# List of Juilliard School people

This list of Juilliard School alumni contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and teachers of the Juilliard School in New York City.

## Notable alumni
### Dance division

The dance division was established in 1951. It offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree or a diploma. In prior years it also awarded B.S. and M.S. degrees.
* Robert Battle (BFA 1994) – choreographer
* Phoebe Cates – actress, singer, entrepreneur
* Brennan Clost (2016) – dancer, actor
* Carla DeSola (1960) – pioneer of liturgical dance
* Robert Garland (BFA 1983) – choreographer
* Marcia Jean Kurtz (BS 1964) – actress, director
* Daniel Lewis (1967) dancer, choreographer, teacher
* Lar Lubovitch (1964) – choreographer
* Robert LuPone – actor
* Bradon McDonald (1997, dance) – dancer, choreographer, fashion designer
* Ohad Naharin (1977) – dancer, choreographer
* Bebe Neuwirth (1977, dance) – actress, singer, dancer
* Henning Rübsam (BFA 1991, dance) – choreographer
* Rina Schenfeld – choreographer, dancer
* Adam Shankman – dancer, director
* Elizabeth Sung (BFA, dance) – actress
* Paul Taylor (BS 1953, dance) – choreographer
* Lea Ved (BFA 2013, dance) – choreographer and contemporary dancer
Director of Dance:
* Martha Hill (1952 - 1985)
* Muriel Topaz (1985 - 1991)
* Benjamin Harkarvy (1992 - 2002 )
* Lawrence Rhodes (2002 - 2017)
* Alicia Graf Mack (2018 - 2024)

