text: Kyung-wha Chung – violinist Myung-whun Chung – conductor, pianist
  Van Cliburn – pianist
  Pamela Coburn – soprano
  Dan Coleman – composer
  James Conlon – conductor
  Bill Conti – composer
  Chick Corea (1961, piano) – jazz pianist
  Robert Craft – conductor, music writer
  John Creswell – jazz musician
  Vera Curtis – soprano
  Miles Davis – jazz trumpeter (three semester)
  Netania Davrath – soprano
  Annamary Dickey – soprano
  Glenn Dicterow – violinist
  Alfredo Diez Nieto – Cuban composer, conductor and professor
  Orlando DiGirolamo – jazz accordionist, composer
  David Dubal – pianist, teacher, author, broadcaster, painter (1961)
  Alexandra du Bois – composer
  Lawrence Dutton (BM 1977, MM 1978, viola) – violist
  James Ehnes – violinist
  Ruby Elzy – soprano
  Michael Endres – pianist
  Damien Escobar – Violinist
  Faith Esham – soprano
  Jonathan Estabrooks – baritone
  Eric Ewazen – composer
  JoAnn Falletta – conductor, guitarist
  Ying Fang – soprano
  Ralph Farris – composer, conductor, violist, violinist, co-founder of Ethel string quartet
  Alan Feinberg – pianist
  Wilhelmenia Fernandez (BM Voice) – soprano, actress
  Arthur Ferrante – pianist
  Brian T. Field – composer
  Renée Fleming – soprano
  Mario Frangoulis – tenor
  Gerald Fried – composer
  Lucas Vidal – composer
  David Friedkin – writer, director, producer
  Kenneth Fuchs – composer (MM, 1983; DMA, 1988; 2018 GRAMMY Award, Best Classical Compendium)
  Kevin R. Gallagher – guitarist