Famous Sinfonians
Phi Mu Alpha has been in existence for over a hundred years now. To this date, their have been numerous individuals who are very well-known for their contributions to the advancement in music in America. Compiled here is a brief listing of many Sinfonians whose efforts have become noteably recognizable by the world. Let these names only inspire you to enhance your own personal goals and achieve greatness not just with your works, but with the utmost sincerity and humbleness for if your works are not for the people, " So Let it Be for Sinfonia.":
| Julian "Cannonball" Adderly |
Jazz Saxophonist and Band Leader |
| Samuel Adler | Composer and Conductor |
| Pasquale Amato | Baritone |
| Leroy Anderson | Composer |
| Maurice Andre | Trumpet |
| Samuel Barber | Composer |
| William "Count" Basie | Jazz Pianist and Band Leader |
| Harold E. Bauer | Pianist |
| Robert Russell Bennet | Composer |
| E. Power Biggs | Organist |
| David Bispham | Bass-Baritone |
| Les Brown | Band Leader |
| Charles Wakefield Cadman | Composer |
| John Cage | Composer |
| Cleofonte Campanini | Conductor |
| Andrew Carnegie | Philanthropist |
| John Alden Carpenter | Industrialist and Composer |
| Enrico Caruso | Tenor |
| Eugene Conley | Tenor |
| Fredrick S. Converse | Composer |
| Aaron Copland | Composer |
| George B. Cortelyou | Politician |
| Richard Crooks | Tenor |
| George Crumb | Composer |
| Walter J. Damrosch | Conductor |
| Hollis Ellsworth Dann | Music Educator |
| George Gates Dawes | Politician and Composer |
| Hal G. Davis | Publisher |
| Reginald Dekoven | Composer |
| Norman Dello Joio | Composer |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Baritone and Politician |
| Antal Dorati | Conductor |
| Olin Downes | Musicologist |
| Raymond Francis Dvorak | Composer and Band Director |
| Peter Dykem | Music Educator |
| Will Earhart | Music Educator |
| George Eastman | Inventor and Philanthropist |
| Nelson Eddy | Baritone and Actor |
| Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington | Jazz Pianist and Band Leader |
| Percy Faith | Band Leader |
| Leonard Falcone | Conductor |
| Leonard Feist | Publisher |
| Fredrick Fennell | Conductor |
| Maynard Ferguson | Jazz Trumpeter & Band Leader |
| Frank Ferke | Organist |
| Arthurt Fiedler | Conductor |
| Carlisle Floyd | Composer |
| Arthurt Foote | Composer |
| Lukas Foss | Composer |
| Virgil Fox | Organist |
| Arthurt R. Frackenpohl | Composer |
| Thaddeus P. Giddings | Music Educator |
| Leopold Godowsky | Conductor |
| Richard Franko Goldman | Band Director and Composer |
| Sir Eugene Goosens | Conductor |
| Morton Gould | Pianist |
| Andy Griffith | Actor and Entertainer |
| Ferde Grofe | Composer |
| Dave Grusin | Composer and Producer |
| Roy Harris | Composer |
| Jascha Heifetz | Violinist |
| Skitch Henderson | Band Leader |
| Victor Herbert | Composer |
| Jerome Hines | Bass |
| Robert House | Music Educator |
| Alan Hovhaness | Composer |
| Paul Hume | Musicologist and Critic |
| Karel Husa | Composer |
| Burl Ives | Actor and Folk Singer |
| Frederick W. Jagel | Tenor |
| Will James | Music Educator |
| Edward Johnson | Tenor |
| Otto Kahn | Industrialist and Philanthropist |
| Ulysses Kay | Composer |
| Stan Kenton | Jazz Pianist and Band Leader |
| Henry E. Krehbiel | Industrialist and Philanthropist |
| Jan Kubelik | Violinist |
| Gail Kubik | Composer |
| Fiorella H. LaGuardia | Politician |
| Charles Leonhard | Music Educator |
| Keith Lockhart | Conductor |
| Norman Luboff | Conductor |
| Otto Luening | Composer |
| Martin Mailman | Composer |
| Chuck Mangione | Jazz Flugelhorn and Band Leader |
| Branford Marsalis | Saxophonist and Jazz Educator |
| Ellis L. Marsalis | Jazz Artist and Music Educator |
| Robert Merrill | Baritone |
| Mitch Miller | Conductor |
| Dimitri Mitropoulos | Conductor |
| Carlos Montoya | Flamenco Guitarist |
| Vaclav Nelhybehl | Composer |
| Peter Nero | Band Leader |
| Roger A. Nixon | Composer |
| Weston H. Noble | Conductor |
| Luciano Pavarotti | Tenor |
| Krystof Penderecki | Composer |
| Vincent Persichetti | Composer |
| Daniel Pinkham | Composer |
| Theodore Presser | Publisher |
| Andrew Previn | Pianist and Conductor |
| 'Prince' Rogers Nelson | Composer/Vocalist/Band Leader |
| Arthur Pryor | Composer and Band Director |
| Alfred Reed | Composer and Publisher |
| William Revelli | Band Director |
| Nelson Riddle | Band Leader |
| Fred Rogers | Actor and Entertainer |
| David Rose | Band Leader |
| Leonard Rose | Band Leader |
| Max Rudolf | Conductor |
| Tito Ruffo | Baritone |
| P. Peter Sacco | Composer |
| R. Murray Schafer | Composer and Music Educator |
| Ed Schaughnessy | Percussionist |
| Peter Schickele | Composer and Entertainer |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Composer |
| William Schuman | Composer |
| Antonio Scotti | Baritone |
| Carl "Doc" Severinson | Jazz Trumpeter and Jazz Leader |
| Ruben Studdard | Vocalist |
| Robert Shaw | Conductor |
| George Shirley | Tenor |
| Leonard Slatkin | Conductor |
| Gregg Smith | Conductor |
| John Philip Sousa | Composer and Band Director |
| Leo Sowerby | Composer |
| Albert Spalding | Violinist |
| William Steinberg | Conductor |
| Henry E. Steinway | Philanthropist |
| Halsey Stevens | Composer |
| Frederick Stock | Composer |
| Leopold Stokowski | Conductor |
| Randall Thompson | Composer |
| Michael Tilson Thomas | Conductor |
| Jacques Urlus | Baritone |
| Ernst Van Dohanyi | Conductor |
| Roger Wagner | Conductor |
| Fred Waring | Conductor |
| Robert Washburn | Composer |
| Jim Webb | Composer |
| Peter Wilhousky | Conductor and Arranger |
| Clifton Williams | Composer |
| Herbert Witherspoon | Bass-Baritone |
| Eugene Ysaye | Violinist |
| Efrem Zimbalist | Violinist |
