"All-Star” Band Members
All of these famous people played in band!
Flute
- Alanis Morrisette, singer
- George Eastman, founder of Kodak
- Halle Berry, actress
- Celine Dion, singer
- Calista Flockhart, actress
- Gwen Stefani, singer
- John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
- Knute Rockne, Legendary Notre Dame Football Coach
- Alyssa Milano, actress
- Noah Webster, US Founding Father/writer/publisher (Webster's Dictionary)
Oboe
- Chester Pitts, NFL offensive lineman
- Julia Roberts, Actress
Bassoon
- Sir Edgar Elgar, composer
- Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight from The Office)
Clarinet
- Jimmy Kimmel, comedian
- Eva Longoria, actress
- Woody Allen, director
- Gloria Estefan, singer
- Julia Roberts, actress
- Alan Greenspan, ex-chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Steven Spielberg, director
- Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight from The Office)
- Tony Shaloub , actor ("Monk")
- Dr. Michael DeBakey, pioneering heart surgeon
- Robert Reid - NBA Basketball Player (former Houston Rocket)
- Amy Acuff (US Olympic High Jumper & Model)
- Joseph Mascolo – actor (Clarinet for the Metropolitan Opera & Stephano Dimera from “Days of Our Lives”)
Bass Clarinet
- Zakk Wylde (Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)
Saxophone
- Jennifer Garner, actress
- Vince Carter, basketball player
- Lionel Richie, singer
- Bill Clinton, 42nd US President
- Tom Selleck, actor
- Pamela Anderson, actress
- Teddy Bruschi, NFL New England Patriots linebacker
- Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman (Tenor Sax at Julliard)
- Roy Williams, NFL Football Player (Detriot Lions)
- Vince Carter, NBA Star
- David Robinson, Retired NBA Star (San Antonio Spurs)
- Fred McMurray, actor
- Bob Hope. comedian/actor/entertainer
- Tyler Wright, NHL Hockey Player (Anaheim Ducks)
Trumpet
- Richard Gere, actor
- Steven Tyler, singer (Aerosmith)
- Drew Carey, comedian, actor, gameshow host
- James Woods, actor
- John Glenn, astronaut, senator
- Michael Anthony (Bass player for Van Halen and Chickenfoot)
- Prince Charles of England (future King of England)
- Montel Williams, talk show host
- Peter Weller, actor ("Robocop")
- Steve Earle (Nashville bad boy)
- Darcy Hordichuk, NHL Hockey Player (Nashville Predators)
- Shania Twain, singer
- Flea, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (All-State HS Player in California)
- Jackie Gleason, actor
- Eric Lindros, NHL Hockey Player (Dallas Stars Forward)
- Brandon Routh, actor (Superman Returns)
French horn
- Ewan McGregor, actor
- Vanessa Williams, singer
- Samuel L. Jackson, actor
- Otto Graham, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback
- Henry Cisneros (former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
Trombone
- Jarrett Bush, NFL Football Player (Green Bay Packers cornerback)
- Ryan Howard, MLB Baseball Player (Philadelphia Phillies first baseman)
- Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
- Nelly Furtado, singer
- Bill Engvall, comedian
- Conrad Janis, actor
- Jonathan Frakes, actor/director
- Fred Rogers, a.k.a. "Mr. Rogers"
- John Pankow, actor ("Mad About You")
Baritone/Euphonium
- Neil Armstrong, Astronaut (first man on the moon)
Tuba
- Jarrett Bush, NFL Football Player (Green Bay Packers cornerback)
- Andy Griffith, actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Mattlock)
- Aretha Franklin, singer
- Dan Ackroyd, actor
- Harry Smith, CBS Morning show host
- Malik Rose, NBA player
- Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
- Thomas F. Wilson, actor ("Biff" from the Back to the Future)
Percussion
- Tommy Lee, musician (drummer for Motley Crue)
- Dana Carvey, comedian
- Johnny Carson, talk-show host
- Trent Reznor, musician (Nine Inch Nails)
- Mike Piazza, MLB Baseball Player
- Emeril Lagasse, chef
- Rosie O'Donnel, comedienne
- Tipper Gore, Wife of former Vice President Al Gore
- Ben Folds, Singer/Songwriter
- Mike Anderson, NFL Football Player
- Tracy Simien, NFL Football Player
- Eddie George, retired NFL Football Player
- Vinnie Paul, musician (Pantera)
- Andy Schneider, NHL Hockey Player (Pittsburgh Penguins)
- Walter Payton, NFL Hall of Fame running back (Chicago Bears)
Other
- Warren G. Harding, The 29th president of the United States, organized the Citizen’s Cornet Band. He once remarked that, “I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet.”
Sources: Pittsburgh Tribune, mandarinband.com, MENC.org, and others
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