Berklee Alumni Win Eight Grammy Awards

Berklee alumni were honored with eight Grammy Awards on musics biggest night for their outstanding contributions to some of last years top releases. The winners were recognized for their work in varied categories and fields, including arranging, rock, R&B, and production.

Alumna and faculty member Terri Lyne Carrington 83 becomes the first woman artist to win the Best Jazz Instrumental Album award for Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue.

Imagine Dragons members Ben McKee 09, Daniel Platzman 09, and Wayne Sermon 08 took home the award for Best Rock Performance for their hit Radioactive.

Lalah Hathaway 94 snagged Best R&B Performance for Something alongside Snarky Puppy.

Stephen Oremus 92, coproducer of Kinky Boots, took home the award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Arranger Gil Goldstein 70 won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for Swing Low.

Engineer Benny Faccone 78 is taking home an award for Best Latin Pop Album for his work on Vida.

As the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences researches the producers, engineers, and mixers who contributed to Grammy Award-winning songs and albums, the number of Berklee alumni winners is expected to grow as in years past.

Deepening Berklees connection to this years Grammy Awards, music legend Carole King performed at the MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony in her honor on Friday, January 24, accompanied on one song by Egyptian Berklee student vocalist and oud player Ahmad El Haggar. They performed a Middle Eastern-style arrangement of King's song Home Again written with El Haggar specifically for the event. The two connected last spring when King received an honorary doctorate at Berklee.

Watch a video from King and Haggars performance.

Liz Lupton is a publicist in Berklees Office of Media Relations. She can be reached at llupton@berklee.edu.

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