### Drama division

The drama division was founded in 1968. Those who complete the four-year program receive either a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree (starting Fall 2012), or a diploma. Each year's class is identified by a group number: Group 1 started in 1968 and graduated in 1972; Group 54 includes students completing their fourth year in 2025.
All Juilliard Drama groups from 1 to 50 were catalogued for its anniversary here. Notable students are reflected below with their group number and graduation year (or years of attendance if they did not graduate).
* Jane Adams (Group 18, 1989)
* Frankie J. Alvarez (Group 39, 2010)
* Robert Aramayo (Group 44, 2015)
* Michael Arden (Group 34, 2001–2003)
* Tony Azito (Group 1, 1968–1970)
* Morena Baccarin (Group 29, 2000)
* David Aaron Baker (Group 19, 1990)
* Lisa Banes (Group 8, 1979)
* Christine Baranski (Group 3, 1974)
* Charlie Barnett (Group 39, 2010)
* Michael Beach (Group 15, 1986)
* Nicole Beharie (Group 36, 2007)
* Wes Bentley (Group 29, 1996–1997)
* Casey Biggs (Group 6, 1977)
* Ryan Bittle (Group 31, 2002)
* Tom Blyth (Group 49, 2020)
* Steven Boyer (Group 30, 2001)
* Andre Braugher (Group 17, 1988)
* Daniel Breaker (Group 31, 2002)
* Danielle Brooks (Group 40, 2011)
* Bill Camp (Group 18, 1989)
* Michael Chernus (Group 28, 1999)
* Mary Chieffo (Group 44, 2015)
* Christian Camargo (Group 25, 1996)
* Jeffrey Carlson (Group 30, 2001)
* Jennifer Carpenter (Group 31, 2002)
* Jessica Chastain (Group 32, 2003)
* Fala Chen (Group 47, 2018)
* Bryan Cogman (Group 30, 2001)
* Jessie Collins (Group 34, 2005)
* Lynn Collins (Group 28, 1999)
* David Conrad (Group 25, 1992–1995)
* Frances Conroy (Group 6, 1977)
* Kevin Conroy (Group 6, 1977)
* David Corenswet (Group 45, 2016)
* Marcia Cross (Group 13, 1984)
* Wallis Currie-Wood (Group 43, 2014)
* Kevin Daniels (Group 27, 1998)
* Keith David (Group 8, 1979)
* Viola Davis (Group 22, 1993)
* John de Lancie (Group 5, 1976)
* David Denman (Group 26, 1997)
* Reed Diamond (Group 20, 1991)
* Megan Dodds (Group 24, 1995)
* Harris Doran (Group 29, 1996–1998)
* Mike Doyle (Group 27, 1998)
* Adam Driver (Group 38, 2009)
* Gabriel Ebert (Group 38, 2009)
* James Eckhouse (Group 9, 1980)
* Edward Edwards (Group 4, 1975)
* Gretchen Egolf (Group 24, 1995)
* Nelsan Ellis (Group 33, 2004)
* Betty Gabriel (Group 43, 2014)
* Boyd Gaines (Group 8, 1979)
* Megan Gallagher (Group 11, 1982)
* Michael Genet (Group 9, 1980)
* Thomas Gibson (Group 14, 1985)
* Michel Gill (Group 14, 1985)
* Heather Goldenhersh (Group 24, 1995)
* Enid Graham (Group 21, 1992); 1998 Tony nominee
* Kelsey Grammer (Group 6, 1973–1975)
* Shalita Grant (Group 39, 2010)
* Dan Green
* Lynnie Greene (Group 5, 1972–1975)
* John Gremillion (Group 19, 1986–1988)
* Gerald Gutierrez (Group 1, 1972)
* Brandon Micheal Hall (Group 44, 2015)
* LisaGay Hamilton (Group 18, 1989)
* Evan Handler (Group 12, 1979–1981)
* Brian Hargrove (Group 10, 1981)
* James Harper (Group 5, 1976)
* Harriet Sansom Harris (Group 6, 1977)
* Maya Hawke (Group 49, 2016–2017)
* Corey Hawkins (Group 40, 2011)
* Michael Hayden (Group 21, 1992)
* Stephen McKinley Henderson (Group 1, 1968–1970)
* Benjamin Hendrickson (Group 1, 1972)
* Patrick Heusinger (Group 33, 2004)
* John Benjamin Hickey (Group 18, 1989)
* Nancy Hower (Group 21, 1992)
* Glenn Howerton (Group 29, 2000)
* Janet Hubert (Group 7; left)
* David Hunt
* William Hurt (Group 5, 1976)
* Doug Hutchison (left)
* Oscar Isaac (Group 34, 2005)
* Gillian Jacobs (Group 33, 2004)
* Peter Jacobson (Group 20, 1991)
* Gregory Jbara (Group 15, 1986)
* Penny Johnson Jerald (Group 11, 1982)
* Jack Kenny (Group 11, 1982)
* Matt Keeslar (Group 24, 1995)
* Val Kilmer (Group 10, 1981)
* Perry King (Group 3, 1970–1971)
* Kevin Kline (Group 1, 1972)
* Joaquina Kalukango (Group 40, 2011)
