xxxxÊÓƵ recognizes the achievements of alumni through the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Alumni Achievement Award. Recipients of these awards are recognized at xxxxÊÓƵ's annual commencement ceremony.
The Distinguished Alumni Award honors alumni who have attained the highest stature in their given field of performance, composition, music theory, musicology, teaching or arts administration. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes outstanding alumni who have provided significant professional contributions in the area of performance, composition, music theory or pedagogy.
Past Alumni Award Recipients
distinguished alumni award
1985 Mignon Bryant Bennett, 29TC, 35BM 1986 William Newman, 33BS, 86HDMA 1987 Marie Martin, 40, 87HDMA 1988 Hale Smith, 50BM, 52MM,88HDMA 1989 Lionel Nowak, 30AD, 33BM, 36MM, 89HDMA 1990 Ward Davenny, 34BM 1991 Lyndon Woodside, 57BM 1992 Mildred Miller Posvar, 46BM, 83HDMA 1993 Donald Erb, 53MM, 84HDMA 1994 Sidney Harth, 47BM 1995 James Hall, 55BM 1996 Anton Kuerti, 54BM 1997 Eugene O’Brien, 83DMA 1998 Pauline Thesmacher, 34BM 1999 Yolanda Kondonassis, 86BM, 89MM 2000 Kurt Loebel, 51BM, 52MM 2001 Beatrice Krebs, 47BM 2002 Mary Rautenberg, 33BM, 33AD 2003 Jeffrey Rathbun, 83MM 2004 Frederick C. Koch, 49BM 2005 Olga Radosavljevich, 59BM, 61MM, 69AD 2006 Joela Jones, 66AM, 67 MM 2007 Howard A. Roberts, 50BM, 51MM 2008 Evelyn Freeman Roberts, 41BM 2009 Leonore Rosenberg, 84AD 2010 David Brown, 69BM, 74BM, Elliott Golub, 56BM 2011 Maurice Kaplow, 52BM 2012 William R. Martin, 51BM, Paul Schenly, 69BM, 71MM 2013 Dr. Jesse C. McCarroll, 60BM 2014 Dr. Marshall Griffith, 75BM, 77MM Dr. Marta Ptaszynska, 74AD 2015 Glenn Fischthal, 70BM 2016 Jorja Fleezanis, 72 2017 Jason Vieaux, 95BM 2018 Frank Huang, 02BM
2019 Linda Strommen, 78BM, 79MM 2020 Timothy K. Adams Jr., 83BM, 87MM
2021 Dr. Melissa Kraut, 90BM
2022 Ryan Anthony, 91BM, 93MM, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, 00MM 2023 Scott Price 91MM
2024 Paul Yancich 75BM 2025 John McLaughlin Williams, 97BM, 97MM
alumni achievement award
1990 Marla Berg, 83MM, 88AD, Susan Kier Gordon, 87BM, Yolanda Kondonassis, 86BM, 9BM, Jun-Ching Lin, 87MM, David Loebel (Preparatory Department), Susan Davenny Wyner (Preparatory Department) 1991 Joela Jones, 66BM, 67MM, Paul Silver, 80MM, Tom Nyfenger, 59BM, 60AD, 61MM 1992 Robin Bushman (Preparatory Department), Pamela Hinchman, 78BM 1993 Mark George, 82BM, 89DMA, Jerome Simas, 89BM, 91MM, Katie Lansdale, 91MM, 93AD, Ann Hobson Pilot, 66BM, Laura McCreery, 77BM 1994 Laurence Glazener, 72BM, Paul Nadler, 70BM, 72MM 1995 Paul Harris, 73-76, Fred Bretschger, 74BM, Eduardo Valdes, 86MM 1996 Alan N. Balter, 67MM, Elaine Douvas, 70-73 1997 Leonore Rosenberg, 84AD, Mark Yancich, 78BM, Paul Yancich, 75BM 1998 Jason Vieaux, 95BM 1999 Robert C. McAllister, 80MM, Steven C. Smith, 91MM 2000 Robin Blitch Wiper, 92MM, Lois Robinson, 81MM, Judith Ingolfsson, 94MM, 96AD,2000PS 2001 Ryan Anthony, 91BM, 93BM 2002 Jesús Morales, 95BM, James Mobberley, 82DMA 2003 Teresa Testa Harth, 48BM, Jeanne Segal, 75BM, 77MM 2004 Margaret Eaves-Smith, 71BM, 73MM, Ivan Stefanovic, 89BM, 91AD 2005 Alan Baer, 89BM, Amy Schwartz Moretti, 98BM, 01MM, Stephen Rose, 92BM 2006 Marianne Matousek Mastics, 40BM, 42AD, Paula Page, 69BM, Jerod Impichchaachaahá Tate, 00MM 2007 Richard Glazier, 94DMA, Thomas C. Moore, 86BM, 88MM 2008 Nathan Hughes, 98BM, Mark Summer, 81BM, Gerardo Teissonnière, 85BM, 89MM 2009 Gail Nelson Johansen, 77MM, Soovin Kim, 92-95 2010 Ann Hobson Pilot, 66BM, Lisa Wellbaum Geber, 69BM 2011 Dwayne S. Milburn, 92MM, Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos, 1993-95 2012 Carrie Ann Matheson, 99MM, David Joshua Roman, 04BM, 05MM 2013 Project Trio: Greg Pattillo, 01MM, Eric Stephenson, 00BM, 02MM, Peter Seymour, 00BM; Isabel Trautwein, 94PS 2014 Wataru Hokoyama, 99BM, Ned McGowan, 92BM 2015 Frank Rosenwein, 00BM 2016 Kathryn Brown, 93AD 2017 Mark Williams, 02BM 2018 Kathryn Wyatt, 05MM
2019 Wesley Collins, 07BM 2020 Boris Allakhverdyan, 10MM
