The following contains a list of notable alumni of Berklee College of Music. Members of this list have attended Berklee for at least one full-time semester (not including honorary degrees or summer programs) and are notable in their respective field in the music industry. Some list members may have achieved notability in the entertainment industry unrelated to music, or may be notable for achievements not related to music or entertainment.

* Designates did not complete degree/diploma program. In parentheses is year of graduation.

Grammy-winning alumni 141 alums have won 332 Grammy awards.

Alum Grad. year Number of Grammy nominations Number of Grammy winsArooj Aftab 201051Amy Allen 2015123Cole Anderson 2019 1 1Nick Baxter 2007 1 1 Brandon Bell 2012 5 2 Jay Bellerose 1987 2 1 Thomas Bellino 1972 4 1 Steve Berkowitz 1978 8 5 Jeff Bhasker 1999 16 5 Josh Blair 1999 2 1 Gustavo Borner 1989 6 6 Paul Boutin 1994 2 1 Stephen Bray 1978 6 1 Alan Broadbent 1969 14 2 Gary Burton 1962 22 7 Will Calhoun 1986 4 2 Kevin Camp 2007 1 1 Terri Lyne Carrington 1983 6 4 Annie Clark 2003 4 3 Vinnie Colaiuta 1975 2 1 Paula Cole 1990 7 1 Charlie Colin 1988 6 1 Carlos Colón 2004 2 1 Clay Cook 1998 4 2 Jonathan Crone 2005 1 1 Rodrigo Cuevas 2005 7 2 Billy Cumella 2015 2 1 Andrew Dawson 2001 9 3 Rick DePofi 1981 1 1 Al Di Meola 1974 1 1 Ruriá Duprat 1988 1 1Adam Dutkiewicz 1999 3 0 Jon D'Uva 1995 3 3 Melissa Etheridge 1980 15 2 Benny Faccone 1978 6 1 Donald Fagen 1966 6 5 Chuy Flores 1997 1 1 Robert Freedman 1978 4 1 Bill Frisell 1977 6 1 Albhy Galuten 1968 7 2 Marco Gamboa 1996 1 1 Brian Garten 1995 4 1 Bleo Genovese 2004 2 1 Gil Goldstein 1970 8 5 David Greenbaum 2005 6 4 Juan Luis Guerra 1982 8 3 Andy Hall 1997 4 1 Tom Hambridge 1983 4 4 Jan Hammer 1969 2 2 Roy Hargrove 1989 6 2 Keith Harris 1999 3 1 Lalah Hathaway 1994 10 5 Levon Helm — 4 3 Bruce Hornsby 1974 13 3 Rob Hotchkiss 1982 4 1 Byeong-Joon Hwang 1999 2 2 Bob James 1958 19 2 Joelle James 2011 2 1 Laufey Jónsdóttir 2021 2 2 Jasmine Cephas Jones 2009 1 1 Quincy Jones 1951 80 28 Pete Karam 1994 9 7 Geoffrey Keezer 1989 4 1 Diana Krall 1983 10 2 Joey Kramer 1971 14 4 Richard L. Kulsar 1990 1 1 Alex Lacamoire 1995 8 4 Tim Latham 1989 2 2 Jason Lehning 1994 3 2 Dominick Leslie 2010 2 2

