This is a list of distinguished members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity who have achieved significant recognition in their respective fields, including (but not limited to) education, film, industry, literature, music, philanthropy, public service, radio, science, and television. While many of these names are easily recognizable, other names that have faded from common knowledge are included to reflect the diversity of Sinfonia's membership, the breadth of its history, and the far-reaching influence of its membership on the American musical experience. This list is by no means intended to be a comprehensive listing of the fraternity's membership, but rather is meant to be representative of those Sinfonians who are or have been prominent in the public eye.
In determining the classification for each Sinfonian listed here, an attempt was made to classify the individual based on what he is most known for. In some cases, a person such as Aaron Copland may be known equally as a conductor and a composer. In other cases, an individual such as Branford Marsalis may be known equally as a jazz musician and a television personality.
Honorary members are in italics, charter members are in bold.
"Big band" leaders
Businessmen and philanthropists
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
George Banta |
Alpha (1917) |
Founder of the George Banta Company (later known as Banta Corporation); served as historian of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is honored as a "second founder" of that fraternity in recognition of his contributions to its development and expansion; instrumental in the expansion of Delta Gamma women's fraternity, of which he remains the only male initiate, and was an advocate of collegiate Greek life; mayor of Menasha, Wisconsin in 1892, 1895, and 1902–1903 |
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Andrew Carnegie |
Alpha (1917) |
Founder of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company which later became United States Steel; philanthropist; namesake of Carnegie-Mellon University, Carnegie Hall, and numerous libraries |
[3] |
George Eastman |
Alpha Nu (1927) |
Founded Eastman Kodak Company, invented the roll of film, and endowed the establishment of the Eastman School of Music |
[4][5] |
Henry Clay Frick |
Alpha (1917) |
Industrialist, financier, and art patron; founder of H. C. Frick & Company; chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company; played a major role in the formation of the giant United States Steel |
[6][7] |
Major Henry Lee Higginson |
Alpha (1915) |
Survivor of the Battle of Aldie; founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881; served as President of the Boston Music Hall and as trustee of the New England Conservatory of Music, 1892-1919 |
[8] |
Otto H. Kahn |
Alpha (1917) |
Investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts; built Oheka Castle, the second largest private home in the US; served as Chairman of the National Music Week Committee of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music in the 1920s |
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Harvey S. Mudd |
Beta Psi (1941) |
Mining engineer; founder, investor, and president of the Cyprus Mines Corporation; namesake of Harvey Mudd College, a science and engineering college in Claremont, California |
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Charles M. Schwab |
Alpha (1917) |
Industrialist; steel magnate; under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second largest steel maker in the US, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world |
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Henry Z. Steinway |
Alpha Alpha (1962) |
Philanthropist; heir to Steinway piano manufacturing legacy; president of Steinway & Sons, 1955–1977; awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2007; founding president of the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California |
[9][10] |
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Composers
Band/winds
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John Philip Sousa c. 1900
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Choral/vocal
Film/TV
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
Warren Barker |
Beta Psi (1942) |
Wrote theme songs for Bewitched, 77 Sunset Strip, That Girl, and the Donny and Marie Osmond Show |
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John Cacavas |
Iota (1951) |
Composer of music for television shows including Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, The Bionic Woman, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and the films Airport 1975 and Airport '77 |
[24][25] |
Bill Conti |
Beta Omega (1960) |
Film and television composer, including for Rocky and the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only; won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for The Right Stuff and three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction for the 64th, 70th and 75th Academy Award ceremonies |
[26][27] |
Dave Grusin |
Beta Chi (1953) |
Composed the theme songs for Maude, Good Times, Baretta, and St. Elsewhere; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1991 |
[15][28] |
Nelson S. Riddle, Jr. |
Gamma Omega (1967) |
Bandleader, arranger, orchestrator; composed soundtrack of the 1960s Batman television series and 1966 movie |
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David Rose |
Gamma Omega (1968) |
Wrote music for The Red Skelton Show and Bonanza; known for 1962 Billboard #1 hit "The Stripper"; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
[29][30] |
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David Rose (3rd from left) in AFRS Radio Show, c. 1946
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Post-romantic
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
George W. Chadwick |
Alpha (1909) |
Director of the New England Conservatory of Music, 1897–1930; member of "Boston Six"; "Sinfonia" in the fraternity's name is attributed to Chadwick, based on the name of a student organization he was a member of at the Leipzig Conservatory |
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Other
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
Samuel Adler |
Gamma Theta (1960), Alpha Alpha (1966) |
German-born composer; named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists in 1991 |
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Leroy Anderson |
Gamma Omega (1969) |
Composer, noted for "Bugler's Holiday", "Syncopated Clock", and the holiday classic "Sleigh Ride"; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
[29][31] |
Robert Russell Bennett |
Gamma Omega (1966) |
