Faculty Emeritus
* Cecil Adkins, MUMH (1963-2000)
* Louise Alton, MUED (1968-1980)
* Larry Austin, MUCP (1978-1996)
* Stefan Bardas, piano (1954-1980)
* Virginia Botkin, soprano (1958-1995)
Brian Bowman, euphonium (1999-2018)
* Leon Breeden, 1:00 and chair (1959-1981); retired 1984
Lester Brothers, MUMH (1974-2005)
* Leon Brown, trombone (1946-1983)
Newel Kay Brown, MUTH (1970-1991)
*Anshel Brusilow, Symphony (1973-1982) and (1989-2008)
Deanna Bush, MUMH (1980-2011)
Leonard Candelaria, trumpet (1974-2003)
Thomas Clark, MUCP (1976-2004)
* Michael Collins, MUMH (1969-2001)
* Eugene Conley, tenor (1960-1978)
Jeannine Crader, soprano (1970-1997)
Linda DiFiore, contralto (1996-2014)
Paul Dworak, theory (1979-2017)
Donna Emmanuel, MUED (2002-2020)
Ron Fink, percussion (1964-2000)
Dennis Fisher, Symphonic Band (1982-2019)
Hildegard Froehlich, MUED (1976-2001)
* William Gardner, MUTH (1949-1980)
Cody Garner, bass-baritone (1989-2006)
Henry (Hal) Gibbons, Canticum novum (1980-2012)
* Oscar (O.) Lee Gibson, clarinet (1945-1981)
James Gillespie, clarinet (1978-2011)
* Floyd F. Graham, Eagle Band, Orchestra, Stage Band (1928-1973)
Joán Groom, theory (1973-2011)
John M. (Dan) Haerle, Jr., jazz piano (1977-2007)
Fred Hamilton, jazz guitar (1989-2017)
* John J. Haynie, trumpet (1950-1985)
* Harold Heiberg, vocal coach, accompanying (1971-2004)
* Paula Homer, opera (1992-2016)
Margaret Hudnall, MUED (1968-2004)
* Milvern (Mel) Ivey, A Cappella (1990-2000)
* J. Keith Johnson, trumpet (1986-2014)
* R. Fred Kern, class piano (1980-2011)
* Rosemary Killam, MUTH (1977-2005)
Malena Kuss, MUMH (1976-1999)
* William P. Latham, composition (1965-1984)
* James Lerch, violin (1966-1990)
* Martin Mailman, composition (1966-2000; awarded posthumously)
* Frank Mainous, piano (1947-1983)
* Robert Lincoln Marquis, Jr., Eagle Band (1934-42, Music) and Education (1943-77)
* Maurice McAdow, bands (1945-1975)
Alan McClung, MUED (2002-2017)
* Mary McCormic, Opera/soprano (1944-1962)
Jerry McCoy, A Cappella (2000-2015)
Lenora McCroskey, harpsichord/organ (1982-2009)
* David Charles McGuire, MUED (1962-1987)
* Frank McKinley, A Cappella (1940-1980)
Cindy McTee (Slatkin), composition (1984-2010)
* Clyde Miller, horn (1955-1983)
* Donald L. Miller, string education (1979-1989)
* Laurel Miller, mezzo-soprano (1977-2003)
* George Morey, flute, chamber music (1947-1980)
* John Murphy, jazz history (2001-2020); chair (2008-2020)
Lyle Nordstrom, collegium (2000-2010)
* Adolfo Odnoposoff, cello (1975-1987)
* Robert Ottman, MUTH (1946-1980)
George Papich, viola, chamber music (1967-2000)
* Dale Peters, organ, MUTH (1959-2005)
Graham Phipps, theory (1984-2014)
* Edward Rainbow, double bass (1967-1994)
Darhyl S. Ramsey, MUED (1987-2018)
Kathleen Reynolds, , bassoon (1995-2020)
* Alan W. Richardson, MUTH (1945-1976)
James Riggs, saxophone (1973-2008)
* Paul Roe, MUED (1961-1981)
* Robert J. Rogers, piano (1948-1984)
Paris Rutherford, Jazz Singers (1978-2009)
William Scharnberg, horn (1983-2018)
Robert Schietroma, percussion (1977-1998)
* Arthur Schoep, Opera (1967-1986)
John Scott, clarinet (1981-2018)
Neil Slater, 1:00 (1981-2008)
Ed Soph, drumset (1987-2017)
Richard Sparks, chair, C&E; Collegium Singers (2008-2019)
Mike Steinel, jazz improv, fundamentals, pedagogy, trumpet (1987-2019)
* David Sundquist, tenor (1989-2009)
Charles Veazey, oboe (1973-2011)
* Larry Gene Walz, piano (1956-1987)
Roger Warner, MUED (1976-2006)
* Grant Williams, tenor (1966-1994)
* Ira Donald Willing, organ (1968-1979)
* Robert A. Winslow, bands (1975-1993)
COM Dean Emeritus
James Scott, dean/flute (2001-2016)
David L. Shrader, dean/arts management (1992-2006)
COM Principal Lecturer Emeritus
Rosemary Chisholm, class voice (1995-2012)
Karrell Johnson, string education (1996-2013)
Music Librarian Emeritus
Jean Harden, music library (1994-2019); MUMH adjunct
*Anna Harriet Heyer, music library (1940-1965)
Morris Martin, music library (1971-2013)
Mark McKnight, music library (1990-2019); MUMH adjunct
*deceased