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Delta Omicron is a co-ed international professional music honors fraternity. It has three types of members: collegiate, patron, and national honorary members. The national board of directors recognizes musicians who attain outstanding recognition in the field with a national honorary membership. The board may also give a patron or patroness membership to musicians who have attained a national reputation in their field or to nationally recognized patrons of music. Following are some of its notable members.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Name
Member type
Induction date
Induction location
Notability
References
Bruce Abel
Patron
1974
Cleveland, Ohio
Baritone
Claudio Arrau
Patron
1943
Louisville, Kentucky
Pianist
Dorothy Ashby
National honorary
1972
Detroit, Michigan
Harpist and composer
Milton Babbitt
Patron
October 9, 2000
New York City , New York
Composer
Joseph Banowetz
Patron
1973
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Pianist
Samuel Barber
Patron
1960
New York City , New York
Composer
Evelyn Rothwell Barbirolli
National honorary
1965
Houston, Texas
Oboist
John Barbirolli
Patron
1965
Houston, Texas
Conductor
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Edmund Battersby
Patron
2001 or March 27, 2007
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Pianist
Gisele Ben-Dor
National honorary
1995
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Conductor
Jack Beeson
Patron
1971
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Composer and educator
Jean Berger
Patron
1980
Denver, Colorado
Composer
Philip Bezanson
Patron
1962
Chicago, Illinois
Composer and educator
Ingrid Bjoner
National honorary
1968
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Soprano
Frances Blaisdell
National honorary
1941
New York City , New York
Flutist and educator
Joseph Bloch
Patron
1962
New York City , New York
Pianist and educator
Jean Tennyson Boissevain
National honorary
Soprano
William Bolcom
Patron
1989 or July 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Composer and pianist
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Gena Branscombe
National honorary
1925
New York City , New York
Composer and conductor
Anshel Brusilow
Patron
1972
Maryville, Tennessee
Conductor
Fritz Busch
Patron
1948
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
Ernest Charles
Patron
1941
Lincoln, Nebraska
Composer
Constance Cherry
Patron
February 2013
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Educator
[ 6]
Loris Chobanian
Patron
1990
Kent, Ohio
Composer
Lili Chookasian
National honorary
1955
Chicago, Illinois
Contralto
Curtis Clark
Patron
1984
Kent, Ohio
Pianist and impresario
Joseph W. Clokey
Patron
1939
Oxford, Ohio
Educator and composer
Michael Colgrass
Patron
1991
Akron, Ohio
Composer
Fiora Contino
National honorary
1974
Bloomington, Indiana
Conductor
Dominic Cossa
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Bass
Hollis Dann
Patron
1925
Educator
Norman Dello Joio
Patron
1967
Cincinnati, Ohio
Composer
Nickitas Demos
Patron
July 2012
Composer
[ 7]
Joerg Demus
Patron
1955
Cincinnati, Ohio
Pianist
Misha Dichter
Patron
April 13, 1999
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Pianist
Fannie Charles Dillon
National honorary
1925
Los Angeles, California
Composer
Walt Disney
Patron
1940
Los Angeles, California
Producer
Olin Downes
Patron
1939
New York City , New York
Critic
John Downey
Patron
1980
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Composer
Sophie H. Drinker
National honorary
1951
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Musicologist and author
Marcel Dupré
Patron
1937
Bloomington, Illinois
Organist
Cecil Effinger
Patron
1957
Denver, Colorado
Composer, inventor , and educator
Halim El-Dabh
Patron
1990
Kent, Ohio
Composer
Robert Elmore
Patron
1965
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Organist and composer
Georges Enesco
Patron
Violinist
Simon Estes
Patron
1979
Chicago, Illinois
Bass-baritone
JoAnn Falletta
National honorary
1988
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Conductor
Ray Ferguson
Patron
1976
Detroit, Michigan
Organist
Wilhelmenia Fernandez
National honorary
1983
Detroit, Michigan
Soprano
Francis Findlay
Patron
1934
Educator
Birgit Finnila
National honorary
1973
Chicago, Illinois
Contralto
Harvey S. Firestone Jr.
Patron
1939
Philanthropist
Carlisle Floyd
Patron
1961
Columbia, South Carolina
Composer and educator
Eugene Fodor
Patron
1978
Washington, D.C.