* Linda Kozlowski (Group 10, 1981)
* Erin Krakow (Group 35, 2005)
* Stephen Kunken (Group 26, 1997)
* Eriq La Salle (Group 13, 1980–1982)
* Jayme Lawson (Group 48, 2019)
* Laura-Leigh (Group 37, 2008)
* Richard Levine (Group 6, 1977)
* James Hiroyuki Liao (Group 33, 2004)
* Laura Linney (Group 19, 1990)
* Cleavon Little
* Vella Lovell (Group 44, 2015)
* Justine Lupe (Group 40, 2011)
* Patti LuPone (Group 1, 1972)
* Luke Macfarlane (Group 32, 2003)
* Anthony Mackie (Group 30, 2001)
* Nate Mann (Group 48, 2019)
* Kenneth Marshall (Group 6, 1977)
* James Marsters (Group 15, 1982–1984)
* Elizabeth Marvel (Group 21, 1992)
* Patricia Mauceri (Group 3, 1974)
* Leigh McCloskey (Group 6, 1973–1975)
* Kelly McGillis (Group 12, 1983)
* Elizabeth McGovern (Group 12, 1979–1981)
* Robert Duncan McNeill (Group 17, 1984–1986)
* John McTiernan (Group 2, left)
* Nick Mennell (Group 34, 2005)
* Lindsay G. Merrithew (Group 15, 1982–1984)
* Jim Moody (Group 1, 1972)
* Gregory Mosher (Group 4, 1971–1974)
* Aaron Moten (Group 40, 2011)
* Kurt Naebig (Group 19, 1990)
* Tim Blake Nelson (Group 19, 1990)
* Seth Numrich (Group 36, 2007)
* Clancy O'Connor (Group 35, 2005)
* Michael O'Hare
* Caitlin O'Heaney (Group 3, 1974)
* Nancy Opel (Group 9, 1980)
* Lee Pace (Group 30, 2001)
* Teyonah Parris (Group 38, 2009)
* Lux Pascal (Group 52, 2023)
* Mandy Patinkin (Group 5, 1972–1974)
* Lisa Pelikan (Group 6, 1977)
* Paul Perri (Group 6, 1977)
* Wendell Pierce (Group 14, 1985)
* Nicholas Podany (Group 47, 2018)
* Carrie Preston (Group 23, 1994)
* Lonny Price (Group 10, 1977–1978)
* Saundra Quarterman (Group 19, 1990)
* Sara Ramirez (Group 26, 1997)
* Wes Ramsey (Group 29, 2000)
* Gayle Rankin (Group 40, 2011)
* Ben Rappaport (Group 37, 2008)
* Monica Raymund (Group 37, 2008)
* Elizabeth Reaser (Group 28, 1999)
* Serena Reeder (Group 34, 2005)
* Christopher Reeve (Group 4, 1973–1975)
* Marianne Rendón (Group 45, 2016)
* Ving Rhames (Group 12, 1983)
* Tom Robbins (Group 6, 1977)
* Dallas Roberts (Group 23, 1994)
* Matt Ross (Group 22, 1993)
* Jed Rubenfeld (Group 13, 1980–1982)
* Kario Salem (Group 5–7; left)
* Marla Schaffel (Group 19, 1990)
* Stephen Schnetzer (Group 3, 1974)
* David Schramm (Group 1, 1972)
* Judson Scott
* Franklyn Seales (Group 3, 1974)
* Matt Servitto (Group 18, 1989)
* Alex Sharp (Group 43, 2014)
* Michael James Shaw (Group 42, 2013)
* Leslie Silva (Group 24, 1995)
* Brian J. Smith (Group 36, 2007)
* Norman Snow (Group 1, 1972)
* Phillipa Soo (Group 41, 2012)
* Kevin Spacey (Group 12, 1979–1981)
* Bern Nadette Stanis (Group 3, 1971–1973)
* Jack Stehlin (Group 11, 1982)
* Mary Stein (Group 13, 1984)
* David Ogden Stiers (Group 1, 1972)
* Henry Stram (Group 6, 1977)
* Ethan Strimling (Group 18, 1985–1987)
* Michael Stuhlbarg (Group 21, 1992)
* Jeremy Tardy (Group 42, 2013)
* Jon Tenney (Group 19, 1986–1987)
* Tracie Thoms (Group 30, 2001)
* Auden Thornton (Group 40, 2011)
* Lorraine Toussaint (Group 11, 1982)
* Jeanne Tripplehorn (Group 19, 1990)
* Sam Tsoutsouvas (Group 1, 1972)
* Alan Tudyk (Group 26, 1993–1996)
* Stephen Barker Turner (Group 23, 1994)
* Michael Urie (Group 32, 2003)
* Paul Michael Valley (Group 20, 1987–1990)
* James Vasquez (Group 23, 1994)
* Diane Venora (Group 6, 1977)
* Thomas G. Waites (Group 7, 1974–1977)
* Benjamin Walker (Group 33, 2004)
* Jake Weber (Group 19, 1990)
* Jess Weixler (Group 32, 2003)
* Fred Weller (Group 21, 1988–1991)
* Rutina Wesley (Group 34, 2005)
* Bradley Whitford (Group 14, 1985)
* Samira Wiley (Group 39, 2010)
* Robin Williams (Group 6, 1973–1976)
* Michael Wincott (Group 15, 1986)
* C. J. Wilson (Group 23, 1994)
* Mary Wiseman (Group 44, 2015)
* Finn Wittrock (Group 37, 2008)
* Sam Witwer (Group 29, 1996–1998)
* Janet Zarish (Group 5, 1976)
* Stephanie Zimbalist (Group 7, 1974–1975)

