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 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.
Grammy-winning alumni
141 alums have won 332 Grammy awards.| Alum | Grad. year | Number of Grammy nominations | Number of Grammy wins |
| Arooj Aftab | 2010 | 5 | 1 |
| Amy Allen | 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| Cole Anderson | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick 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 | 1 |
| Adam 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 1 | 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 | 3 |
| Eugene Gearty | 1982 | 3 | 1 |
Notable alums
A
- Mindi Abair
- Greg Abate
- John Abercrombie
- Aruna Abrams
- Arooj Aftab
- Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Cheche Alara
- Melissa Aldana
- Amy Allen
- Loren Allred
- Eric André
- Ingrid Andress
- Ivory Aquino
- Ashe, real name Ashlyn Willson
- Dave Askren
- Mulatu Astatke
B
- Victor Bailey
- Andrew Bayer
- Kenny Beats
- Marco Benevento
- Jeff Berlin
- Jeff Bhasker
- Sanjeeta Bhattacharya
- Cindy Blackman
- John Blackwell
- Bleu
- Tangelene Bolton
- Tracy Bonham
- Jenn Bostic
- Libbi Bosworth
- Sofia Boutella
- Massimo Biolcati, developer of iRealPro app.
- Joseph Brent
- Alan Broadbent
- Nili Brosh, guitarist
- Gary Burton
C
- Eric Calderone
- Will Calhoun, of Living Colour
- Evan Call
- Alicia Camiña
- Arturo Cardelus
- Terri Lyne Carrington
- Vivian Cha
- Chancellor
- Cyrus Chestnut
- Toby Chu
- Chiara Civello
- Katelyn Clampett
- Alf Clausen
- Cobi
- Bruce Cockburn
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Paula Cole
- Charlie Colin, of Train
- Vanessa Collier
- Rodrigo Cuevas
D
- Mike Daly
- Adam Deitch
- Kenwood Dennard *
- Kelly Derrickson
- Bruno Destrez
- Al Di Meola *
- Ramin Djawadi
- Teya Dora
- Adam Dutkiewicz
E
- Emily Elbert
- Empress Of
- Maria Entraigues-Abramson
- Booker Ervin*
- Melissa Etheridge *, returned to receive honorary doctorate 2006
- Kevin Eubanks
F
G
- Albhy Galuten
- Laszlo Gardony
- Roopam Garg
- Anthony Geraci
- Melvin Gibbs
- Richard Gibbs
- Shane Gibson, of Korn
- Nikki Glaspie
- Mick Goodrick
- Catriona Gray
- Tony Grey
- Juan Luis Guerra
- Gupi
H
- Jan Hammer
- Roy Hargrove *
- Donald Harrison
- Antonio Hart
- Jules Hoffman
- Juliana Hatfield
- Lalah Hathaway
- Tom Hedden
- Amy Heidemann, of Karmin
- Jason Heinrichs, also known as Anomaly
- Alan Hewitt
- Norihiko Hibino
- Bob Holz *
- Bruce Hornsby *
- Rob Hotchkiss, of Train
- Sierra Hull
- Ian Hultquist, of Passion Pit
J
K
- Camara Kambon
- Geoffrey Keezer*
- Kenzie, South Korean composer for SM Entertainment
- Cinya Khan of Tiny Habits
- Kiesza
- Kotringo, real name Rieko Miyoshi
- Diana Krall
- Joe Kraemer
- Joey Kramer, of Aerosmith
- Wayne Krantz
L
- Abe Laboriel
- Abe Laboriel Jr.
