List of Berklee College of Music alumni

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.^[1]

Alum	Grad. year	Number of Grammy nominations	Number of Grammy wins
Arooj Aftab[2]	2010	5	1
Amy Allen[3]	2015	4	1
Cole Anderson[4]	2019	1	1
Nick Baxter[5]	2007	1	1
Brandon Bell[6]	2012	5	2
Jay Bellerose[7]	1987	2	1
Thomas Bellino[8]	1972	4	1
Steve Berkowitz[9]	1978	8	5
Jeff Bhasker[10]	1999	16	5
Josh Blair[11]	1999	2	1
Gustavo Borner[12]	1989	6	6
Paul Boutin[13]	1994	2	1
Stephen Bray[14]	1978	6	1
Alan Broadbent[15]	1969	14	2
Gary Burton[16]	1962	22	7
Will Calhoun[17]	1986	4	2
Kevin Camp[18]	2007	1	1
Terri Lyne Carrington[19]	1983	6	4
Annie Clark[20]	2003	4	3
Vinnie Colaiuta[21]	1975	2	1
Paula Cole[22]	1990	7	1
Charlie Colin[23]	1988	6	1
Carlos Colón[24]	2004	2	1
Clay Cook[25]	1998	4	2
Jonathan Crone[26]	2005	1	1
Rodrigo Cuevas[27]	2005	7	2
Billy Cumella[28]	2015	2	1
Andrew Dawson[29]	2001	9	3
Rick DePofi[30]	1981	1	1
Al Di Meola[31]	1974	1	1
Ruriá Duprat[32]	1988	1	1
Adam Dutkiewicz[33]	1999	3	0
Jon D'Uva[34]	1995	3	3
Melissa Etheridge[35]	1980	15	2
Benny Faccone	1978	6	1
Donald Fagen[36]	1966	6	5
Chuy Flores[37]	1997	1	1
Robert Freedman[38]	1978	4	1
Bill Frisell[39]	1977	6	1
Albhy Galuten[40]	1968	7	2
Marco Gamboa[41]	1996	1	1
Brian Garten[42]	1995	4	1
Bleo Genovese[43]	2004	2	1
Gil Goldstein[44]	1970	8	5
David Greenbaum[45]	2005	6	4
Juan Luis Guerra[46]	1982	8	3
Andy Hall[47]	1997	4	1
Tom Hambridge[48]	1983	4	4
Jan Hammer[49]	1969	2	2
Roy Hargrove[50]	1989	6	2
Keith Harris[51]	1999	3	1
Lalah Hathaway[52]	1994	10	5
Levon Helm[53]	—	4	3
Bruce Hornsby[54]	1974	13	3
Rob Hotchkiss[55]	1982	4	1
Byeong-Joon Hwang[56]	1999	2	2
Bob James[57]	1958	19	2
Joelle James[58]	2011	2	1
Laufey Jónsdóttir[59]	2021	1	1
Jasmine Cephas Jones[60]	2009	1	1
Quincy Jones[61]	1951	80	28
Pete Karam[62]	1994	9	7
Geoffrey Keezer[63]	1989	4	1
Diana Krall[64]	1983	10	2
Joey Kramer	1971	14	4
Richard L. Kulsar[65]	1990	1	1
Alex Lacamoire[66]	1995	8	4
Tim Latham[67]	1989	2	2
Jason Lehning[68]	1994	3	2
Dominick Leslie[69]	2010	2	2