#### Playwrights program

The Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program is a one-year graduate level program in Juilliard's drama division. Selected playwrights invited to complete a second year may earn an Artist Diploma in Playwriting.
* David Adjmi (Playwrights 2002)
* David Auburn (Playwrights 1995, 1996)
* Tanya Barfield (Playwrights 2001, 2002)
* Stephen Belber (Playwrights 1995, 1996)
* Hilary Bell
* Brooke Berman (Playwrights 1998, 1999)
* Eboni Booth (Playwrights 2019, 2020)
* Julia Cho (Playwrights 2002, 2003)
* Cusi Cram (Playwrights 2000)
* Alexandra Cunningham (Playwrights 2000)
* Bathsheba Doran (Playwrights 2005)
* Ron Fitzgerald (Playwrights 1998)
* Etan Frankel (Playwrights 2002)
* Jessica Goldberg (Playwrights 1998, 1999, 2000)
* Katori Hall (Playwrights 2008, 2009)
* Josh Harmon (Playwrights 2012, 2013, 2014)
* Samuel D. Hunter (Playwrights 2009)
* Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Playwrights 2012, 2013)
* Nick Jones (Playwrights 2011)
* Julia Jordan (Playwrights 1995)
* Deborah Zoe Laufer (Playwrights 2000)
* Michael Lew (Playwrights 2013)
* David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwrights 1997, 1998)
* Martyna Majok (Playwrights 2015, 2016, 2017)
* Elizabeth Meriwether (Playwrights 2007, 2008)
* Janine Nabers (Playwrights 2012, 2013)
* Adam Rapp (Playwrights 1999, 2000)
* Dan Moses Schreier (Playwrights 2008)
* Jen Silverman (Playwrights 2015)
* Tommy Smith
* Beau Willimon (Playwrights 2008)

