John Luther Adams (BFA 73), composer
Gustavo Aguilar (MFA 98), percussionist; Phil Curtis (MFA 97), composer/electronics; and Nina Sun Eidsheim (MFA 01), mezzo-soprano - members of soNu
Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90), jazz trumpeter
James Carney (BFA 90), jazz pianist, composer
Gary Chang (MFA 77), film composer
Rebecca Bower Cherian (BFA 79), trombonist
Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90), saxophonist, composer, bandleader
Mark Coniglio (BFA 89), composer, multimedia artist-co-director of Troika Ranch
John Debney (BFA 78), film composer
Dean Drummond (MFA 73), composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, instrument inventor
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick (BFA 78, MFA 82), cellist, and Amy Knoles (BFA 82), percussionist,composer - members of The California E.A.R. Unit
Benjamin Echenique (BFA 73), conductor
Peter Epstein (BFA 92), saxophonist, composer, educator
Pedro Eustache (MFA 91), flutist, composer
Peter Garland (BFA 72), composer, author
Randy Gloss (MFA 97), Andrew Grueschow (BFA 96, MFA 99) and Austin Wrinkle (BFA 97, MFA 99), percussionists - members of Hands On'Semble
David Johnson (BFA 72), percussionist, and Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00), tar player, composer - members of Lian Ensemble
Roland Kato (BFA 74, MFA 76), violist
Tom Lopez (MFA 93), composer, digital artist
Ani Maldjian (BFA 04), soprano
Arturo Marquez (MFA 90), composer
Ingram Marshall (MFA 71), composer
Devin Maxwell (MFA 02) and Katie Porter (MFA 02), wireless media content developers - founders of LoudLouderLoudest
Peter Otto (MFA 83), music technologist, educator
Randall Packer (MFA 81), composer, media artist, author
Paula Rasmussen (BFA 87), mezzo-soprano
Douglas Repetto (MFA 97), composer, media and installation artist
Marina Rosenfeld (Music-Art MFA 94), composer, sound and installation artist
Stephen Schultz (MFA 80), flutist
Marcus Shelby (93), composer, bandleader
Rand Steiger (MFA 82), composer, conductor, educator
Carl Stone (BFA 75), composer, computer music artist
Kubilay Uner (ACRT 91), film composer, multi-instrumentalist, instrument builder
Libby Van Cleve (MFA 84), oboist, author
Jack Vees (MFA 86), composer, bassist
Lois V Vierk (MFA 78), composer
Nedra Wheeler (BFA 87, MFA 89), bassist, educator
Todd Winkler (MFA 84), composer, multimedia artist
Philip Yampolsky (MFA 72), ethnomusicologist
Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92), pianist, composer