List of Berklee College of Music alumni
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The following is 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
[edit] A
- Juhani Aaltonen
- John Abercrombie (1967)[1]
- Alexander Acha
- Ayad Al Adhamy of Passion Pit
- Franck Amsallem(1984)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (1959)[1]
- Jeff Apruzzese of Passion Pit
- Mulatu Astatke
- Pedro Aznar
[edit] B
- Sheryl Bailey
- Victor Bailey (1979)[1]
- Brent Battey of The Wandas (2003)
- Reb Beach*
- Richie Beirach*
- Bryan Beller (1993)
- Marco Benevento (1999)
- Jeff Berlin
- Jim Bianco (1998)
- Jason Bittner
- Nathan Blaz of Geographer
- Cathy Block
- Cindy Blackman (1980)[1]
- John Blackwell (1995)[1]
- Tracy Bonham (1989)[1]
- Libbi Bosworth (early 1990s) [2]
- Dan Bowden (1985)[1]
- Zachary Borovay (1994)[1]
- Alan Broadbent (1969)[1]
- Meredith Brooks[citation needed]
- Bobby Broom *
- Bill Brown (1991)
- Dean Brown (1977)[1]
- Earle Brown (1950)[1]
- Gary Burton (1962)[1]
- John Bower University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul) Theory Professor, Atonal composer, and Wordsmith
[edit] C
- Will Calhoun
- Terri Lyne Carrington (1983)[1]
- Bill Chase
- Cyrus Chestnut (1985)[1]
- Chiara Civello (2000)[1]
- Annie Clark of St. Vincent (2005)
- Alf Clausen (1966)[1]
- Bruce Cockburn (1965)[1]
- Scott Cohen ("Sticks" MacCracken) Three Ton Gate/Session Drummer (1990)
- Vinnie Colaiuta (1975)[1]
- Paula Cole (1990)[1]
- Julian Coryell (1992)
- Hildward Croes (1984)
- Rivers Cuomo* of Weezer[1] (1987)
[edit] D
- Henry Danowski of *Tellison
- Eli Degibri (1997)
- Gavin DeGraw (1998)*
- Arthur "Artie" DeMello (1981)[1]
- John DeServio of Black Label Society (1988)[1]
- Al Di Meola (1974)*[1]
- Damian Draghici (1998) Jazz Pan flutist
- Nate Donmoyer of *Passion Pit
- Casey Driessen
- Kermit Driscoll - jazz bassist with Bill Frisell (1978))[1]
- Adam Dutkiewicz - Killswitch Engage [1]
- David Davidson of Revocation[3]
[edit] E
- Edan (2001)
- Rushad Eggleston (2003)
- Emily Elbert (2011)[1][4]
- Eru
- Booker Ervin*[2]
- Chris Eskola
- Melissa Etheridge* (1980)[1] Returned to receive honorary doctorate 2006
- Kevin Eubanks (1979)[1]
- Aydin Esen*
- El Hefe Lead Guitarist for the punk rock band NOFX
- [Elliot Easton] Lead Guitarist for The Cars
[edit] F
- Donald Fagen (1965)*[1]
- Bill Frisell (1977)[1]
- Rachelle Ferrell
- Fathil Alimin of ZevitCaorez
[edit] G
- Reeves Gabrels (1980)
- Hal Galper (1958)
- Albhy Galuten (1968)[1]
- Melvin Gibbs [5]
- Mick Goodrick (1967)[1]
- Anthony Gorruso (1984) [1]
- Juan Luis Guerra (1982)[1]
- Marta Gómez (2002)[1]
- Camila Grey (2002)[1]
- Joe Guese of The Click Five (2004) [1]
- Shane Gibson (2002)
- Stephen Gould (1966)
[edit] H
- Randy Hall, co-arranger with Miles Davis
- Mike Hall, Former guitarist for heavy metal band the Killer Dwarfs
- Trina Hamlin
- Stuart Hamm
- Jan Hammer (1969)[1]
- Roy Hargrove (1989)*[1]
- Keith Harris (1998) Drummer for The Black Eyed Peas & Fergie
- Donald Harrison (1983)[1]
- Antonio Hart (1991)[1]
- Steve Hass(1996)
- Mekaal Hasan (Guitarist, Producer)
- Juliana Hatfield (1990)[1]
- Lalah Hathaway (1994)[1]
- Kevin Henry
- Jimmy Herring
- Norihiko Hibino (1997)
- Warren Hill (1988) Smooth Jazz saxophonist [1]
- Bruce Hornsby (1974)[1]
- Sierra Hull
- Ian Hultquist of *Passion Pit
- Steve Hunt
- Pete Huttlinger
[edit] J
- Keith Jarrett (1963)*[1]
- Ingrid Jensen (1989)*[1]
- Quincy Jones (1951)*[1]
- Tim Jones (1988)*[1]
[edit] K
- Joseph Koo
- Kim Dong Ryul of South Korea
- Diana Krall (1983)[1]
- Joey Kramer of Aerosmith (1971)[1]
- Keith Kenniff
- Claude Kelly (2002)
- Chance (Kim Michael Jung) of South Korean R&B/Hip Hop group One Way
- David Kikoski
- Kotringo (Rieko Miyoshi) of Japan (2003)
[edit] L
- Abe Laboriel (1972)[1]
- David Laganella (1994)[1]
- Patty Larkin (1974)[1]
- Henry Lau (2012) [1] of Super Junior M
