Famous Sinfonians

Phi Mu Alpha defines itself and its mission through such things as the Five Purposes. As with any organization, both visitors and brothers get a better feel for Sinfonia through Sinfonians that have paved the path. So who makes a good Sinfonian? Here are some famous examples:

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
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
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

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