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Berklees 2023 Alumni Grammy Nominees: See the Full List

16/11/2022

Berklees 2023 Alumni Grammy Nominees: See the Full List Nominees include the Berklee Indian Ensemble, Terri Lyne Carrington, Miguel Zen n, Molly Tuttle, Domi & JD Beck, Big Thief, Danilo P rez featuring the Global Messengers, and many more.

November 16, 2022

The Berklee Indian Ensemble received a Grammy nomination in the Best Global Music Album category for its debut album, Shuruaat, released in July.

Image by Mike Ritter

The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 65th annual Grammy Awards this week, and Berklee alumni, who have won more than 300 Grammys to date, will again be well-represented at the event. Below is a list of Berklee alumni and faculty who received Grammy nominations or contributed to Grammy-nominated projects.

Please note the list is subject to change as we receive updated information. If you or someone you know from the Berklee community received a Grammy nomination, please complete this form.

Record of the Year

You and Me on the Rock, Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius

Jess Wolfe B.M. '07, backing vocals

Holly Laessig B.M. '07, backing vocals

Brandon Bell B.M. '12, engineer/mixer

The Heart Part 5, Kendrick Lamar

Matt Schaeffer '12, engineer/mixer

Emerson Mancini B.M. '08, mastering engineer

About Damn Time, Lizzo

Emerson Mancini B.M. '08, mastering engineer

Album of the Year

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar

Matt Schaeffer '12, engineer/mixer, songwriter

Emerson Mancini B.M. '08, mastering engineer

Tyler Mehlenbacher '14, songwriter

Troy Bourgeois B.M. '17, engineer

Andrew Boyd B.M. '16, engineer

In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile

Jess Wolfe B.M. '07, backing vocals

Holly Laessig B.M. '07, backing vocals

Brandon Bell B.M. '12, engineer/mixer

Special, Lizzo

Amy Allen '15, songwriter

Benjamin Levin B.M. '11, songwriter

Emerson Mancini B.M. '08, mastering engineer

Harrys House, Harry Styles

Amy Allen '15, songwriter

Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe), Mary J. Blige

Alissia Benveniste B.M. '14, songwriter

Chris Galland B.M. '07, engineer/mixer

Music of the Spheres, Coldplay

Denise Carite B.M. '10, songwriter

Paris Strother '08, producer, mixer, songwriter

30, Adele

Matt Dyson B.M. '05, engineer

Song of the Year

The Heart Part 5, Kendrick Lamar

Matt Schaeffer '12, songwriter

Best New Artist

Molly Tuttle A.D. '14

Domi & JD Beck

Domi Degalle B.M. '20

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Bam Bam, Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran

Cheche Alara B.M. '94, composer, producer, arranger

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Evergreen, Pentatonix

Matt Sallee B.M. '18, vocals

Matt Dyson B.M. '05, engineer

Best Alternative Music Performance

Certainty, Big Thief

Adrianne Lenker B.M. '12, guitar, vocals

Buck Meek B.M. '10, guitar, vocals

James Krivchenia B.M. '14, drums, vocals, percussion

Best Alternative Music Album

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief

Adrianne Lenker B.M. '12, guitar, vocals

Buck Meek B.M. '10, guitar, vocals

James Krivchenia B.M. '14, drums, vocals, percussion

Best Global Music Album

Shuruaat, Berklee Indian Ensemble

Abhi Acharya B.M. '19, guitar

M.T. Aditya Srinivasan M.M. '16, tabla

Yoel Aharon Genin '17, guitar, buzouki

Joseph Alexander Karakatsanis B.M. '19, guitar

Laura Alexandra Crespo Morel B.M. '19, percussion

Carlotta Amato B.M. '18, voice

Yair Amster B.M. '19, drumset

Thomas Antonio Debelian B.M. '20, percussion

Anton Ariki Sten B.M. '17, guitar

Regina Averion B.M. '19, sound engineer

Viraj Bahri B.M. '22, voice

Ganesh Balasubramanian B.M. '22, voice

Sriram Balasubramanian B.M. '22, voice

Geet Barua B.M. '17, voice

Guy Bernfeld B.M. '17, bass, arrangement, production

Muheet Bharti B.M. '21, voice

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya '16, voice

Srishti Biyani B.M. '19, voice, bansuri

Celia Bolgatz B.M. '20, sound engineer

Caitlyn Bongiovi B.M. '18, sound engineer

James Bridges (staff), sound engineer

Calum Brockie '16, sound engineer

Maxime Cholley B.M. '17, drums

Amir Darabi B.M. '21, piano, arrangement

Rishabh Dev Sharma '20, guitar

Thara Dhishay Ramamurthy '16, voice

Ava Dudani '16, voice

Jake Furgason B.M. '16, sound engineer

Yogev Gabay B.M. '16, drumset, percussion, post production

Jett Galindo B.M. '12, mastering engineer (album)

Shradha Ganesh B.M. '21, voice, post production

Kaushlesh Garry Purohit B.M. '16, tabla, sound engineer

Nicole Gemmiti B.M. '19, sound engineer

Amira Gill B.M. '20, voice

Dhruv Goel B.M. '16, voice, composition

Bengisu Gokce B.M. '19, violin

Andr s Gonz lez-Cardona B.M. '19, sound engineer

Martin Guas B.M. '21, voice

Yazhi Guo B.M. '15, flute

Vasundhara Gupta B.M. '18, voice

Aleif Hamdan B.M. '15, guitar

Fryderyk Hoang Dong B.M. '21, keyboard

Yotam Ishay B.M. '19, keyboard, accordion

Harini Iyer B.M. '19, voice

Rohith Jayaraman B.M. '16, voice, percussion, arrangement

Blake Johnston B.M. '18, voice

Ian Kagey B.M. '07, sound engineer

Noa Kahn B.M. '22, drumset

Gayathri Karunakar Menon B.M. '21, voice

Simon Katz B.M. '14, sound engineer

Emanuel Keller B.M. '21, cello, production

Brendan Klippel '17, viola

Anoushka Kotak B.M. '21, voice

Apoorva Krishna M.M. '19, violin

Gayathri Krishnan B.M. '22, voice

Harshitha Krishnan B.M. '17, voice

Katyayani Krishnan B.M. '19, voice

Matt Larson B.M. '16, sound engineer

George Lernis B.M 05, M.M. 21, percussion

Ashwin Madhukar Shenoy B.M. '17, voice

Kabir Mahesh Hiranandani B.M. '19, voice

Tarik Mahrour B.M. '02, sound engineer
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