First president of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC); won an Oscar for the film Oklahoma! |
[32][33] |
Aaron Copland |
Alpha Upsilon (1961) |
Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize in composition for Appalachian Spring, and Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1970; a Kennedy Center honoree in 1979; his well-known compositions include Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo |
[15][16][17] |
George Crumb |
Beta Chi (1961) |
Received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1968 for his orchestral work Echoes of Time and the River and a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition in 2001 for his work Star-Child |
[17][34] |
Norman Dello Joio |
Epsilon Nu (1971) |
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Meditations on Ecclesiastes in 1957, and an Emmy Award in 1965 for his score to the NBC special The Louvre |
[17] |
Carlisle Floyd |
Epsilon Iota (1957) |
Awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2004; named the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music in 2012 |
[9][15] |
Morton Gould |
Alpha Delta (1947) |
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for Stringmusic in 1995, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 |
[17][35] |
Ferde Grofé |
Beta Epsilon (1939) |
Piano player for Paul Whiteman's orchestra; arranged George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for both jazz and full orchestras; known for Grand Canyon Suite |
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Adolphus Hailstork |
Rho Mu (2010) |
Composer and educator |
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Howard Hanson |
Iota (1916) |
Director of the Eastman School of Music, 1924–1964; recipient of the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 4, Requiem, and the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1954 |
[15][17] |
Victor Herbert |
Lambda (1913) |
Tin Pan Alley composer; co-founder and vice-president of ASCAP |
[36][37] |
Alan Hovhaness |
Delta Omicron (1949) |
Prolific Armenian-American composer, with over 500 surviving works |
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Karel Husa |
Alpha Alpha (1977) |
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 3 in 1969; known for Music for Prague 1968 |
[17] |
Gail T. Kubik |
Alpha Nu (1934) |
Won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Symphony Concertante |
[17] |
Krzysztof Penderecki |
Epsilon Iota (1975) |
Received a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for Credo in 2001 |
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Vincent Persichetti |
Delta Eta (1961) |
Awarded the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in 1984 |
[21] |
Peter Schickele |
Gamma Epsilon (1974) |
Composer and comedian, best known by the pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach |
[38] |
Arnold Schoenberg |
Alpha Epsilon (1935) |
Developed the twelve-tone technique of composition |
[39] |
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Arnold Schoenberg, Alpha Epsilon Honorary 1935
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Conductors
Band/winds
Choral
Symphonic
Television
Educational administrators
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Charles S. Johnson c.1953
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Folk singers
Government leaders
Two Sinfonians have served as US Senators, both of whom were initiated at the Mu Chapter at the University of Oklahoma. Sinfonians have served as governors of three states - New York, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Sinfonians have served in the House of Representatives, representing New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Two Sinfonians have served in the executive branch of the United States - one as a cabinet member, and the other as vice-president. One Sinfonian has been a major party nominee for the Presidency of the United States.
George B. Cortelyou c.1905-07
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Fiorello La Guardia c.1940
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Instrumentalists
Miscellaneous
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Statue of Pablo Casals at Montserrat, Spain
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Organists
Other
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
Arna Bontemps |
Zeta Rho (1954) |
Poet, member of the Harlem Renaissance |
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Pianists
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
Van Cliburn |
Alpha Chi (1958) Alpha Alpha (1962) |
Pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War; awarded the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1962, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, and the National Medal of Arts in 2010 |
[9][15][16][35] |
Rudolph Ganz |
Zeta (1924) |
Performer, conductor, composer, and educator |
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Leopold Godowsky |
Beta (1900) |
Performer, composer, educator; advanced piano playing technique |
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Morton Gould |
Alpha Delta (1947) |
Composer, conductor, arranger, and performer; a Kennedy Center honoree in 1994; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1995, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 |
[16][29][35] |
Josef Hofmann |
Alpha (1917) |
Performer, composer, music teacher, and inventor |
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Peter Nero |
Gamma Omega (1962) |
Conductor and Grammy Award-winning pianist |
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André Previn, KBE |
Zeta Mu (1967) |
Pianist, conductor, and composer; winner of multiple Grammy and Academy Awards; appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996; a Kennedy Center honoree in 1998; received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 |
[16][35][50] |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Alpha (1919) |
Conductor, composer, and pianist |
[42] |
Roger Williams |
Alpha Beta (1943) |
Concert pianist; recorded the only piano instrumental (Autumn Leaves) to reach #1 on Billboard's popular music chart |
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Trumpeters
Saxophonists
Violinists
Jazz artists
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley |
Gamma Theta (1960) Xi Omega (1970) |
Saxophonist and bandleader |
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Jamey Aebersold |
Gamma Omega (1976) |
Saxophonist and music educator; known for his jazz improvisation education |
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Count Basie |
Mu Nu (1970) |
Pianist, bandleader; 1981 Kennedy Center honoree; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient |
