Composers of national and international renown visit the School of Music every year, and participate in lectures, master classes and performances. Past visitors include:

Samuel Adler  |  James Aikman  |  Luca Antignani  |  Daniel Asia  |  Milton Babbitt  |  Leslie Bassett  |  Harrison Birtwistle  |  William Bolcom  |  Brenton Broadstock  |  Margaret Brouwer  |  Earle Brown  |  Warren Benson  |  Michael Colgrass  |  John Corigliano  | Cindy Cox  |  George Crumb  |  Michael Daugherty  |  James Dashow  |  David Del Tredici  |  Lawrence Dillon  |  Wayne Dixon  |  Charles Dodge  |  Jacob Druckman  |  Moritz Eggert  |  Donald Erb  |  Eric Ewazen  |  Lukas Foss  |  Stefan Freund  |  Michael Gandolfi  |  Philip Glass  |  Daniel Godfrey  |  Oswaldo Golijov  |  Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen  |  John Harbison  |  Stephen Hartke  |  Jennifer Higdon  |  Karel Husa  |  Lee Hyla  |  Andrew Imbrie  |  Betsy Jolas  |  Aaron Jay Kernis  |  Barbara Kolb  |  William Kraft  |  David Lang  |  David Liptak  |  Zhou Long  |  James MacMillan  |  John McCabe  |  James Mobberley  |  Robert Moran  |  Tristan Murail  |  Gabriela Ortiz  |  Arvo Part  |  Stephen Paulus  |  Wayne Petersen  |  Shulamit Ran  |  Bernard Rands  |  Karl Aage Rasmussen  |  Steve Reich  |  Roger Reynolds  |  George Rochberg  |  Ned Rorem  |  Christopher Rouse  |  Steve Rouse  |  Poul Ruders  |  Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez  |  Gunther Schuller  |  Marilyn Shrude  |  Roberto Sierra  |  Harvey Sollberger  |  Lewis Spratlan  |  David Stock  |  Steven Stucky  |  Toru Takemitsu  |  Augusta Read Thomas  |  Frank Tichelli  |  Michael Torke  |  Joan Tower  |  George Tsontakis  |  Chinary Ung  |  Melinda Wagner  |  Dan Welcher  |  Richard Wernick  |  Chou Wen Chung  |  Scott Wheeler  | Olly Wilson  |  Julia Wolfe  |  Charles Wuorinen  |  Chen Yi  |  Ramon Zupko  |  Ellen Taaffe Zwilich