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.

A

 * Mindi Abair (1991)
 * Greg Abate
 * John Abercrombie (1967)
 * Aruna Abrams
 * Arooj Aftab
 * Toshiko Akiyoshi (1959)
 * Tariqh Akoni
 * Cheche Alara (1994)
 * Melissa Aldana (2009)
 * Amy Allen (2015)
 * Loren Allred
 * Eric André (2005)
 * Ingrid Andress
 * Ivory Aquino
 * Ashe, real name Ashlyn Willson (2015)
 * Dave Askren
 * Mulatu Astatke (1959)

B

 * Victor Bailey (1979)
 * 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
 * Joseph Brent (1999)
 * Alan Broadbent (1969)
 * Nili Brosh (2009), guitarrist
 * Gary Burton (1962)

C

 * Eric Calderone
 * Will Calhoun, of Living Colour (1986)
 * Evan Call
 * Alicia Camiña (1997)
 * Arturo Cardelus (2011)
 * Terri Lyne Carrington (1983)
 * Chancellor
 * Cyrus Chestnut (1985)
 * Toby Chu (1999)
 * Chiara Civello (2000)
 * Alf Clausen (1966)
 * Cobi
 * Bruce Cockburn (1965)
 * Vinnie Colaiuta (1975)
 * Paula Cole (1990)
 * Charlie Colin, of Train
 * Vanessa Collier (2013)

D

 * Mike Daly (1996)
 * Adam Deitch (1998)
 * Kenwood Dennard (1973)*
 * Kelly Derrickson
 * Bruno Destrez (1989)
 * Al Di Meola (1974)*
 * Ramin Djawadi (1998)
 * Teya Dora (2014)

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
 * Juan Luis Guerra (1982)
 * Gupi (2021)

H

 * Jan Hammer (1969)
 * Roy Hargrove (1989)*
 * Donald Harrison (1983)
 * Antonio Hart (1991)
 * 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

 * Geoffrey Keezer*
 * Kenzie (Kim Yeon Jung), South Korean composer for SM Entertainment
 * 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
 * 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)
 * John Mayer (1998)*
 * Steve Mazur (2000), of Our Lady Peace
 * Lizzy McAlpine
 * 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
 * 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)

O

 * Atli Örvarsson (1996)
 * Neil Osborne of 54-40 (c. 1979)*
 * Lane Shi Otayonii (2017)
 * Oyinda (2013)

P

 * John Paesano (2000)
 * Trey Parker*
 * Katarina Pejak*
 * Heitor Pereira*
 * Danilo Perez (1988)
 * Mark Petrie, of PostHaste Music
 * John Petrucci* of Dream Theater
 * 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*
 * Jože Privšek
 * Psy (Park Jae-sang)*
 * Charlie Puth (2013)

R

 * Sara Rachele (2013)
 * 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)
 * 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 (2011), Greek singer-songwriter
 * Allison Scagliotti (2015)
 * Sarah Schachner
 * Pieter Schlosser (2002)
 * Mike Schmid (2001)
 * John Scofield (1973)
 * Christian Scott (2004)
 * Michael Semanick (1985)
 * 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-songwriter
 * Jacky Terrasson (1986)
 * Ian Thornley, of Thornley, Big Wreck
 * 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

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

 * Kelly Yu (2010)

Z

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