Fred Lipsius 1961 7 3 Fernando Lodeiro 2007 3 3 Jeff Lorber 1971 7 1 Jeremy Loucas 2006 3 3 Joe Lovano 1972 14 1 Gavin Lurssen 1991 6 3 Natalie Maines 1995 20 12 Emerson Mancini 2008 7 2 Aimee Mann 1980 6 2 Arif Mardin 1961 18 11 Branford Marsalis 1980 18 3 Tony Maserati 1986 10 1 John Mayer 1998 19 7 Ben McKee 2009 4 1 Justin Moshkevich 2007 1 1 John Myung 1986 3 1 Jay Newland 1984 17 12 Stephen Oremus 1992 4 2 Shafik Palis 2001 1 1 Chris Pandolfi 2003 4 1 Trey Parker 2008 1 1 Danilo Pérez 1988 8 3 John Petrucci 1986 3 1 Daniel Platzman 2009 4 1 Evan Price 1996 2 2 Thomas Pridgen 2003 1 1 Claudio Ragazzi 1984 1 1 David Rawlings 1992 3 1 Patrick Robinson 1996 1 1 Wallace Roney 1981 2 1 Charlie Rosen 2012 1 1 John Ryan 2010 3 1 Bobby Sanabria 1979 5 0 Antonio Sanchez 1998 11 5 Jaclyn Sanchez 2012 2 1 Pernell Saturnino 1995 2 1 Matt Schaeffer 2012 9 4 Tom Schick 1995 1 1 John Scofield 1973 9 3 Wayne Sermon 2008 4 1 Howard Shore 1969 8 4 Alan Silvestri 1970 9 2 Charlton Singleton 1989 3 2 Ruslan Sirota 2003 1 1 Josh Sklair 1978 2 2 Allan Slutsky 1973 1 1 Luciana Souza 1988 8 1 Esperanza Spalding 2005 11 5 Matthew Stevens 2004 2 1 Erich Talaba 2003 1 2 Susan Tedeschi 1991 7 1 Mads Tolling 2003 3 2 Tommy Torres 2003 15 3 Joe Travers 1991 1 1 Molly Tuttle 2014 3 2 Diego Urcola 1990 5 1 Steve Vai 1979 12 3 Victor Vanacore 1974 1 1 Alex Venguer 2002 1 1 Brian Vibberts 1991 6 6 Eliot D. Wadopian 1980 2 2 Brian Warwick 2003 1 1 Ernie Watts 1966 4 2 Jeff Watts 1981 4 1 Daniel Weinkauf 1984 2 1 Gillian Welch 1992 7 2 Dennis White 1988 1 1 Todd Whitelock 1989 11 10 Brad Whitford 1971 14 4 Ben Wisch 1976 1 1 Anna Wise 2010 3 1 Linus Wyrsch 2008 2 1 Alon Yavnai 1995 2 1 Joe Zawinul 1959 2 1

Oscar-winning alumni

Alum Grad. year Number of Academy Award nominations Number of Academy Award wins Melissa Etheridge 1980 1 1 Quincy Jones 1980 7 1 Michael Semanick 1985 11 2 Howard Shore 1969 4 3Eugene Gearty198231

Notable alumni

A

Mindi Abair (1991) Greg Abate John Abercrombie (1967) Aruna Abrams Arooj Aftab Toshiko Akiyoshi (1959) Cheche Alara (1994) Melissa Aldana (2009) Amy Allen (2015) Loren Allred Tony Ann, Canadian pianist and composer Eric André (2005) Ingrid Andress Ivory Aquino Ark Patrol Ashe, real name Ashlyn Willson (2015) Dave Askren Mulatu Astatke (1959) Pedro Aznar, argentinian bassist of Pat Metheny Group and Serú Girán.

B

Victor Bailey (1979) Joe Barnard (2014) Andrew Bayer (2009) Kenny Beats Marco Benevento (1999) Jeff Berlin (1978) Jeff Bhasker (1999) Sanjeeta Bhattacharya Cindy Blackman (1980) John Blackwell (1995) Bleu Tangelene Bolton (2013) Tracy Bonham (1989) Jenn Bostic Libbi Bosworth (early 1990s) Sofia Boutella[=https://www.tribute.ca/people/sofia-boutella/40156/] Massimo Biolcati, developer of iRealPro app. Joseph Brent (1999) Alan Broadbent (1969) Nili Brosh (2009), guitarist Gary Burton (1962)

C

Eric Calderone Will Calhoun, of Living Colour (1986) Evan Call Alicia Camiña (1997) Arturo Cardelus (2011) Terri Lyne Carrington (1983) Vivian Cha ( Model, Songwriter, Record Producer) Chris Chaney, of Jane's Addiction Chancellor Cyrus Chestnut (1985) Toby Chu (1999) Chiara Civello (2000) Katelyn Clampett Alf Clausen (1966) Cobi Bruce Cockburn (1965) Vinnie Colaiuta (1975) Paula Cole (1990) Charlie Colin, of Train Vanessa Collier (2013) Rodrigo Cuevas (2005)

