The recognize IUP graduates who have achieved distinction through sustained performance in their fields or who have provided outstanding service to IUP. The following music majors have been recognized as Distinguished Alumni of IUP:
Mr. Jay L. Althouse, 1973
Mrs. Joan L. Boytim, 1955, 1964
Dr. Robert A. Coughenour, 1953
Mr. Clifford L. Cox 1956, 1959, 1968
Mrs. Jonelle P. Darr, 1979
Ms. Merelyn M. Davis, 1964
Mr. Robert T. Davis, 1976
Dr. Fulton D. Gallagher, 1957, 1962
Mr. F. Nicholas Jacobs, 1969, 1972
Mr. Donald V. Marti, 1951
Mr. Howard E. Moser Jr., 1974
Dr. James M. Self, 1965
Mr. Stephen P. Skorija, 1969
Dr. William C. Snyder Jr., 1958
Dr. John E. Stamp Jr., 1976
Dr. Jon R. Woods, 1960