#### Directors program

The Andrew W. Mellon Artist Diploma Program for Theatre Directors was a two-year graduate fellowship that began in 1995 (expanded to three years in 1997) and was discontinued from autumn 2006.
* Sam Gold (Directors 2006)

### Music division

The music division offers a four-year Bachelor of Music (BM) degree, a Master of Music (MM) degree, a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree, an Artist Diploma (AD), or a diploma. In prior years it also awarded B.S. and M.S. degrees.
* Bruce Adolphe – composer, author
* Edie Adams – singer, actress
* Sophia Agranovich (Pre-college 1973, BM 1978, MM 1979) – pianist
* Hanan Alattar – soprano
* Charlie Albright – pianist, composer
* John Aler – lyric tenor
* Susan Alexander-Max (BS 1965, MS 1966, piano) – fortepianist
* Greg Anderson (BM 2004, MM 2006, piano) – pianist, composer
* Helen Armstrong – violinist
* Şahan Arzruni (Diploma 1965, BS 1967, MS 1968, piano) – pianist
* Lera Auerbach (BM 1996, piano; MM 1999, composition) – pianist, composer
* Nathaniel Ayers (1972, double bass) – bassist
* Christian Badea - conductor
* Jenny Oaks Baker – violinist
* Chase Baird – saxophonist
* Huáscar Barradas – flautist
* Jon Batiste – pianist
* Enrique Batiz – pianist
* Jon "Bowzer" Bauman – Sha Na Na bass vocalist, classical pianist
* Larry Thomas Bell – composer
* Bob Berg – saxophonist
* Harold Blair – tenor
* Serge Blanc – violinist, conductor, academic
* Mike Block (MM 2006) – cellist, singer, composer
* Theodore Bloomfield – conductor
* Ronald Braunstein – conductor
* Anne Wiggins Brown – soprano
* Elizabeth Brown (MM 1977) – composer and performer
* The 5 Browns: Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody, Ryan – pianists
* Sheila Browne – violist
* Leo Brouwer – guitarist, composer
* Bruce Brubaker – pianist, composer
* David Bryan – keyboardist of Bon Jovi
* Steven Bryant – composer
* Kenji Bunch (BM 1995, MM 1997, viola; MM 1997, composition) – violist, composer
* Sara Davis Buechner (BM 1980, MM 1981, piano) – pianist, recording artist
* Igor Buketoff – conductor
* Cosmo Buono – pianist, founder of The Alexander and Buono Competitions
* Kevin Burdette – bass
* George Byrd – conductor
* Michel Camilo – jazz pianist
* John-Michael Caprio – conductor, organist
* Barry Carl – a cappella bass singer, bassist, voice-over artist
* Jonathan Carney – violinist, violist, conductor
* Cameron Carpenter (BM 2004, MM 2006, organ) – organist, composer
* Bryan Carter – drummer, vocalist, composer
* Jesse Ceci – violinist
* John Cerminaro – hornist
* David Chan (MM 1997, violin) – violinist
* Sarah Chang – violinist
* Jiafeng Chen – violinist
* Robert Chen – violinist
* Dan Chmielinski – jazz bassist
* Jennifer Choi – composer, violinist, member of Ethel string quartet
* Timothy Chooi – violinist
* Kyung-wha Chung – violinist
* Myung-whun Chung – conductor, pianist
* Van Cliburn – pianist
* Pamela Coburn – soprano
* Dan Coleman – composer
* James Conlon – conductor
* Bill Conti – composer
* Chick Corea (1961, piano) – jazz pianist
* Robert Craft – conductor, music writer
* John Creswell – jazz musician
* Vera Curtis – soprano
* Miles Davis – jazz trumpeter (three semester)
* Netania Davrath – soprano
* Rani Vijaya Devi – pianist
* Annamary Dickey – soprano
* Glenn Dicterow – violinist
* Alfredo Diez Nieto – Cuban composer, conductor and professor
* Orlando DiGirolamo – jazz accordionist, composer
* David Dubal – pianist, teacher, author, broadcaster, painter (1961)
* Alexandra du Bois – composer
* Lawrence Dutton (BM 1977, MM 1978, viola) – violist
* James Ehnes – violinist
* Ruby Elzy – soprano
* Michael Endres – pianist
* Damien Escobar – Violinist
* Faith Esham – soprano
* Jonathan Estabrooks – baritone
* Eric Ewazen – composer
* JoAnn Falletta – conductor, guitarist
* Ying Fang – soprano
* Ralph Farris – composer, conductor, violist, violinist, co-founder of Ethel string quartet
* Alan Feinberg – pianist
* Wilhelmenia Fernandez (BM Voice) – soprano, actress
* Arthur Ferrante – pianist
* Brian T. Field – composer
* Renée Fleming – soprano
* Mario Frangoulis – tenor
* Gerald Fried – composer
* Lucas Vidal – composer
* David Friedkin – writer, director, producer
* Kenneth Fuchs – composer (MM, 1983; DMA, 1988; 2018 GRAMMY Award, Best Classical Compendium)
* Kevin R. Gallagher – guitarist
* David Garrett – violinist
* Eliza Garth – pianist
* David Garvey – pianist
* Tim Genis – timpanist
* Ariana Ghez – oboist
* Lawrence Gilliard Jr. – actor
