first female member of the National Symphony Orchestra Thomas F. McNulty, a president of the WWIN-FM Baltimore and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1942 to 1946 Jessye Norman, operatic soprano Piotr Pakhomkin, Guitarist Rebecca Pitcher, actress; primarily known for playing Christine in the Broadway adaption of The Phantom of the Opera Awadagin Pratt, pianist Lance Reddick, actor, musician Ilyich Rivas, conductor (music) Jake Runestad, composer Lillian Smith, author of Strange Fruit Ana Vidović, Guitarist André Watts, pianist Hugh Wolff, conductor and director of orchestras at the New England Conservatory of Music. Eliza Woods, composer and pianist Igor Zubkovsky, cellist Notable faculty Diran Alexanian, cello Manuel Barrueco, guitar Oscar Bettison, composition George Frederick Boyle, piano Garnett Bruce, opera Elliott Carter (1946–48), composition Thomas Dolby, Music for New Media Du Yun, composition David Fedderly, tuba Leon Fleisher, piano Virgil Fox, organist Elizabeth Futral, voice Denyce Graves, voice Richard Franko Goldman, Director (1968–1977), President (1969–1977) Asger Hamerik, Director (1871–1898) Michael Hersch, composition Ernest Hutcheson, piano Sean Jones, jazz Richard Johnson, jazz Jean Eichelberger Ivey, composition, electronic music Stephen Kates, cello Katharine Lucke (1875-1962) - organ, composition Nicholas Maw (1935–2009), composition Anthony McGill, clarinet Gustav Meier, conducting Edward Palanker, clarinet Amit Peled, cello Marina Piccinini, flute Joel Puckett, theory Kevin Puts, composition Hollis Robbins, humanities Berl Senofsky, violin John Shirley-Quirk, voice Robert van Sice, percussion Barry Tuckwell, horn Frank Valentino, voice John Walker, organ Warren Wolf, jazz Eliza Woods, piano Chen Yi, composition (1996-1998) See also Music school Music schools in the United States References External links Johns Hopkins University Universities and colleges in Baltimore Music schools in Maryland Educational institutions established in 1857 Mount Vernon, Baltimore Music of Baltimore 1857 establishments in Maryland Historic district contributing properties in Maryland Mount Vernon Place Historic District Baltimore City Landmarks