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Guest Artists at the Butler School of Music

The Butler School of Music has a strong tradition of providing students opportunities to hear and interact with the world's top musicians in recitals, lectures, and master classes—all on the Butler campus. Provided here is a list of just some of the many artists who have visited Butler in recent years.

Violin

Nai-Yuan Hu
Barnabas Kelemen
James Ehnes
Paul Zukofsky
Sally Thomas
Martin Beaver
Pavel Berman
Stefan Milenkovich
Judith Ingoffsson
Livio Prunara
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Illya Kaler
Judith Ingolfsson

Cello

Janos Starker
Yo-Yo Ma
Lynn Harrell
Anthony Elliott
Emanuel Gruber
Lazlo Varga
Raphael Wallfisch
Mark Kosower

Piano

Orion Weiss
Andre Watts
Santiago Rodriguez
Stephen Hough
Jon Kimura Parker
John Browning
John O'Conor
Vladimir Feltsman
Lilya Zilberstein
Jeffrey Kahane
Gloria Cheng

Winds

Jon Manasse
John Dankworth
Doc Severinsen
Roberta Minczuk
Arturo Sandoval
The American Brass Quintet

Percussion

STOMP
Johnny Lee Lane
Katarzyna Mcka
Arthur Lipner
Colin Currie
Timothy Adams Jr.
Tom Stubbs
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Kenny Aronoff
Eveelyn Glennie
Rocky Bryant

Voice

Cleo Laine
Juliane Banse
Gail Nelson
Theodora Hanslow
Nathan Berg
Wolfgang Holzmair

Other artists

Conductor JoAnn Falleta
Composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch
Guitarist Manuel Barrueco
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Composer Philip Glass
Composer Eric Ewazen
Composer Jennifer Higdon
Composer Elliott Schwartz
Vocalist, composer, and conductor Bobby McFerrin
Bang on a Can All-Stars