Violinist
Henry Ford
Patron
1939
Philanthropist
Lukas Foss
Patron
1982
New York City , New York
Conductor and composer
Virgil Fox
Patron
1958
Westminster, Maryland
Organist
Vera Franceschi
National honorary
1955
Chicago, Illinois
Pianist
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Patron
1921
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor and pianist
James Galway
Patron
1991
Columbus, Ohio
Flutist
Mary Garden
Patron
1932
Cincinnati, Ohio
Soprano
Vance George
Patron
April 3, 2008
Washington, Pennsylvania
Conductor
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Armando Ghitalla
Patron
1988
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Trumpeter
Vittorio Giannini
Patron
1953
Cincinnati, Ohio
Composer and educator
David Gillingham
Patron
1996
Normal, Illinois
Composer
Joseph Gingold
Patron
1989
Bloomington, Illinois
Violinist
Richard Franko Goldman
Patron
1964
New York City , New York
Composer, author , and conductor
Eugene Goossens
Patron
1925
Rochester, New York
Conductor
Camargo Guarnieri
Patron
1973
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Composer
Ida Haendel
National honorary
1986
Dallas, Texas
Volinist
Richard Hageman
Patron
1926
Composer
Robert Hale
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Baritone
Howard Hanson
Patron
1925
Rochester, New York
Composer, educator, and conductor
Louis Hasselmans
Patron
1940
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Conductor
Evelyn Lear
National honorary
1989
Chicago, Illinois
Soprano
Walter Hendl
Patron
December 1, 1960
Chicago, Illinois
Conductor and educator
Ethel Glenn Hier
National honorary
1924
Columbus, Ohio
Composer and pianist
Ima Hogg
Patron
1971
Houston, Texas
Philanthropist
Lorin Hollander
Patron
1974
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pianist
Stanley Hollingsworth
Patron
1988
Rochester, Michigan
Composer
David Holsinger
Patron
1998
San Antonio, Texas
Composer and conductor
Hal Hopson
Patron
1988
Nashville, Tennessee
Composer
Karel Husa
Patron
1977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Composer and conductor
Donald Hustad
Patron
1994
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Organist, composer, arranger , and educator
Roger Jacobi
Patron
1980
Interlochen, Michigan
Educator
Grant Johannesen
Patron
1982
Cleveland, Ohio
Pianist
Camellia Johnson
National honorary
1925
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Soprano
Thor Johnson
Patron
1947
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor and educator
Vakhtang Jordania
Patron
1988
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Conductor
Martin Katz
Patron
1985
Sarasota, Florida
Pianist and educator
Graham Kendrick
Patron
February 2013
Contemporary worship artist
[ 6]
Hans Kindler
Patron
1945
Conductor
Tom Krause
Patron
1969
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Baritone
Rafael Kubelík
Patron
1951
Chicago, Illinois
Conductor
Gail Kubik
Patron
1960
Lawrence, Kansas
Composer
Erich Kunzel
Patron
1993
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
Fredell Lack
National honorary
1963
Beaumont, Texas
Violinist and educator
Hans Lange
Patron
1940
Conductor
Benjamin Lees
Patron
1965
New York City , New York
Composer and educator
J. Reilly Lewis
Patron
2010
Organist and choirmaster of the National Cathedral
[ 11]
Martha Lipton
National honorary
1943
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mezzo-soprano and educator
Frank Little
Patron
1977
Johnson City, Tennessee
Tenor
Hugh Livingston
Patron
November 6, 2003
Maryville, Tennessee
Composer and pianist
[ 12]
Normand Lockwood
Patron
1980
Denver, Colorado
Composer
Jesús López-Cobos
Patron
1992
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
George Lynn
Patron
1974
Fort Collins, Colorado
Composer
Joseph E. Maddy
Patron
1934
Educator and conductor
Spiro Malas
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Baritone
Nicolai Malko
Patron
1943
Chicago, Illinois
Conductor
Robert Marcellus
Patron
1980
Interlochen, Michigan
Educator and conductor
Andre Marchal
Patron
1954
Cincinnati, Ohio
Organist
Jean Martinon
Patron
1967
Chicago, Illinois
Conductor
David Maslanka
Patron
1996
Normal, Illinois
Composer
William Mayer
Patron
1964
New York City , New York
Composer
James McCray
Patron
1981
Fort Collins, Colorado
Composer and educator
Sylvia McNair
National honorary
1985
Atlanta, Georgia
Soprano
Sherrill Milnes
Patron
1990
Urbana, Illinois
Baritone
Yvonne Minton
National honorary
1975
Chicago, Illinois
Mezzo-soprano
Donald Neuen
Patron
1977
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Educator and conductor
Geoffrey O'Hara
Patron
1938
Composer
Paul Paray
Patron
1946
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
Luciano Pavarotti
Patron
1978
Washington, D.C.
