The Platt Alumni Music Award is presented to alumni for outstanding achievement in music. Recipient is selected by the music department, and it is not necessarily given each year.
| Award Date | Last Name | First Name | Maiden | Class Year | City | State |
| 1992 | Chapman | Joseph | 1952 | Blair | NE | |
| 1994 | Bastian | James | 1950 | |||
| 1995 | Goodrich | Donald | 1950 | Hastings | NE | |
| 1996 | Dudley | Lillian | Albrecht | 1955 | Crete | NE |
| 1997 | Palensky | Robert | 1972 | |||
| 1998 | Green | James | 1950 | |||
| 1999 | Patch | Delma | Smith | 1973 | Broken Bow | NE |
| 2001 | Castle | Conan | 1951 | Warrensburg | MO | |
| 2001 | Hedge | Paul | 1951 | |||
| 2002 | Skutchan | Joseph | 1962 | |||
| 2006 | Butler | Mark | 1978 | Holdrege | NE | |
| 2009 | Philippi | Suzanne | Knabe | 1978, 1997E | Central City | NE |
| 2010 | Still | Vesta | Curtiss | 1989 | Phillipsburg | KS |
| 2012 | Rickert | Ronald | 1978 | Geneva | NE | |
| 2013 | Morris | Michael | 1978, 2010E | Crete | NE | |
| 2014 | Reynolds | Karen | Grefe | 1983 | Plymouth | NE |
| 2015 | Ritter | Dale | 1987 | Alma | NE | |
| 2016 | Ritter | Fredrick C. | 1978 | Columbus | NE | |
| 2017 | Machacek | Erinn | Beck | 1997, 2002E | Omaha | NE |
| 2018 | Nohavec | Dr. Robert | 1958 | Salt Lake City | UT | |
| 2019 | Couton | Joann | Snitily | 1974 | Wahoo | NE |
| 2021 | Jeffries | Bernice | 1960 | (posthumously awarded) | ||
| 2022 | Davison | Margery Joan | Hall | 1949 | Beatrice | NE |
| 2023 | Morris | Scott | 2005 | Omaha | NE |