ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ recognizes the achievements of alumni through the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Alumni Achievement Award. Recipients of these awards are recognized at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´'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
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