* Ola Gjeilo — composer, pianist, arranger
* Michael Giacchino – composer
* Alan Gilbert – conductor
* Herschel Burke Gilbert – composer
* Wallis Giunta – mezzo-soprano
* Philip Glass – composer
* David Golub – pianist
* Eddie Gómez – jazz bassist
* Matt Good – tubist
* Midori Goto – violinist
* Jason Grant – singer
* Alan Greenspan – clarinetist, former chair of the Federal Reserve Board
* Henry Grimes – double bassist
* Paul Groves – tenor
* Yang Guang – mezzo-soprano
* Horacio Gutiérrez – pianist
* Bruce Haack – pioneer in electronic music
* Andreas Haefliger – pianist
* Daron Hagen – composer, pianist, conductor, stage director
* B. H. Haggin – music critic
* Cecelia Hall – mezzo-soprano
* Tamar Halperin – pianist, harpsichordist
* Anna Handler – pianist, conductor
* Marvin Hamlisch – composer, pianist
* Lynn Harrell – cellist
* Edward W. Hardy – violinist, violist, composer
* Margaret Rosezarian Harris – conductor, composer
* Miguel Harth-Bedoya – conductor
* Eugene Haynes – pianist, composer
* Julius Hegyi – violinist, conductor
* Luther Henderson – arranger, composer, orchestrator
* Freddie Herko – musician, dancer
* Bernard Herrmann – composer
* Natalie Hinderas – pianist, composer
* Yoshihisa Hirano – composer
* Moses Hogan – composer, conductor, arranger of choral music and spirituals
* Stephen Hough – pianist
* Ching-Yun Hu (Pre-College 1999, BM 2003, MM 2005) – pianist
* Helen Huang – pianist
* Frank Huang – violinist
* Hao Huang – pianist
* Monica Huggett – baroque violinist
* Nobuko Imai – violist
* Mattias Jacobsson – guitarist
* Morgan James – singer, actress
* Joseph Kalichstein – pianist
* Sharon Kam – clarinetist
* Michael Kamen – composer, oboist
* Hyo Kang – violinist
* Paul Kantor – violinist
* Jozef Kapustka – pianist
* Laura Karpman – composer
* Louis Kaufman – violinist
* Martin Kennedy – composer, pianist
* Matthew Kennedy – pianist
* Nigel Kennedy – violinist
* Nina Kennedy – pianist
* Jeffrey Khaner – flutist
* Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick – music educator
* Benny Kim – violinist
* Bomsori Kim (MM 2016, AD 2018, violin) – violinist
* Chin Kim – violinist
* David Kim – violinist
* Coya Knutson – Minnesota U.S. Representative
* Wladimir Jan Kochanski – pianist
* Catherine Ransom Karoly – flutist
* Rosemary Kuhlmann – mezzo-soprano
* Fredell Lack – violinist
* Kenneth Lampl – composer
* Kay Lande - composer and singer
* Albert Laszlo – bassist
* Manny Laureano – trumpet
* Paul Lavalle – conductor, arranger, radio show personality
* Dorothy Lawson – cellist, composer, co-founder of Ethel (string quartet)
* Trey Chui-yee Lee – cellist
* Adele Leigh – English operatic soprano
* Isabel Leonard – mezzo-soprano
* Pete Levin – keyboards, horn
* Gilbert Levine – conductor
* James Levine (Diploma 1963, orchestral conducting) – conductor
* Cho-Liang Lin – violinist
* Lowell Liebermann – composer, conductor, pianist
* Jens Lindemann – trumpet
* Mats Lidström – solo cellist, chamber musician, composer, teacher, publisher
* Robert Lipsett – violinist
* Andrew Litton – pianist, conductor
* Ricardo Llorca – composer
* Nicola Loud – violinist
* Kevin Kwan Loucks – pianist, arts entrepreneur
* Josephine Harreld Love– piano, musicologist, educator
* David Ludwig – composer, Juilliard dean of music
* Yo-Yo Ma (Professional Studies 1972, cello) – cellist
* Teo Macero – jazz composer, producer
* Tod Machover – composer
* John Mackey (MM 1997, composition) – composer
* Henry Mancini – composer, conductor
* Jon Manasse – clarinetist
* Eugenia Manolidou – composer, conductor
* Catherine Manoukian – violinist
* Barry Manilow – singer & songwriter
* Edvin Marton – violinist
* Wynton Marsalis – trumpeter
* Ana María Martínez – opera singer
* Gulnara Mashurova – harpist
* Joyce Mathis – soprano
* Audra McDonald (BM 1993, voice) – singer and actress
* Christian McBride – jazz bassist
* Susann McDonald – harpist
* Robert McDuffie – violinist
* Steven Mercurio – composer, conductor
* Anne Akiko Meyers – violinist
* Stefan Milenković – violinist
* Jeffery Miller – trombonist
* Meagan Miller – opera singer
* Stephanie Mills – singer
* Eric Milnes – harpsichordist, organist and conductor
* Leon Milo – composer, percussionist and sound artist
* Alexander Mishnaevski – violinist
* Beata Moon – composer, pianist
* Charlotte Moorman – cellist
* Alan Morrison – organist
* Mark Morton – bassist
* Nico Muhly – composer, pianist
* Simon Nabatov – pianist, composer
* Hiroko Nakamura – pianist
* Christina Naughton – pianist
