Music
- Mike Bloomfield (did not graduate) was a rock and blues guitarist who did solo work (It's Not Killing Me) after playing for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The Electric Flag.
- Ann Hampton Callaway (1976) is a Tony Award-nominated singer and songwriter (Swing!).
- Marshall Chess is a music executive and producer. The son of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess, he was an executive there before becoming the first president of Rolling Stones Records; producing several albums for The Rolling Stones.
- Jeff Harnar (1977) is a New York-based cabaret singer.
- Al Jourgensen (attended), musician
- Liz Phair (1985) is a two-time Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist (Why Can't I?).
- Dave Samuels (1966) is a jazz vibraphonist who formerly played with Spyro Gyra and currently plays with The Caribbean Jazz Project.
- William Susman (1978) is a composer of concert and film music.
- Joe Trohman (2002) is a guitarist for the bands The Damned Things and Fall Out Boy.
- Matt Walker (1987) is a rock musician and former drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins.
- Aaron Weinstein (2003) is a jazz violinist who has played with Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli for many years.
- Pete Wentz (attended), bassist for the bands Black Cards and Fall Out Boy.
- The Ying Quartet is a string quartet started by three brothers and one sister: David (1981), Daniel (1985), Phillip (1986), and Janet (1988), all of whom are alumni.
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.”
—André Malraux (1901–1976)
“Orpheus with his lute made trees
And the mountain tops that freeze
Bow themselves when he did sing.
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung, as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)