Music
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams (1947-) | College 1965 | Composer | |
| Charlie Albright (1988-) | College 2011 | Pianist | |
| Leroy Anderson (1908–1975) | College 1929; A.M. 1930 | Composer | |
| Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) | College 1939 | composer, conductor | |
| Han-na Chang (1982–) | College 2001 | cellist | |
| William Christie (born 1944) | College 1966 | Conductor | |
| Rivers Cuomo (born 1970) | College 2006 | Singer of band Weezer | |
| Aden Evens | College 1988 | Member of musical group Re: | |
| Elliot Forbes (1917–2006) | College 1941; A.M. 1947 | conductor, musicologist | |
| Aaron Goldberg | College 1996 | Jazz pianist | |
| Fred Ho (1957–) | College 1979 | Jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader | |
| Samuel Holyoke (1762–1820) | College 1789, A.M. 1792 | composer | |
| Jacob Kimball (1761–1826) | College 1780 | composer | |
| Lester Allyson Knibbs, a.k.a. Abdulhakim Muhammad | College 1968, Ph.D. | composer | |
| Thomas M. Lauderdale (born 1970) | College 1992 | Musician, frontman of Pink Martini | |
| Sara Lazarus | College 1984 | Jazz vocalist | |
| Trey Chui-yee Lee (born 1973) | College 1997 | cellist | |
| Tom Lehrer (born 1928) | College 1946; A.M. 1947 | Satirist; Mathematician; Singer | |
| Ryan Leslie (born 1978) | College 1994 | Music producer; singer-songwriter; musical arranger | |
| Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955) | College 1976 | cellist | |
| Tom Morello (born 1964) | College 1986 | Lead guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine; ex-lead guitarist of the now defunct band Audioslave; Political activist | |
| Dmitri Nabokov (born 1934) | College 1955 | Opera Singer, Son of Vladimir Nabokov | |
| William P. Perry (born 1930) | College 1951 | Composer | |
| Joshua Redman (born 1969) | College 1991 | Jazz saxophonist | |
| Frederic Rzewski (born 1938) | College 1958 | Composer, Pianist | |
| Anton Schwartz (born 1967) | College 1989 | Jazz saxophonist | |
| Robert Strassburg (1915–2003) | A.M. 1950 | Conductor, Composer, Professor of Music, Musicologist | |
| Michael Stern (born 1959) | College 1981 | Conductor, Kansas City Symphony | |
| Brian Tyler (born 1972) | College 1998 | Film composer, music producer, conductor, pianist, drummer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist | |
| David Wax | College 2005 | Musician & songwriter, David Wax Museum | |
| Alan Gilbert (born 1967) | College 1989 | Music director of the New York Philharmonic | |
| Daniel Manzano (born 1980) | College 1999 | bassist, percussionist, backing vocals, and songwriter for Boyce Avenue |
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“Words move, music moves
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die. Words, after speech, reach
Into the silence.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“I am advised to give her music a’ mornings; they say it will
penetrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)