D

Mike Daly (1996) Adam Deitch (1998) Kenwood Dennard (1973)* Kelly DerricksonStuart Derdeyn, "Kelly Derrickson puts First Nations pride and healing into songs". Vancouver Sun, December 15, 2017. Bruno Destrez (1989) Al Di Meola (1974)* Ramin Djawadi (1998) Teya Dora (2014) Adam Dutkiewicz (1999)

E

Emily Elbert (2011) Empress Of Maria Entraigues-Abramson (1994) Booker Ervin* Melissa Etheridge (1980)*, returned to receive honorary doctorate 2006 Kevin Eubanks (1979)

F

Benny Faccone (1978) Donald Fagen (1965)* Rachelle Ferrell (1980)* Melissa Ferrick (1990)* Bill Frisell (1977) Richard Furch (1999)

G

Albhy Galuten (1968) Laszlo Gardony (1985) Roopam Garg Anthony Geraci Melvin Gibbs Richard Gibbs Shane Gibson, of Korn Nikki Glaspie (2005) Mick Goodrick (1967) Catriona Gray Tony Grey (2001) Juan Luis Guerra (1982) Gupi (2021)

H

Jan Hammer (1969) Roy Hargrove (1989)* Donald Harrison (1983) Antonio Hart (1991) Jules Hoffman Juliana Hatfield (1990) Lalah Hathaway (1994) Tom Hedden Amy Heidemann, of Karmin (2011) Jason Heinrichs, also known as Anomaly (1994) Alan Hewitt (1977) Norihiko Hibino (1997) Bob Holz (1977)* Bruce Hornsby (1974)* Rob Hotchkiss, of Train Sierra Hull (2011) Ian Hultquist, of Passion Pit (2008)

J

Bob James (1958)* Joelle James (2011) Keith Jarrett (1963)* Wyclef Jean Ingrid Jensen (1989)* Laney Jones (2014)* Quincy Jones (1951)*

K

Camara Kambon (1973) Geoffrey Keezer* Kenzie (Kim Yeon Jung), South Korean composer for SM Entertainment Cinya Khan of Tiny Habits Kiesza Kotringo (2003), real name Rieko Miyoshi Diana Krall (1983) Joe Kraemer (1993) Joey Kramer, of Aerosmith Wayne Krantz

L

Abe Laboriel (1972) Abe Laboriel Jr. (1993) Alex Lacamoire (1995) Holly Laessig (2007) of Lucius Michelle Lambert (2011) Patty Larkin (1974) Henry Lau (2010)* Laufey (2021) Okkyung Lee (1998) Wang Leehom (1999) Adrianne Lenker (2012), of Big Thief Andres Levin Daniel Levitin (1979) Yosef Gutman Levitt Ken Lewis (1991) Josh Linkner (1988) Aubrey Logan (2010) Henning Lohner

M

Ona Mafalda Natalie Maines (1995)* of The Chicks Eddie Manion (1970s) Aimee Mann (1980)* of 'Til Tuesday Kevin March (early 1990s), drummer of Guided by Voices, The Dambuilders, Shudder to Think Arif Mardin (1961) Charlie Mariano (1951) Eric Marienthal (1979) Maro Branford Marsalis (1980) Delfeayo Marsalis (1989) Tony Maserati (1986) Rob Mathes (1984) Judah Mayowa of Tiny Habits John Mayer (1998)* Steve Mazur (2000), of Our Lady Peace Lizzy McAlpine Jay McCarrol Donny McCaslin (1988) Keith McEachern (2005), of The Wandas Ben McKee*, bassist of Imagine Dragons David McWane, lead vocalist of Big D and the Kids Table Filipe Melo (2000), Portuguese pianist, filmmaker and writer Dominic Miller, guitarist Harry Miree (2013), drummer Silvina Moreno Sebastian Arocha Morton (1997) Rob Mounsey (1975) George Mraz (1970) John Myung* of Dream Theater