* Michelle Naughton – pianist
* Paul Neebe – trumpeter
* Pascal Nemirovski – pianist
* Takako Nishizaki – violinist
* Linda November – singer
* Julia Nussenbaum – violinist, also known as Tania Lubova
* Constantine Orbelian – conductor, pianist
* Noriko Ogawa – pianist
* Santos Ojeda – pianist
* America Olivo – mezzo-soprano, actor
* Margaret Saunders Ott – pianist
* Peter Oundjian – violinist, conductor
* Alex Panamá – composer
* Dorothy Papadakos – MM, organ
* Anthony & Joseph Paratore – piano duo
* Juliette Passer – music director
* Margaret Pardee – violinist
* Rene Paulo – pianist
* Nick Perito – composer, arranger, music director, performer
* Marina Piccinini – flutist
* Miguel Franz Pinto – vocal coach, conductor, pianist
* Hila Plitmann – opera singer, soprano
* Itzhak Perlman – violinist
* Susanna Phillips – opera singer, soprano
* Christina Petrowska-Quilico – pianist
* Ashan Pillai – violist
* Daniel Pollack – pianist
* Leontyne Price – soprano
* Tito Puente – Latin jazz and mambo musician
* Michael Rabin – violinist
* Valentin Radu – pianist/organist, conductor
* André Raphel – conductor
* Behzad Ranjbaran – composer
* Einojuhani Rautavaara – composer
* Steve Reich – composer
* Carole Dawn Reinhart – trumpet, professor in Vienna
* Madelyn Renee – soprano
* Gerardo Ribeiro – violinist
* Fernando Rivas – composer
* Graciela Rivera – soprano
* Jennifer Rivera – mezzo-soprano
* Marco Rizo – composer, pianist
* Julius Rodriguez – pianist, drummer
* Neil Rosenshein – tenor
* Mary Rowell – composer, violinist, co-founder of Ethel (string quartet)
* Alan Rubin – trumpeter
* John Rubinstein – composer, actor
* Jordan Rudess – pianist, Dream Theater
* Joel Ryce-Menuhin – pianist, psychologist
* Rohan Joseph de Saram – conductor
* Ezra Schabas – clarinet, saxophone, educator
* Staffan Scheja – pianist
* Peter Schickele – composer, satirist
* William Schimmel – composer, accordionist
* Charles Schlueter – trumpeter
* Stephen Schwartz (Pre-College 1964, piano)
* Gerard Schwarz – conductor
* Hazel Scott – pianist, singer
* Judson Scott – actor, pianist
* Raymond Scott – composer, bandleader, inventor
* Tony Scott – Bebop clarinetist, arranger, New World music innovator
* Alex Seaver – singer-songwriter and DJ known as Mako
* Kathryn Selby – pianist
* Gil Shaham – violinist
* Theodore Shapiro (MFA 1995, music composition)
* Natalie Ni Shi - operatic soprano
* Alan Shulman – composer, cellist
* Tracy Silverman – violinist, composer
* Jacques Singer – conductor
* Lori Singer – cellist, actress
* Nina Simone – musician, civil rights activist
* Leonard Slatkin – conductor
* Brian Slawson – composer
* Vilem Sokol – violinist
* Lew Soloff – composer, trumpeter
* Wim Statius Muller – composer, pianist
* Mark Steinberg – violinist
* Albert Stern – violinist
* Paul Stetsenko – organist
* Bob Stillman (BM Piano)
* Liz Story – pianist
* Hai-Kyung Suh – pianist
* Kathleen Supové – pianist
* Akiko Suwanai – violinist
* Jeffrey Swann – pianist
* Walter Taieb – composer, conductor
* Margaret Leng Tan – pianist
* Louis Teicher – pianist
* Alfred Teltschik – pianist
* Ralph de Toledano – journalist, music critic
* Marioara Trifan – pianist, conductor
* Ahn Trio – chamber music trio
* Francesco Tristano – pianist
* Jonathan Tunick – orchestrator
* Rosalyn Tureck – pianist, harpsichordist
* Hideko Udagawa – violinist
* Leslie Uggams – actress, singer (left 1963)
* Roland and Almita Vamos – violinist, violist
* Jaap van Zweden – violinist, conductor
* Robert Vernon – violist
* F. Dudleigh Vernor – organist, composer
* Shirley Verrett – mezzo-soprano/soprano
* Frédérique Vézina - soprano
* Joseph Villa – piano
* Verónica Villarroel – soprano
* Ezequiel Viñao – composer
* Andrew von Oeyen – pianist
* Paul Waggoner – guitarist, Between the Buried and Me
* Xun Wang – pianist
* Robert Ward – composer
* Katharine Mulky Warne – composer, founder of Milhaud Society
* Alexis Weissenberg – pianist
* June Weybright – composer, pianist
* Eric Whitacre – composer, conductor
* John Williams – composer, conductor
* Albert Cano Smit – pianist
* Meredith Willson – composer
* Ransom Wilson – flutist, conductor
* Mark Wood – electric violinist
* Phil Woods – clarinetist, saxophonist
* Joyce Yang – pianist
* Yung Wook Yoo – pianist
* Rolande Maxwell Young – composer, pianist
* Terence Yung – pianist
* Camille Zamora – soprano
* Charlotte Lois Zelka – pianist
* Bernard Zinck - violinist
* Eva Maria Zuk – pianist
* Pinchas Zukerman – violinist