Tenor
Vincent Persichetti
Patron
1946
Kent, Ohio
Composer
Gregor Piatagorsky
Patron
1944
Louisville, Kentucky
Cellist
Paul Plishka
Patron
1985
Detroit, Michigan
Baritone
John Pozdro
Patron
1960
Lawrence, Kansas
Educator and composer
Eve Queler
National honorary
1979
Detroit, Michigan
Conductor
Florence Quivar
National honorary
1980
Los Angeles, California
Mezzo-soprano
Samuel Ramey
Patron
1980
Washington, D.C.
Bass
Robert Rayfield
Patron
December 1, 1976
Chicago, Illinois
Organist
Fritz Reiner
Patron
1920
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
Bernard Rogers
Patron
1960
Lawrence, Kansas
Composer and educator
Fred Rogers
Patron
1996
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Educator, producer , and musician
Gianna Rolandi
National honorary
1986
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Soprano
Stella Roman
National honorary
1943
Chicago, Illinois
Soprano
Julius Rudel
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor and opera director
John Rutter
Patron
1985
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Composer and conductor
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Carlos Salzedo
Patron
1926
Harpist
Clara Clemens Samossoud
National honorary
1921
Detroit, Michigan
Contralto
David P. Sartor
Patron
July 17, 2009
Composer and conductor
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Arlene Saunders
National honorary
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Soprano
Bidu Sayão
National honorary
1939
Cincinnati, Ohio
Soprano
Thomas Scherman
Patron
1965
New York City , New York
Conductor
Kenneth Schermerhorn
Patron
1970
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Conductor
Tito Schipa
Patron
1940
Beverly Hills, California
Tenor
Thomas Schippers
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
William Schuman
Patron
1968
New York City , New York
Composer and administrator
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
National honorary
1954
Chicago, Illinois
Soprano
Irmgard Seefried
National honorary
1953
Chicago, Illinois
Soprano
Robert Shaw
Patron
1969
Cincinnati, Ohio
Conductor
George Shirley
Patron
1972
Detroit, Michigan
Tenor
Beverly Sills
Patron
May 1, 1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Soprano
Henry Sopkin
Patron
1953
Chicago, Illinois
Conductor
Albert Spalding
Patron
1938
Violinist
Oley Speaks
Patron
1939
Composer
Susan Starr
National honorary
1964
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pianist and educator
Eleanor Steber
National honorary
1943
Chicago, Illinois
Soprano and educator
Ruth Slenczynska
National honorary
1956
New York City , New York
Pianist, author, and educator
Teresa Stich-Randall
National honorary
1966
New York City , New York
Soprano
William Stone
Patron
April 1, 2003
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Baritone
Gustave Strube
Patron
1932
Conductor and composer
Shinichi Suzuki
Patron
1997
Johnson City, Tennessee (via phone)
Musician , educator, and founder of the Suzuki Method of Teaching
Toshio Takahashi
Patron
1997
Johnson City, Tennessee
Musician, flutist, educator, and founder of the Suzuki Flute Institute
Carl Tanner
Patron
August 8, 2005
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tenor
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Deems Taylor
Patron
1939
New York City , New York
Composer and critic
Alexander Tcherepnin
Patron
1939
New York City , New York
Composer and pianist
Renata Tebaldi
National honorary
1957
Chicago, Illinois
Soprano
Henri Temianka
Patron
1961
Lawrence, Kansas
Violinist and educator
John Charles Thomas
Patron
1940
Oxford, Ohio
Baritone
Virgil Thomson
Patron
1957
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Composer
Kerstin Thorborg
National honorary
1939
Columbus, Ohio
Contralto
James Tocco
Patron
1990
Middletown, Ohio
Pianist
Noel Tredinnick
Patron
1988
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Conductor
Norman Treigle
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Bass-baritone
Barry Tuckwell
Patron
1988
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hornist
Ramon Vinay
Patron
1948
Denver, Colorado
Tenor
Frederica Von Stade
National honorary
1996
Brevard, North Carolina
Mezzo-soprano
Reinald Werrenrath
Patron
1931
Baritone
Paul W. Whear
Patron
1975
Huntington, West Virginia
Composer
John White
Patron
December 11, 2005
Denver, Colorado
Composer, cellist, and author
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Robert Whitney
Patron
1950
Louisville, Kentucky
Conductor and educator
Gavin Williamson
Patron
1954
Harpsichordist
Beverly Wolff
Patron
1971
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mezzo-soprano
Richard Yardumian
Patron
1967
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Composer and pianist
Berj Zamkochian
Patron
1969
Normal, Illinois
Organist
Efrem Zimbalist
Patron
1940
Georgetown, Kentucky
Violinist and educator