- Hal Lester (1978)[1]
- Daniel Levitin (1980)[1]
- Chuck Loeb (1976)[1]
- Joe Lovano (1972)[1]
- Mike Lemire (2007)[1]
- Casimir Liberski (2010)[1]
[edit] M
- Natalie Maines (1995)* of The Dixie Chicks[1]
- James Malone (1998) of Arsis
- Aimee Mann of 'Til Tuesday(1980)*[1]
- Eddie Manion (1970s) [6]
- Arif Mardin (1961)[1]
- Charlie Mariano (1951)[1]
- Eric Marienthal (1979)[1]
- Branford Marsalis (1980)[1]
- Delfeayo Marsalis (1989)[1]
- Dmitri Matheny
- Javier Martinez 2007
- Corrinne May (1998)
- John Mayer* (1998)[1]
- William McAuley III, better known as Bleu (1998)[1]
- Keith McEachern of The Wandas (2005)
- Kizzy McHugh (2003)[1]
- Tommy McNamara* (Session drummer)
- Hilary McRae
- Federico Miranda of Gandhi (Costa Rican band)
- Ethan Mentzer of The Click Five
- Brad Mehldau
- Pat Metheny
- Rale Micic (1999)
- Dominic Miller-Guitarist[7]
- Rob Mounsey (1975)[1]
- George Mraz (1970)[1]
- Wolfgang Muthspiel
- John Myung* of Dream Theater[8]
- Scott Miller* of Hyde Park Middle School
[edit] N
[edit] O
- Chris Opperman (2000) composer
- Tim "Ripper" Owens of Iced Earth, Judas Priest
- Greg Osby
- Hasan Cihat Orter
- Brian Ostreicher of Geographer
- Jeff Olson of Trouble and Retro Grave (BM Film Scoring, 1992)
[edit] P
- Andrew Palmer music consultant for "Letters to Juliet"
- Trey Parker* co-creator of the popular animated series South Park
- Kyle Patrick of The Click Five
- Chris Pennie of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Coheed and Cambria
- Danilo Perez (1988)[1]
- John Petrucci* of Dream Theater[8]
- Al Pitrelli* of Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- Mika Pohjola (1971)
- Herb Pomeroy*[1]
- Art Porter, Jr.
- Mike Portnoy* of Dream Theater
- Thomas Pridgen* of The Mars Volta
- Park Bom of South Korean girl group 2NE1
- PSY South Korean pop singer
[edit] R
- Dani Rabin of Marbin
- Dave Rawlings of Dave Rawlings Machine
- Dave Reffett (2006)
- Emily Remler (1975)*[1]
- Ed Roland of Collective Soul
- Ben Romans of The Click Five
- Wallace Roney (1981)*[1]
- Kurt Rosenwinkel (1990)*[1]
- Rashawn Ross (2000) of Dave Matthews Band
- J. R. Rotem*[1]
- Matt Rubano[9]
- Jason Rosen
- Andi Rianto of Magenta Orchestra ( Indonesian Idol )
[edit] S
- Raghav Sachar
- Gerard Salonga
- Antonio Sanchez
- Lizette "Lizé" Santana*
- Ximena Sariñana (2003)
- John Scofield (1973)[1]
- Lara M. Schwartz (1991)
- Sonny Sharrock (1962)[10]
- Derek Sherinian* (1984)
- Howard Shore (1969)[1]
- Ryan Shore (1996)[11]
- Alan Silvestri
- Alex Somers
- Ruslan Sirota
- Andys Skordis (1983) [1]
- Allan Slutsky (1978)[12]
- Brendon Small (1997)[13]
- Marvin Smith (1981)[1]
- Steve Smith (1976)[1]
- Luciana Souza (1992)[1]
- Esperanza Spalding
- Billy Squier* [3]
- Mike Stern (1975)[1]
- Avner Strauss (1977)[1]
- Tierney Sutton (1987)[1]
- Svoy
- Mike Schmid (2001)[14]
- John Swihart
- Joe Stump
- Gábor Szabó
[edit] T
- Susan Tedeschi (1991)[1]
- John Lloyd Taylor Guitarist in the Jonas Brothers
- Jacky Terrasson (1986)[1]
- Giorgos Theofanous
- Justin Tranter Lead singer of Semi Precious Weapons
- Evridiki (Theokleous) [1]
- Brian Tichy of Slash's Snakepit (1986)[1]
- Ian Thornley of Big Wreck
- Meghan Toohey (1998)[1]
- Millo Torres[1]
- Nestor Torres (1973)[1]
- Brian Transeau* (1990)[1]
- Mark Turner* (1990)[1]
[edit] U
- Hiromi Uehara (2003)[15]
[edit] V
[edit] W
- Eric Wainaina (musician)
- David S. Ware
- Sadao Watanabe (1965)[1]
- Ernie Watts (1966)[1]
- Jeff "Tain" Watts (1981)[1]
- Michael Weiss (1974)[1]
- Gillian Welch (1992)[1]
- Carol Welsman (1983)
- Kenny Werner (1968)[1]
- Emil Werstler
- Mark Whitfield (1987)[1]
- Brad Whitford of Aerosmith (1971)[1]
- Leehom Wang singer, actor, composer, songwriter, film director
[edit] Z
- Joe Zawinul (1959)[1]
- Joey Zehr of The Click Five
- Elena Zoubareva - 2003
[edit] Notes
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