Fred Lipsius[70]	1961	7	3
Fernando Lodeiro[71]	2007	3	3
Jeff Lorber[72]	1971	7	1
Jeremy Loucas[73]	2006	3	3
Joe Lovano[74]	1972	14	1
Gavin Lurssen[75]	1991	6	3
Natalie Maines[76]	1995	20	12
Emerson Mancini[77]	2008	7	2
Aimee Mann[78]	1980	6	2
Arif Mardin[79]	1961	18	11
Branford Marsalis[80]	1980	18	3
Tony Maserati[81]	1986	10	1
John Mayer[82]	1998	19	7
Ben McKee[83]	2009	4	1
Justin Moshkevich[84]	2007	1	1
John Myung[85]	1986	3	1
Jay Newland[86]	1984	17	12
Stephen Oremus[87]	1992	4	2
Shafik Palis[88]	2001	1	1
Chris Pandolfi[89]	2003	4	1
Trey Parker[90]	2008	1	1
Danilo Pérez[91]	1988	8	3
John Petrucci[92]	1986	3	1
Daniel Platzman[93]	2009	4	1
Evan Price[94]	1996	2	2
Thomas Pridgen[95]	2003	1	1
Claudio Ragazzi[96]	1984	1	1
David Rawlings[97]	1992	3	1
Patrick Robinson[98]	1996	1	1
Wallace Roney	1981	2	1
Charlie Rosen[99]	2012	1	1
Bobby Sanabria][100]	1979	5	0
Antonio Sanchez[101]	1998	11	5
Jaclyn Sanchez[102]	2012	2	1
Pernell Saturnino[103]	1995	2	1
Matt Schaeffer[104]	2012	9	4
Tom Schick[105]	1995	1	1
John Scofield[106]	1973	9	3
Wayne Sermon[107]	2008	4	1
Howard Shore[108]	1969	8	4
Alan Silvestri[109]	1970	9	2
Charlton Singleton[110]	1989	3	2
Ruslan Sirota[111]	2003	1	1
Josh Sklair[112]	1978	2	2
Allan Slutsky[113]	1973	1	1
Luciana Souza[114]	1988	8	1
Esperanza Spalding	2005	11	5
Matthew Stevens[115]	2004	2	1
Erich Talaba[116]	2003	1	2
Susan Tedeschi[117]	1991	7	1
Mads Tolling[118]	2003	3	2
Tommy Torres[119]	2003	15	3
Joe Travers[120]	1991	1	1
Molly Tuttle[121]	2014	3	2
Diego Urcola[122]	1990	5	1
Steve Vai	1979	12	3
Victor Vanacore[123]	1974	1	1
Alex Venguer[124]	2002	1	1
Brian Vibberts[125]	1991	6	6
Eliot D. Wadopian[126]	1980	2	2
Brian Warwick[127]	2003	1	1
Ernie Watts[128]	1966	4	2
Jeff Watts[129]	1981	4	1
Daniel Weinkauf[130]	1984	2	1
Gillian Welch[131]	1992	7	2
Dennis White[132]	1988	1	1
Todd Whitelock[133]	1989	11	10
Brad Whitford[134]	1971	14	4
Ben Wisch[135]	1976	1	1
Anna Wise[136]	2010	3	1
Linus Wyrsch[137]	2008	1	1
Alon Yavnai[138]	1995	2	1
Joe Zawinul[139]	1959	2	1