[16][29][35] |
Alvin Batiste |
Mu Psi (1973) |
Avant-garde clarinetist |
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Alan Baylock |
Nu Psi (2016) |
Composer, arranger, educator, bandleader, clinician, instrumentalist and bandleader |
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Louie Bellson |
Xi Omega (1994) |
Drummer; invened the double bass drum at age 15 |
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Henry Butler |
Mu Psi (1969) |
Blind pianist |
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Bill Cunliffe |
Omicron Pi (2010) |
Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer |
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Duke Ellington |
Rho Upsilon (1969) Gamma Delta (1969) Alpha Alpha |
Pianist and bandleader; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966 |
[29][35] |
Bill Evans |
Delta Omega (1949) |
Pianist and composer; posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 |
[35] |
Maynard Ferguson |
Xi Chi (1976) |
Trumpeter and bandleader; recipient of the 2006 Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award |
[15] |
Donald Harrison Jr. |
Mu Psi (1979) |
Saxophonist and orchestral composer |
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Stan Kenton |
Gamma Epsilon (1961) |
Pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader |
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Tom "Bones" Malone |
Gamma Theta (2001) |
Member of The Blues Brothers band; member of the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman; former arranger for Saturday Night Live |
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Chuck Mangione |
Alpha Nu (1971) |
Flugelhornist and bandleader |
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Shelly Manne |
Omicron Pi (1969) |
Drummer, frequently associated with West Coast jazz |
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Branford Marsalis |
Mu Psi (1979) |
Saxophonist; former bandleader of the Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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Ellis Marsalis, Jr. |
Epsilon Lambda (1965) |
Louisiana Music Hall of Fame jazz pianist and music educator; father of Branford and Wynton Marsalis; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 2015 |
[53] |
Mike Metheny |
Upsilon Phi (1974) |
Flugelhornist and music journalist |
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Doc Severinsen |
Eta Lambda (1965) |
Trumpeter; former bandleader of the NBC Orchestra (later the Tonight Show Band) on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
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Clark Terry |
Beta Zeta (1968) |
Trumpeter; recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1985 and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 |
[15][35] |
George Wein |
Delta Omicron (1954) |
Jazz promoter and producer; founder of the Newport Jazz Festival |
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Kirk Whalum |
Kappa Delta (1978) |
Saxophonist and songwriter; won a Grammy Award in 2011 for Best Gospel Song |
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Clark Terry performs with the Great Lakes Navy Band Jazz Ensemble, 2002
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Music critics and editors
Music educators
Musicologists
Peace activists
Radio, film and television personalities
Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
Alan Bergman |
Alpha Rho (1943) |
With his wife, became the first songwriters to have written three of the five tunes nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song - "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends, "It Might Be You" from Tootsie (with Dave Grusin), and "If We Were in Love" from Yes, Giorgio (with John Williams). "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman won the award that year. They also wrote the popular theme song "And Then There's Maude" for the hit Norman Lear television series Maude.
Bergman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and in 1995 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Berklee College of Music. He is a member of the board of Barbra Streisand's charitable foundation.
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Frank De Vol |
Gamma Omega (1962) |
Arranger, composer and actor; recognized for his theme tunes for television shows Family Affair, The Brady Bunch, and My Three Sons; acted in several TV series, includingI Dream of Jeannie, Bonanza, and The Brady Bunch |
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Woody Durham |
Alpha Rho (1961) |
Longtime radio announcer for UNC basketball and football, known as the "Voice of the Tar Heels" |
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Nelson Eddy |
Zeta (1936) |
Actor and singer who starred in 19 musical films during the 1930s-40s; has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
[29] |
Art Gilmore |
Chi (1934) |
Announcer and narrator for several television and radio programs, including Amos 'n' Andy, The Red Skelton Show, and The World Tomorrow |
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Andy Griffith |
Alpha Rho (1946) |
Actor and singer best known for his lead roles in The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 |
[29] |
Wayne Messmer |
Alpha Lambda (1970) |
Professional speaker, singer, radio broadcaster, author and actor; longtime announcer for the Chicago Cubs; well-known for singing the "The Star Spangled Banner" for various Chicago sports teams; named as a Signature Sinfonian in 2010 |
[47] |
Mitch Miller |
Alpha Nu (1929) |
Host of the 1960s community-sing television program Sing Along With Mitch; awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 |
[35] |
Fred Rogers |
Xi Psi (1987) |
Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 |
[29] |
J.K. Simmons |
Delta Theta (1975) |
Actor known for Whiplash, Spider-Man, and The Legend of Korra; won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 87th Academy Awards |
[56] |
Fred Waring |
Alpha Zeta (1956) |
Bandleader; host of The Fred Waring Show; has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983 |
[29] |
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Rock and/or pop musicians
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Honorary Brother Ben Folds with the Beta Tau chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at the University of Miami Photo: Brother Nicolas Jorge Aquino (Beta Tau, Spring 2014)
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Scientists and scholars
Visual artists
Vocalists
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Baritone David Bispham c. 1920
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