# List of New England Conservatory people

This is a partial listing of alumni and professors and teachers of the New England Conservatory, Boston.

## Alumni

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* Eunice Alberts, contralto
* Charlie Albright, pianist and composer
* Kenneth Amis, composer, tuba player, educator, and conductor
* Ted Atkatz, percussionist
* Martha Atwell, radio director
* Ross Bauer, composer
* Rick Beato, musician, YouTuber, music educator
* Lauren Bernofsky, composer
* Adam Birnbaum, pianist, composer, music educator
* Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
* Neal E. Boyd, pop and "opera" singer
* Cindy Bradley, jazz trumpet player and composer
* Jamie Branch, jazz trumpet player and composer
* George Brooks, saxophonist
* Nellie Moyer Budd, music teacher
* Percy Jewett Burrell, dramatist and playwright
* Don Byron, jazz clarinetist and composer
* Sarah Caldwell, conductor
* Sean Callery, composer
* Colin Carr, cellist
* Regina Carter, violinist
* Young-Chang Cho, cellist
* John Clark, jazz horn player and composer
* Lora Haines Cook, 12th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
* Becca Conviser, operatic soprano
* Marilyn Crispell, jazz pianist
* Tan Crone, pianist
* Phyllis Curtin, soprano
* Rob Dehlinger, trumpeter, singer/songwriter
* Roberto Diaz, violist
* Mary A. G. Dight, physician
* Dave Douglas, jazz trumpet
* Marty Ehrlich, jazz saxophonist
* Ehud Ettun, bassist and composer
* Halim El-Dabh, composer
* Mohammed Fairouz, composer
* Melissa Ferlaak, soprano
* Everett "Vic" Firth, percussionist
* Jason Forbach, actor, singer, playwright and filmmaker
* David Frank, pianist, producer, composer
* Satoko Fujii, avant garde jazz pianist
* Michael Gandolfi, composer
* Bianca Garcia, flute, politician
* Marilinda Garcia, harp, politician
* Anthony Glise, classical guitarist, composer, author
* Judith Gordon, pianist
* Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
* Marva Griffin Carter, musicologist, author, and professor of music at Georgia State University
* Zona Maie Griswold, soprano
* D. Antoinette Handy, flautist
* Fred Hersch, jazz pianist
* Bud Herseth, trumpet
* Randall Hodgkinson, pianist
* Dave Holland, jazz bassist
* Winifred Horan, fiddler
* Alan Hovhaness, composer
* Marie Jansen, musical theatre actress
* Sarah Jarosz, singer/songwriter, mandolin, banjo, guitar
* Rebecca Richardson Joslin (1846–1934), author, lecturer, benefactor, clubwoman
* Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Kennedy Family matriarch
* Sunny Kim, jazz vocals
* Coretta Scott King, voice, civil rights leader
* Nobu Kōda, Japanese violinist, educator, and composer
* Mátti Kovler, composer
* Louis Krasner, violinist
* Vuk Kulenovic, classical composer
* Eugene Edward Lacritz, conductor, clarinetist, executive
* Brian Landrus, saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer
* Thomas Oboe Lee, composer
* Ruth Lomon, Canadian composer and pianist
* Larry Marshall, actor and singer
* Heather Masse, singer
* Andy McGhee, jazz saxophonist, educator
* John Medeski, jazz pianist
* Nellie Brown Mitchell, 19th-century African-American soprano
* Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore physician, writer, newspaper editor, activist
* John Moriarty, conductor, stage director, pianist
* Dorothy Morton, soprano and actress
* Aoife O'Donovan, singer/songwriter
* Christopher O'Riley, pianist
* Cassandra Pinataro, Singer-songwriter
* Gladys Pitcher, composer
* Conrad Pope, composer, arranger, and film orchestrator
* Cora Scott Pond Pope, teacher, pageant writer, real estate developer
* Florence Price, composer
* Rachael Price, jazz vocalist
* Ann Ritonia, U.S. marine and priest
* Matana Roberts, jazz saxophonist, composer and visual artist
* Pete Robbins, jazz saxophonist
* Marcus Rojas, tubist
* Lisa Saffer, soprano and teacher
* Jamie Saft, pianist/multi-instrumentalist
* Nick Sanders, jazz pianist and composer
* David Sanford, composer and jazz bandleader
* Byron Schenkman, harpsichordist, pianist
* Sergey Schepkin, pianist
* Andrew Scott, jazz guitarist and professor
* Deke Sharon, a cappella vocalist, arranger, producer
* Luciana Souza, jazz vocals
* David Spelman, guitarist, producer, curator
* Mark Sprinkle, tenor
* Isabele Taliaferro Spiller, musician, music educator, and school co-founder
* Lara St. John, violinist
* Eleanor Steber, soprano
* Robert Strassburg, composer, conductor, musicologist, professor
* Cecil Taylor, jazz pianist
* Nestor Torres, Latin jazz flutist
* Nicholas Urie, jazz composer, arranger
* Monir Vakili, singer
* Burr Van Nostrand, composer
* Tom Varner, jazz French hornist, composer
* VenetianPrincess, soprano
* Cuong Vu, trumpeter
* Linda Watson (soprano), dramatic soprano and academic voice teacher
* Chou Wen-chung, composer
* Mildred Weston, author, composer
* Elise Fellows White, composer, violinist
* Raymond Wilding-White, composer
* Henry F. Williams, composer
* Bruce Wolosoff, composer
* Bernie Worrell, pianist, rock musician
* Yitzhak Yedid, composer & pianist
* Rachel Z, jazz performer
* Nancy Zhou, violinist
* Zhu Xiao-Mei, pianist
* Zitkala-Sa
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## Notable past and present teachers