Oscar-Winning Alumni

Alum	Grad. year	Number of Academy Award nominations	Number of Academy Award wins
Melissa Etheridge[140]	1980	1	1
Quincy Jones[141]	1980	7	1
Michael Semanick[142]	1985	11	2
Howard Shore[143]	1969	4	3
Eugene Gearty[144]	1982	3	1

Notable alums

A

• Mindi Abair (1991)^[145]
• Greg Abate^[146]
• John Abercrombie (1967)^[147]
• Aruna Abrams^[148]
• Arooj Aftab^[149]
• Toshiko Akiyoshi (1959)^[147]
• Tariqh Akoni^[150]
• Cheche Alara (1994)^[151]
• Melissa Aldana (2009)^[152]
• Amy Allen (2015)^[153]
• Loren Allred^[154]
• Eric André (2005)^[155]
• Ingrid Andress^[156]
• Ivory Aquino^[157]
• Ashe, real name Ashlyn Willson (2015)^[158]
• Dave Askren^[159]
• Mulatu Astatke (1959)^[160]

B

• Victor Bailey (1979)^[147]
• Andrew Bayer (2009)^[161]
• Kenny Beats^[162]
• Marco Benevento (1999)^[163]
• Jeff Berlin (1978)^[147]
• Jeff Bhasker (1999)^[164]
• Sanjeeta Bhattacharya^[165]
• Cindy Blackman (1980)^[147]
• John Blackwell (1995)^[147]
• Bleu^[166]
• Tangelene Bolton (2013)^[167]
• Tracy Bonham (1989)^[147]
• Jenn Bostic^[168]
• Libbi Bosworth (early 1990s)^[169]
• Sofia Boutella^[170]
• Joseph Brent (1999)^[147]
• Alan Broadbent (1969)^[147]
• Nili Brosh (2009), guitarist^[171]
• Gary Burton (1962)^[147]

C

• Eric Calderone
• Will Calhoun, of Living Colour (1986)^[172]
• Evan Call^[173]
• Alicia Camiña (1997)^[147]
• Arturo Cardelus (2011)^[174]
• Terri Lyne Carrington (1983)^[147]
• Vivian Cha ( Model, Songwriter, Record Producer)
• Chancellor^[175]
• Cyrus Chestnut (1985)^[147]
• Toby Chu (1999)^[176]
• Chiara Civello (2000)^[147]
• Katelyn Clampett^[177]
• Alf Clausen (1966)^[147]
• Cobi^[178]
• Bruce Cockburn (1965)^[147]
• Vinnie Colaiuta (1975)^[147]
• Paula Cole (1990)^[147]
• Charlie Colin, of Train^[179]
• Vanessa Collier (2013)^[180]
• Rodrigo Cuevas (2005)^[181]

D

• Mike Daly (1996)^[182]
• Adam Deitch (1998)^[183]
• Kenwood Dennard (1973)*^[147]
• Kelly Derrickson^[184]
• Bruno Destrez (1989)^[185]
• Al Di Meola (1974)*^[147]
• Ramin Djawadi (1998)^[186]
• Teya Dora (2014)^[187]
• Adam Dutkiewicz (1999)^[188]

E

• Emily Elbert (2011)^[189]
• Empress Of^[190]
• Maria Entraigues-Abramson (1994)^[191]
• Booker Ervin*^[192]
• Melissa Etheridge (1980)*,^[147] returned to receive honorary doctorate 2006
• Kevin Eubanks (1979)^[147]

F

• Benny Faccone (1978)^[193]
• Donald Fagen (1965)*^[147]
• Rachelle Ferrell (1980)*^[194]
• Melissa Ferrick (1990)*^[195]
• Bill Frisell (1977)^[147]
• Richard Furch (1999)^[196]

G

• Albhy Galuten (1968)^[147]
• Laszlo Gardony (1985)^[197]
• Roopam Garg^[198]
• Anthony Geraci^[199]
• Melvin Gibbs^[200]
• Richard Gibbs^[201]
• Shane Gibson, of Korn^[202]
• Nikki Glaspie (2005)^[203]
• Mick Goodrick (1967)^[147]
• Catriona Gray^[204]
• Tony Grey (2001)^[205]
• Juan Luis Guerra (1982)^[147]
• Gupi (2021)^[206]

H

• Jan Hammer (1969)^[147]
• Roy Hargrove (1989)*^[147]
• Donald Harrison (1983)^[147]
• Antonio Hart (1991)^[147]
• Jules Hoffman^[207]
• Juliana Hatfield (1990)^[147]
• Lalah Hathaway (1994)^[147]
• Tom Hedden^[208]
• Amy Heidemann, of Karmin (2011)^[209]
• Jason Heinrichs, also known as Anomaly (1994)^[210]
• Alan Hewitt (1977)^[211]
• Norihiko Hibino (1997)^[212]
• Bob Holz (1977)*^[213]
• Bruce Hornsby (1974)*^[214]
• Rob Hotchkiss, of Train^[215]
• Sierra Hull (2011)^[216]
• Ian Hultquist, of Passion Pit (2008)^[217]

