker, flutist
- Léon Theremin
- Lewis Kaplan, violinist
- Luciano Berio, composer, founded the Juilliard Ensemble
- Marian Seldes, actor
- Marsha Norman, playwright
- Melvin Kaplan, oboist and founder of the Vermont Mozart Festival
- Michael Kahn, director, actor
- Milton Babbitt, composer
- Nancy Allen, harp
- Olga Samaroff, pianist
- Oscar Shumsky, violinist
- Paul Jacobs, Organist
- Peter Schickele, composer, humorist, best known for his P. D. Q. Bach character
- Percy Goetschius, theory and composition
- Robert Mann, violinist, Founder and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet
- Sally Thomas, violinist
- Samuel Adler, composer
- Sharon Isbin, guitarist
- Simon Kovar, bassoonist
- Sixten Ehrling, conductor
- Stefan Wolpe, composer
- Teddy Wilson, pianist
- Timothy Cobb, double bass
- Tony Kushner, playwright
- Veda Kaplinsky, pianist
- Vincent Persichetti, composer
- William Schimmel, composer, accordionist
- William Schuman, composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet
- William Vacchiano, trumpeter
- Whitney Crockett, bassoon
- Yoheved Kaplinsky, piano