## Notable teachers

* Carolyn Adams – modern dancer, choreographer
* Samuel Adler – composer
* Bruce Adolphe – composer
* JoAnne Akalaitis – director
* Joseph Alessi – principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic
* Nancy Allen – harpist
* Baruch Arnon – piano, graduate studies, chamber music
* René Auberjonois – actor
* Emanuel Ax – pianist
* Sergei Babayan – pianist
* Milton Babbitt – composer
* Jon Robin Baitz – playwright
* Julius Baker – flutist
* Adele Laeis Baldwin - voice teacher, contralto
* Brian Bedford – actor
* Luciano Berio – composer, founded the Juilliard Ensemble
* Ron Blake – saxophonist
* Eric Bogosian – playwright
* George Frederick Boyle – pianist
* Henry Brant – composer
* William Burden – voice teacher, tenor
* Kendall Durelle Briggs – music theorist, composer
* Bruce Brubaker – pianist
* Maria Callas – opera singer
* Elliott Carter – composer
* Ron Carter – double bass
* Antonio Ciacca – business of jazz
* Timothy Cobb – double bass
* John Corigliano – composer
* Alfredo Corvino – ballet master
* Frank Damrosch – composer
* Bella Davidovich – pianist
* Giuseppe De Luca – opera singer
* Dorothy DeLay – violinist
* Patricia Delgado – ballet
* James DePreist – conductor
* David Diamond – composer
* Glenn Dicterow – violinist
* Ania Dorfmann – pianist
* Elaine Douvas – oboe
* David Dubal – pianist, teacher, author, broadcaster, painter
* Lucia Dunham – soprano
* Christopher Durang – playwright
* Sixten Ehrling – conductor
* John Erskine – pianist, composer
* Simon Estes – opera singer
* Eric Ewazen – composition
* Daniel Felsenfeld – composition
* Daniel Ferro – voice teacher
* Rudolf Firkušný – pianist
* Irwin Freundlich - piano
* Joseph Fuchs – violinist
* Lillian Fuchs – violist
* Ivan Galamian – violinist
* Percy Goetschius – theory and composition
* Saul Goodman – timpanist
* Sascha Gorodnitzki – pianist
* Alicia Graf Mack – dancer, director of Dance Division
* Marcel Grandjany - harpist and composer
* John Guare – playwright
* Gerre Hancock – organist
* William Hickey – actor
* Martha Hill – dancer, director of Dance Division
* Hanya Holm – choreographer
* John Houseman – actor, producer
* Huang Ruo – composer
* Monica Huggett – baroque violinist
* Doris Humphrey – choreographer
* Ernest Hutcheson – pianist, composer
* Sharon Isbin – classical guitar
* Paul Jacobs – organist
* Rodney Jones – guitar
* Michael Kahn – director, acting teacher
* Joseph Kalichstein – pianist
* Hyo Kang – violin
* Lewis Kaplan – violinist
* Melvin Kaplan – oboist and founder of the Vermont Mozart Festival
* Yoheved Kaplinsky – pianist
* Jeffrey Khaner – flutist
* Florence Kimball – voice
* Frank Kimbrough – pianist
* Amy Beth Kirsten – composer
* Simon Kovar – bassoonist
* Joel Krosnick – cellist
* Tony Kushner – playwright
* Kenneth Lampl – composer
* Michael Langham – actor, director
* Albert Laszlo – bassist
* Jacob Lateiner – pianist
* Judith LeClair – principal bassoonist of the New York Philharmonic
* Eugene Levinson – principal bass of the New York Philharmonic
* Frank Lévy – pianist
* Josef Lhévinne – pianist
* Rosina Lhévinne – pianist
* José Limón – choreographer
* Romulus Linney – playwright
* Gene Lockhart – actor
* Arthur Lora – flautist
* Jerome Lowenthal – pianist
* Jon Manasse – clarinetist
* Robert Mann – violinist, founder and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet
* Adele Marcus – pianist
* Wynton Marsalis – improvisation and trumpet
* Alberta Masiello – pianist and conductor
* João Carlos Martins – pianist
* William Masselos - pianist
* Dakin Matthews – actor
* Michael Mayer – director
* Terrence McNally – playwright
* Genia Melikova – ballet
* Peter Mennin – composer
* Homer Mensch – bassist
* Jeffrey Milarsky – music director, AXIOM Ensemble
* Andrew Norman – composer
* Marsha Norman – playwright
* Orin O'Brien – double bass
* Santos Ojeda – pianist
* Margaret Pardee – violinist
* Itzhak Perlman – violinist
* Vincent Persichetti – composer
* Ashan Pillai – violist
* Matthias Pintscher – composer
* Joseph Polisi – bassoonist
* Erik Ralske – hornist
* Behzad Ranjbaran – theory
* Nadia Reisenberg – pianist
* Ruggiero Ricci – violinist
* David Robertson – conductor
* Christopher Rouse – composer
* Henning Rübsam – choreographer
* Michel Saint-Denis – actor, director
* Olga Samaroff – pianist
* György Sándor – pianist
* Carl Schachter – Schenkerian analyst
* Peter Schickele – composer, humorist, best known for his P. D. Q. Bach character
* William Schimmel – composer, accordionist
* Alan Schneider – director
* William Schuman – composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet
* Roger Sessions – composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
* Marian Seldes – actor
* Marcella Sembrich – voice teacher
* Orli Shaham – pianist
* Oscar Shumsky – violinist
* Abbey Simon – pianist
* Liz Smith – actor
* W. Stephen Smith – voice teacher
* Bern Nadette Stanis – actor, dancer
* Anna Sokolow – choreographer
* David Soyer – cellist
* Clifton Taylor – theatrical designer
* Léon Theremin
* Andrew Thomas – composition
* Tracie Thoms – actress
* Antony Tudor – choreographer
* William Vacchiano – trumpeter
* Melinda Wagner – composer
* Wendy Wasserstein – playwright
* Grace Welsh – pianist, composer
* Earl Wild – pianist
* Teddy Wilson – pianist
* Stefan Wolpe – composer
* Oxana Yablonskaya – pianist

### Resident ensembles

* American Brass Quintet *
* Juilliard String Quartet *

## School presidents

* Frank Damrosch (1904–1926)
* John Erskine (1926–1937)
* Ernest Hutcheson (1937–1945)
* William Schuman (1946–1961)
* Peter Mennin (1962–1984)
* Joseph W. Polisi (1984–2018)
* Damian Woetzel (2018–present)