J

• Bob James (1958)*^[147]
• Joelle James (2011)^[193]
• Keith Jarrett (1963)*^[218]
• Wyclef Jean^[219]
• Ingrid Jensen (1989)*^[147]
• Laney Jones (2014)*^[220]
• Quincy Jones (1951)*^[147]

K

• Camara Kambon (1973)
• Geoffrey Keezer*^[221]
• Kenzie (Kim Yeon Jung), South Korean composer for SM Entertainment^[222]
• Kiesza^[223]
• Kotringo (2003), real name Rieko Miyoshi^[224]
• Diana Krall (1983)^[147]
• Joe Kraemer (1993)^[225]
• Joey Kramer, of Aerosmith^[226]
• Wayne Krantz

L

• Abe Laboriel (1972)^[147]
• Abe Laboriel Jr. (1993)^[147]
• Alex Lacamoire (1995)^[227]
• Holly Laessig (2007)^[228] of Lucius
• Michelle Lambert (2011)^[229]
• Patty Larkin (1974)^[147]
• Henry Lau (2010)*^[230]
• Laufey (2021)^[231]
• Okkyung Lee (1998)^[232]
• Wang Leehom (1999)^[147]
• Adrianne Lenker (2012), of Big Thief^[233]
• Andres Levin^[234]
• Daniel Levitin (1979)^[235]
• Yosef Gutman Levitt^[236]
• Ken Lewis (1991)^[237]
• Josh Linkner (1988)^[238]: ix
• Aubrey Logan (2010)^[239][240]
• Henning Lohner^[241]

M

• Ona Mafalda
• Natalie Maines (1995)* of The Chicks^[147]
• Eddie Manion (1970s)^[242]
• Aimee Mann (1980)* of 'Til Tuesday^[147]
• Kevin March (early 1990s), drummer of Guided by Voices, The Dambuilders, Shudder to Think^[243]
• Arif Mardin (1961)^[147]
• Charlie Mariano (1951)^[147]
• Eric Marienthal (1979)^[147]
• Maro^[244]
• Branford Marsalis (1980)^[147]
• Delfeayo Marsalis (1989)^[147]
• Tony Maserati (1986)^[193]
• Rob Mathes (1984)^[245]
• John Mayer (1998)*^[147]
• Steve Mazur (2000), of Our Lady Peace^[246]
• Lizzy McAlpine^[247]
• Donny McCaslin (1988)^[147]
• Keith McEachern (2005), of The Wandas^[248]
• Ben McKee*, bassist of Imagine Dragons^[249]
• David McWane, lead vocalist of Big D and the Kids Table^[250]
• Filipe Melo (2000),^[251] Portuguese pianist, filmmaker and writer
• Dominic Miller, guitarist^[252]
• Harry Miree (2013), drummer^[253]
• Silvina Moreno^[254]
• Sebastian Arocha Morton (1997)^[255]
• Rob Mounsey (1975)^[147]
• George Mraz (1970)^[147]
• John Myung* of Dream Theater^[256]

N

• Reiko Nakano (2005), violinist^[257]
• Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese cellist, pianist, guitarist^[258]
• Adam Neely (2009), bass player and YouTuber^[259]
• Joey Newman (1998), Emmy-nominated composer^[260]

O

• Atli Örvarsson (1996)^[261]
• Neil Osborne of 54-40 (c. 1979)*^[262]
• Lane Shi Otayonii (2017)^[263]
• Oyinda (2013)^[264]

P

• John Paesano (2000)^[265]
• Trey Parker*^[266]
• Katarina Pejak*^[267]
• Heitor Pereira*^[268]
• Danilo Perez (1988)^[147]
• Mark Petrie, of PostHaste Music^[269]
• John Petrucci* of Dream Theater^[256]
• Chico Pinheiro (1998)^[270]
• Daniel Platzman (2009), drummer of Imagine Dragons^[271]
• Mike Portnoy* of Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors and formerly of Adrenaline Mob^[256]
• Taylor and Blake Powell*^[272]
• Psy (Park Jae-sang)*^[273]
• Charlie Puth (2013)^[274]