N

Reiko Nakano (2005), violinist Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese cellist, pianist, guitarist Adam Neely (2009), bass player and YouTuber Joey Newman (1998), Emmy-nominated composer

O

Atli Örvarsson (1996) Neil Osborne of 54-40 ()* Lane Shi Otayonii (2017) Oyinda (2013)

P

John Paesano (2000) Panos Panay, president of The Recording Academy Trey Parker* Katarina Pejak* Heitor Pereira* Danilo Perez (1988) Mark Petrie, of PostHaste Music John Petrucci* of Dream Theater Brock Phillips Chico Pinheiro (1998) Daniel Platzman (2009), drummer of Imagine Dragons Mike Portnoy* of Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors and formerly of Adrenaline Mob Taylor and Blake Powell* R. Prasanna (Guitar Prasanna) Psy (Park Jae-sang)* Charlie Puth (2013)

R

Sara Rachele (2013) Maya Rae of Tiny Habits AJ Rafael (2010) Rahul Raj David Rawlings Niki Reiser Emily Remler Bob Reynolds (2000) David Robidoux Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (2011) Ed Roland, of Collective Soul Wallace Roney (1981)* Charlie Rosen Kurt Rosenwinkel (1990)* Rashawn Ross (2000) J. R. Rotem Tali Rubinstein (2014)

S

Randy Sabien (1977), jazz violinist and music educator St. Vincent (Annie Clark) (2004) Gerard Salonga (1998) Bobby Sanabria (1979), drummer, percussionist, educator, and bandleader Antonio Sánchez Marina Satti (2012), Greek singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage (2007), Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress Allison Scagliotti (2015) Sarah Schachner Pieter Schlosser (2002) Mike Schmid (2001) John Scofield (1973) Christian Scott (2004) Michael Semanick (1985) Mei Semones (2022) Wayne Sermon (2008), guitarist of Imagine Dragons Benny Sharoni Sonny Sharrock (1962) Rasika Shekar (2017) Derek Sherinian (1984) Howard Shore (1969) Ryan Shore (1996) Alan Silvestri (1970) Steve Slagle (1973) Allan Slutsky (1978) Brendon Small (1997), of Dethklok Steve Smith (1976), drummer for the rock group Journey Luísa Sobral (2009) Soo Wincci (2019) Luciana Souza (1992) Esperanza Spalding (2005) Billy Squier* Sid Sriram (2008), singer in the South Indian film industry Mike Stern (1975) Joel Stroetzel, of Killswitch Engage Tierney Sutton (1987) Svoy (2003)

T

Susan Tedeschi (1991) Chloe Temtchine, singer-songwriterJunior, Chris M. August 28, 2009, Medleyville, "Quite an Experience ". Accessed August 27, 2016. Jacky Terrasson (1986) Ian Thornley, of Thornley, Big Wreck Gareth.T (2021) Pinar Toprak (2000) Néstor Torres (1973) Brian Transeau (1990) Justin Tranter (2001) Sarah Tudzin (2014), of rock band Illuminati Hotties Alper Tuzcu (2015)

U

Hiromi Uehara (2003) Kelvin Underwood (2003), drum set and taiko musician Diego Urcola (1990)

V

Steve Vai (1979) James Valentine, of Maroon 5 Brian Vibberts (1991) Lucas Vidal (2007) Emil Viklický (1978)

W

Roy Wang (2019) Sadao Watanabe (1965) Ernie Watts (1966) Jeff "Tain" Watts (1981) Aaron Weinstein (2007) Gillian Welch (1992) Kenny Werner (1968) Mark Whitfield (1987) Brad Whitford of Aerosmith (1971) Betty Who Anna Wise (2010) Jess Wolfe (2007) Natalie Wynn

Y

Z

Geoff Zanelli (1996) Marcelo Zarvos Joe Zawinul (1959) Jeremy Zuckerman

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