Notable Alumni
- Bill Conti received an Academy Award for his score to The Right Stuff and is also a longtime musical director and conductor for the Academy Awards. Some of his other credits include scores for the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, Rocky (including the "Gonna Fly Now" theme), and The Karate Kid. He also composed themes for ABC Primetime and Dynasty.
- Emmy Award winner Julie Giroux is credited with writing music for over 100 movie and television programs.
- H. Owen Reed is a composer, conductor, and author, whose works for band demonstrate his devotion to the study of the traditional musical styles of Mexican, Native American, Anglo-American, and African American cultures. He has also published eight books on the subjects of musical composition and music theory.
- Clifton Williams wrote a number of prolific pieces for band and won the inaugural American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Award for Original Band Literature in 1956 for his first band composition, "Fanfare and Allegro."
- Carl Fontana, trombonist
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