- Alex Lacamoire
- Holly Laessig of Lucius
- Michelle Lambert
- Patty Larkin
- Henry Lau *
- Laufey
- Okkyung Lee
- Wang Leehom
- Adrianne Lenker, of Big Thief
- Andres Levin
- Daniel Levitin
- Yosef Gutman Levitt
- Ken Lewis
- Josh Linkner
- Aubrey Logan
- Henning Lohner
M
- Ona Mafalda
- Natalie Maines * of The Chicks
- Eddie Manion
- Aimee Mann * of 'Til Tuesday
- Kevin March, drummer of Guided by Voices, The Dambuilders, Shudder to Think
- Arif Mardin
- Charlie Mariano
- Eric Marienthal
- Maro
- Branford Marsalis
- Delfeayo Marsalis
- Tony Maserati
- Rob Mathes
- Judah Mayowa of Tiny Habits
- John Mayer *
- Steve Mazur, of Our Lady Peace
- Lizzy McAlpine
- Donny McCaslin
- Keith McEachern, of The Wandas
- Ben McKee*, bassist of Imagine Dragons
- David McWane, lead vocalist of Big D and the Kids Table
- Filipe Melo, Portuguese pianist, filmmaker and writer
- Dominic Miller, guitarist
- Harry Miree, drummer
- Silvina Moreno
- Sebastian Arocha Morton
- Rob Mounsey
- George Mraz
- John Myung* of Dream Theater
N
- Reiko Nakano, violinist
- Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese cellist, pianist, guitarist
- Adam Neely, bass player and YouTuber
- Joey Newman, Emmy-nominated composer
O
- Atli Örvarsson
- Neil Osborne of 54-40 *
- Lane Shi Otayonii
- Oyinda
P
- John Paesano
- Trey Parker*
- Katarina Pejak*
- Heitor Pereira*
- Danilo Perez
- Mark Petrie, of PostHaste Music
- John Petrucci* of Dream Theater
- Chico Pinheiro
- Daniel Platzman, drummer of Imagine Dragons
- Mike Portnoy* of Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors and formerly of Adrenaline Mob
- Taylor and Blake Powell*
- Psy *
- Charlie Puth
R
- Sara Rachele
- Maya Rae of Tiny Habits
- AJ Rafael
- Rahul Raj
- David Rawlings
- Niki Reiser
- Emily Remler
- Bob Reynolds
- David Robidoux
- Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
- Ed Roland, of Collective Soul
- Wallace Roney *
- Charlie Rosen
- Kurt Rosenwinkel *
- Rashawn Ross
- Tali Rubinstein
S
- Randy Sabien, jazz violinist and music educator
- St. Vincent
- Gerard Salonga
- Bobby Sanabria, drummer, percussionist, educator, and bandleader
- Antonio Sánchez
- Marina Satti, Greek singer-songwriter
- Tiwa Savage, Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress
- Allison Scagliotti
- Sarah Schachner
- Pieter Schlosser
- Mike Schmid
- John Scofield
- Christian Scott
- Michael Semanick
- Wayne Sermon, guitarist of Imagine Dragons
- Benny Sharoni
- Sonny Sharrock
- Rasika Shekar
- Derek Sherinian
- Howard Shore
- Ryan Shore
- Alan Silvestri
- Steve Slagle
- Allan Slutsky
- Brendon Small, of Dethklok
- Steve Smith, drummer for the rock group Journey
- Luísa Sobral
- Soo Wincci
- Luciana Souza
- Esperanza Spalding
- Billy Squier*
- Sid Sriram, singer in the South Indian film industry
- Mike Stern
- Joel Stroetzel, of Killswitch Engage
- Tierney Sutton
- Svoy
T
- Susan Tedeschi
- Chloe Temtchine, singer-songwriter
- Jacky Terrasson
- Ian Thornley, of Thornley, Big Wreck
- Gareth.T
- Pinar Toprak
- Néstor Torres
- Brian Transeau
- Justin Tranter
- Sarah Tudzin, of rock band Illuminati Hotties
- Alper Tuzcu
U
- Hiromi Uehara
- Kelvin Underwood, drum set and taiko musician
V
W
- Roy Wang
- Sadao Watanabe
- Ernie Watts
- Jeff "Tain" Watts
- Aaron Weinstein
- Gillian Welch
- Kenny Werner
- Mark Whitfield
- Brad Whitford of Aerosmith
- Betty Who
- Anna Wise
- Jess Wolfe
- Natalie Wynn