Every third year our Endowed Chair in Composition & Theory brings to the School distinguished visiting faculty from around the world. In recent years visiting scholars and artists have included the following:
- Joseph Auner
- Sir Harrison Birtwistle
- Barry Brooke
- Scott Burnham
- Poundie Burstein
- Michael Cherlin
- Mario Davidovsky
- Stephen Dembski
- Ross Lee Finney
- John Harbison
- Hubert Howe, Jr.
- Andrew Imbrie
- Andrew Mead
- Tristan Murail
- Wilfred Mellers
- Robert Morgan
- Bruno Nettl
- William Rothstein
- Carl Schachter
- Joseph N. Straus
- Gottfried Wagner
- Charles Wuorinen
- Jonathan Dunsby
- Severine Neff
- Lynne Rogers
- Peter Westergaard