Music
- Bill Barbot 1991, guitarist/bass player with Jawbox and Burning Airlines.
- Chris Collingwood 1989, Fountains of Wayne member.
- Kris Delmhorst, singer/songwriter
- William Finn 1974, Broadway composer of musicals, among other shows, Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and winner of the Tony award.
- Jason Howland 1993, Composer of the Broadway musical Little Women, which opened in January 2005 at the Virginia Theatre.
- Warren Hunke 1942, Singer/Pianist; Founder, Metropolitan Schools Choral Festival
- John Morris Russell 1982, symphony conductor
- Adam Schlesinger 1989, Fountains of Wayne and Ivy member.
- Stephen Sondheim 1950, pre-eminent Broadway composer of musicals. Sondheim premiered Phinney's Rainbow, a satire of Williams, and All That Glitters while at Williams.
- Leehom Wang 1998, singer-songwriter and actor in East Asia.
- Jesse Winchester 1966, Singer/Songwriter.
- Nick Zammuto 1999, of The Books.
- Marcus Hummon 1984, Nashville-based singer songwriter, Twice nominated for the Grammy, won for Best Country Song ("Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts) in 2006. Sometimes performs with a band called Redwing.
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