R

• Sara Rachele (2013)^[275]
• AJ Rafael (2010)^[276]
• Rahul Raj^[277]
• David Rawlings^[278]
• Niki Reiser^[279]
• Emily Remler^[280]
• Bob Reynolds (2000)^[281]
• David Robidoux^[208]
• Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (2011)^[282]
• Ed Roland, of Collective Soul^[283]
• Wallace Roney (1981)*^[147]
• Charlie Rosen^[193]
• Kurt Rosenwinkel (1990)*^[147]
• Rashawn Ross (2000)^[284]
• Tali Rubinstein (2014)^[285]

S

• Randy Sabien (1977), jazz violinist and music educator^[286]
• St. Vincent (Annie Clark) (2004)^[287]
• Gerard Salonga (1998)^[288]
• Bobby Sanabria (1979), drummer, percussionist, educator, and bandleader^[289]
• Antonio Sánchez^[290]
• Marina Satti (2011), Greek singer-songwriter
• Tiwa Savage (2007), Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress
• Allison Scagliotti (2015)^[291]
• Sarah Schachner^[292]
• Pieter Schlosser (2002)^[293]
• Mike Schmid (2001)^[294]
• John Scofield (1973)^[147]
• Christian Scott (2004)^[147]
• Michael Semanick (1985)^[295]
• Wayne Sermon (2008), guitarist of Imagine Dragons^[249]
• Benny Sharoni^[296]
• Sonny Sharrock (1962)^[297]
• Rasika Shekar (2017)^[298]
• Derek Sherinian (1984)^[299]
• Howard Shore (1969)^[147]
• Ryan Shore (1996)^[300]
• Alan Silvestri (1970)^[301]
• Steve Slagle (1973)^[302]
• Allan Slutsky (1978)^[303]
• Brendon Small (1997), of Dethklok^[304]
• Steve Smith (1976), drummer for the rock group Journey^[147]
• Luísa Sobral (2009)^[305]
• Soo Wincci (2019)^[306]
• Luciana Souza (1992)^[147]
• Esperanza Spalding (2005)^[307]
• Billy Squier*^[308]
• Sid Sriram (2008), singer in the South Indian film industry^[309]
• Mike Stern (1975)^[147]
• Joel Stroetzel, of Killswitch Engage^[310]
• Tierney Sutton (1987)^[147]
• Svoy (2003)^[311]

T

• Susan Tedeschi (1991)^[147]
• Chloe Temtchine, singer-songwriter^[312]
• Jacky Terrasson (1986)^[147]
• Ian Thornley, of Thornley, Big Wreck^[313]
• Gareth.T (2021)
• Pinar Toprak (2000)^[314]
• Néstor Torres (1973)^[147]
• Brian Transeau (1990)^[147]
• Justin Tranter (2001)^[315]
• Sarah Tudzin (2014), of rock band Illuminati Hotties^[316]
• Alper Tuzcu (2015)^[317]

U

• Hiromi Uehara (2003)^[318]
• Kelvin Underwood (2003), drum set and taiko musician

V

• Steve Vai (1979)^[147]
• James Valentine, of Maroon 5^[319]
• Brian Vibberts (1991)^[287]
• Lucas Vidal (2007)^[320]
• Emil Viklický (1978)^[321]

W

• Roy Wang (2019)^[147]
• Sadao Watanabe (1965)^[147]
• Ernie Watts (1966)^[147]
• Jeff "Tain" Watts (1981)^[147]
• Aaron Weinstein (2007)^[147]
• Gillian Welch (1992)^[147]
• Kenny Werner (1968)^[147]
• Mark Whitfield (1987)^[147]
• Brad Whitford of Aerosmith (1971)^[147]
• Betty Who^[322]
• Anna Wise (2010)^[323]
• Jess Wolfe (2007)^[324]
• Natalie Wynn^[325]

Y

Z

• Geoff Zanelli (1996)^[326]
• Marcelo Zarvos^[327]
• Joe Zawinul (1959)^[147]
• Jeremy Zuckerman^[328]