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* Kati Agócs
* Katja Andy
* Trevor Barnard
* Jeanne Baxtresser
* Jerry Bergonzi
* Ran Blake
* Bob Brookmeyer
* Bruce Brubaker
* Richard Burgin
* Ferruccio Busoni
* Jaki Byard
* Simon Carrington
* Robert Cogan
* Vinson Cole
* Francis Judd Cooke
* Gabriel Chodos
* Patricia Craig
* Lyle Davidson
* Dorothy DeLay
* Stephen Drury
* Lorna Cooke deVaron
* Doriot Anthony Dwyer
* Dominique Eade
* Frank Epstein
* Robin Eubanks
* Pozzi Escot
* John Ferrillo
* Alan Fletcher (composer)
* Vic Firth
* Eliot Fisk
* D'Anna Fortunato
* Michael Gandolfi
* George Garzone
* Boris Goldovsky
* Bernard Greenhouse
* Billy Hart
* Fred Hersch
* Randall Hodgkinson
* Dave Holland
* Karen Holvik
* Lee Hyla
* Paul Kantor
* Kim Kashkashian
* Eyran Katsenelenbogen
* Paul Katz
* Harrison Keller
* Rudolf Kolisch
* Louis Krasner
* Eugene Lehner
* Theodore Lettvin
* Joe Maneri
* Donald Martino
* Cecil McBee
* John McNeil
* Ossian Everett Mills
* Gladys Childs Miller
* Stratis Minakakis
* Jason Moran
* Hankus Netsky
* Donald Palma
* Maurice W. Parker, Sr.
* Ann Hobson Pilot
* Danilo Perez
* Cora Scott Pond Pope
* Quincy Porter
* Eustace Bond Rice
* Paula Robison
* Carol Rodland
* Eric Rosenblith
* George Russell
* Lisa Saffer
* Ken Schaphorst
* Gunther Schuller
* Russell Sherman
* Joseph Silverstein
* Nicolas Slonimsky
* Fenwick Smith
* Richard Stoltzman
* Antoinette Szumowska
* Bertha Tapper
* Miroslav Vitouš
* Beveridge Webster
* Blanche Winogron
* Felix Wolfes
* Hugh Wolff
* Douglas Yeo
* Edward Zambara
* Benjamin Zander
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