Alumni •
Ayal Adler, Israeli composer •
Lydia Ainsworth, composer, producer and singer •
Peter Allen, Canadian composer, organist, and keyboard player •
Tom Allen, broadcaster, concert host, trombonist •
István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer •
Darcy James Argue, jazz composer and bandleader •
Julian Armour, cellist and artistic director •
Jeannette Aster, Austrian opera director •
David Atkinson, Canadian baritone and New York Broadway actor/singer •
Burt Bacharach, Grammy and Academy award-winning composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist •
Ellen Ballon, classical pianist •
Jill Beck, American dancer, scholar, administrator and educator, former president of
Lawrence University •
Annesley Black, composer •
Paul Bley, jazz pianist •
Joyce Borenstein, director and animator •
Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor, composer, violinist and music teacher, founded and directed the McGill Chamber Orchestra •
Donna Brown, Canadian soprano opera singer •
Taylor Brook, composer and musician •
Boris Brott, Canadian conductor and composer •
Suad Bushnaq, Jordanian-Canadian film and concert composer •
Peter Butterfield, Canadian conductor and classical tenor, director of the
Victoria Philharmonic Choir •
Rufus Cappadocia, Canadian-American cellist •
Rihab Chaieb, Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano •
Albert Chamberland, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, music producer, and music educator •
Régine Chassagne, singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and member of
Arcade Fire •
Alcée Chriss III, American organist, composer and conductor •
John Austin Clark, American music director and keyboardist, founder and current director of
Bourbon Baroque •
Francis Coleman, conductor and television producer and director •
Jonathan Crow,
Toronto Symphony Orchestra concertmaster •
Pauline Donalda, Canadian operatic soprano •
Marvin Duchow, composer, teacher and musicologist, expert on Renaissance music and the music of eighteenth century France •
Efajemue, Canadian Jazz drummer and producer •
José Evangelista, Spanish composer and music educator •
Clifford Ford, composer, editor, music educator, and author •
Karina Gauvin, Canadian soprano •
Serban Ghenea, 19 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards winning audio engineer and mixer •
Estelí Gomez, multiple Grammy award-winning American musician •
Chilly Gonzales, Grammy award-winning pianist and singer •
Donna Grantis, Canadian guitarist, known for work with
Prince &
3rdeyegirl •
Helga Rut Guðmundsdóttir, professor of music education at the
University of Iceland •
Caity Gyorgy, Juno award-winning jazz singer •
Sinjin Hawke, Canadian-American electronic music producer and DJ •
Larry Henderson, broadcaster, actor, news anchor, writer •
Timothy L. Jackson, American professor of music theory at
University of North Texas •
Kelly Jefferson, jazz saxophonist •
Christine Jensen,
Juno Award-winning composer, conductor, and saxophonist •
Alessandro Juliani, Canadian actor and singer •
Gillian Keith, soprano •
Richard King, multi
Grammy award-winning recording engineer •
Veronika Krausas, composer •
Jimmie LeBlanc, Canadian composer and guitarist •
Caroline Leonardelli, French concert harpist •
Jens Lindemann, trumpet soloist •
Earl MacDonald, director of Jazz Studies at the
University of Connecticut, former musical director and pianist with
Maynard Ferguson •
Martin MacDonald, resident conductor with
Symphony Nova Scotia •
Don McGowan, television personality at
CFCF-DT •
Charles Henry Mills, English-American composer and director of the
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music •
Robin Minard, composer and installation artist •
Simon Morrison, scholar and writer specializing in 20th-century music •
Dorothy Morton, pianist and instructor •
Geoffrey Moull, music director of the
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, mentor of the Opera Program at
Wilfrid Laurier University •
Natasha Negovanlis, actress, writer, producer, and singer •
John Oliver, composer and organist •
Charles O'Neill, Canadian bandmaster, composer, organist, cornetist, and music educator •
Donald Patriquin, Canadian composer, organist, and choral conductor •
Michel Perrault, composer, conductor, music educator, and percussionist •
Mauro Pezzente, co-founder of
Godspeed You! Black Emperor •
Eldon Rathburn, Canadian film composer who scored over 250 films •
Jay Reise, American composer •
Charles Richard-Hamelin, concert pianist •
Matthew Ricketts, classical composer •
Susan Rogers, American professor, sound engineer and record producer, professor of music at
Berklee College of Music •
Michael Sackler-Berner, American songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer and actor •
Elizabeth Shepherd, singer, songwriter, pianist and producer •
Robert Silverman, Canadian pianist and piano pedagogue •
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone and opera, oratorio and recital singer •
Marguerita Spencer, Canadian pianist, organist, composer and educator •
Grant Stewart, Canadian jazz saxophonist •
Donald Steven, composer,
Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year,
Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music •
Nora Sourouzian, Armenian-Canadian mezzo-soprano •
Alexandra Stréliski, neo-classical composer and pianist •
Sylvia Sweeney, Canadian executive television producer and Olympian •
Daniel Taylor, countertenor, director of the
Theatre of Early Music, adjunct professor at the Schulich School of Music •
Kristan Toczko, harpist •
Maja Trochimczyk, American music historian, writer and poet •
Robert Turner, Canadian composer, radio producer, and music educator •
Gino Vannelli, rock singer and songwriter •
Frédérique Vézina, soprano •
Rufus Wainwright, singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer •
Ella May Walker, composer and organist •
Alfred Whitehead, English-born Canadian composer, organist, choirmaster, music educator, painter •
Nina C. Young, American electro-acoustic composer of contemporary classical music
Current and past faculty members •
István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer •
Andrew Dawes, Canadian violinist •
Alfred De Sève, Canadian violinist, composer, and music educator •
Claude Champagne, French Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, and violinist •
Douglas Clarke, English organist, conductor, composer and academic, conductor of the
Montreal Orchestra •
Ira Coleman, French-American jazz bassist •
Steven Epstein, 16 Grammy Award-winning American record producer •
Marina Goglidze-Mdivani, professor of piano •
Matt Haimovitz, professor of strings and cello •
Melissa Hui, Chinese-Canadian composer and pianist •
Oliver Jones, jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger •
Michael Laucke, classical, new flamenco and flamenco guitarist and composer •
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano and professor of voice •
Michel Donato, Canadian jazz double bass player, composer, and singer and pianist •
Daniel Levitin, American-Canadian cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer •
Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish organist, composer and musicologist •
William Caplin, American music theorist, former president of the
Society for Music Theory •
Theodore Baskin, Principal Oboe of the
Montreal Symphony Orchestra •
Charles A. E. Harriss, English impresario, educator, organist-choirmaster and conductor, founding director of the McGill Conservatorium of Music (today the Schulich School of Music) •
Brian Jackson, British-Canadian conductor, organist and pianist •
Kelsey Jones, Canadian composer, pianist, harpsichordist, and music teacher •
Alcides Lanza, Argentinian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator •
Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist, composer, and instrument builder •
Philippe Leroux, French composer •
Clara Lichtenstein, Hungarian pianist •
Camille Thurman, American jazz musician, composer, and member of the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra •
Rémi Bolduc, Canadian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer •
John Rea, composer, former dean of the Schulich School of Music of McGill University •
Kent Nagano, American conductor, opera administrator, and ex-conductor of the
Montreal Symphony Orchestra •
Kenneth Gilbert, Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator •
Ellen Ballon, classical pianist •
George Massenburg, multiple Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and inventor •
Bruce Mather, Canadian composer, pianist, and writer •
Paul Pedersen, composer, arts administrator, and music educator •
Harry Crane Perrin, British cathedral organist and academic, served as the first dean of music at McGill University •
Alexis Hauser, Austrian conductor •
Jan Simons, Canadian baritone, music teacher and administrator •
Axel Strauss, German violinist •
Sanford Sylvan, American Baritone •
Socalled, Canadian rapper and record producer •
Joel Quarrington, Canadian double bass player, soloist, teacher, and the former Principal Double Bass of the
London Symphony Orchestra •
Richard King, multi
Grammy award-winning recording engineer •
John Hollenbeck, American jazz drummer and composer known for his work with
The Claudia Quintet and
Bob Brookmeyer •
Geoffrey Moull, music director of the
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, mentor of the Opera Program at
Wilfrid Laurier University •
Christopher Jackson, Canadian organist, harpsichordist and choral conductor •
Denys Bouliane, Canadian composer and conductor •
Boris Brott, Canadian conductor and composer •
Brian Cherney, Canadian composer •
Lina Pizzolongo, vocal coach and concert pianist •
Raymond Daveluy, composer, organist, music educator, and arts administrator •
Charles Reiner, Hungarian-Canadian pianist •
Arthur Romano, Italian-Canadian saxophonist, oboist, and english hornist
History of Deans •
Clara Lichtenstein 1886 - 1904 •
Charles A. E. Harriss 1904 - 1920 •
Harry Crane Perrin 1920 - 1930 • Sean Ferguson 2011 - 2016 • Brenda Ravenscroft 2016 - 2022 • Sean Ferguson 2022 - Present ==Special events and conferences==