Berklee's 2023 Alumni Grammy Nominees: See the Full List

Nominees include the Berklee Indian Ensemble, Terri Lyne Carrington, Miguel Zenón, Molly Tuttle, Domi & JD Beck, Big Thief, Danilo Pérez featuring the Global Messengers, and many more.

November 16, 2022
Berklee Indian Ensemble

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

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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
  • Harry's 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
    • Andrés González-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
    • Aaria Manchanda B.M. ’20, voice
    • Malwina Masternak B.M. ’20, voice
    • Agney Mulay B.M. ’19, voice
    • Paola Munda B.M. ’19, voice
    • Achal Murthy ’14, bass
    • Armeen Musa B.M. ’14, voice, composition
    • Medha Nair B.M. ’22, voice
    • Sashank Navaladi B.M. ’16, sarod, keyboard, composition, arrangement, production
    • Esha Nijhoff Asser B.M. ’20, voice
    • Akihiro Nishimura B.M. ’05, sound engineer
    • Snehal Pandey B.M. ’22, voice, post production
    • Julie Papili B.M. ’18, sound engineer
    • Kanika Patawari B.M. ’15, voice
    • João Perrusi B.M. ’21, guitar
    • Annette Philip (faculty) B.M. ’09, voice, piano, arrangements, executive producer, ensemble founder 
    • Shai Portugaly B.M. ’17, keyboard, voice
    • Gretchen R. M. Zarraga Schadebrodt B.M. ’16, voice
    • Sanjana Raja B.M. ’19, voice
    • Gokul Ramdas B.M. ’18, percussion
    • Lydia Renold B.M. ’17, voice
    • Sharon Renold B.M. ’18, bass, voice, composition
    • Alejandro Rodriguez (faculty), sound engineer
    • Marta Roma B.M. ’15, cello
    • Purvaa Sampath B.M. ’17, voice
    • Shubh Saran B.M. ’14, guitar
    • Jack Schwenke B.M. ’20, bass
    • Layth Sidiq B.M. ’14, violin
    • Lyusi Simon B.M. ’16, voice
    • Shrivant Singh ’18, voice
    • Ishita Sinha B.M. ’17, voice
    • Aakash Sridhar B.M. ’19, keyboard
    • Harini Srinivasa Raghavan B.M. ’15, voice
    • Madeline Stewart B.M. ’20, violin
    • Anna Stromer B.M. ’18, viola
    • Swarathmika Swaminathan B.M. ’19, voice
    • Karan Umesh Pandav ’18, guitar, voice
    • Arantza Vásquez Orozco B.M. ’18, voice
    • Enat Ventura B.M. ’18, voice
    • Stephen Webber (staff), producer
    • Mark Wessel (faculty), sound engineer
    • Sanchitha Wickremesooriya B.M. ’16, voice
    • Jonathan Wyner (faculty), mastering engineer (YouTube)
    • Lee Zhan Yung B.M. ’18, guitar
  • Sakura, Masa Takumi
    • Nadeem Majdalany ’06

Best Global Music Performance  

  • "Udhero Na," Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar 
    • Arooj Aftab B.M. ’10

Best Children’s Music Album

  • Los Fabulosos, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
    • Lucky Diaz ’97
    • Wes Switzer ’07
  • Ready Set Go!, Divinity Roxx
    • Divinity Roxx B.P.S. ’21 
  • The Movement, Alphabet Rockers
    • Reto Peter B.M. ’97, mixer

Best Comedy Album

  • A Little Brains, A Little Talent, Randy Rainbow
    • Jakob Reinhardt B.M. ’15, engineer, guitarist

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

  • “Falling,” Melissa Aldana 
    • Melissa Aldana B.M. ’09, saxophone 
  • "Endangered Species," Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese
    • Leo Genovese ’04, piano 

Best Jazz Instrumental Album  

  • New Standards Vol. 1, Terri Lyne Carrington
    • Terri Lyne Carrington B.M. ’83, drums and production 
    • Matthew Stevens B.M. ’04, guitar and production 
    • Kris Davis, piano (faculty) 
    • Linda May Han Oh, bass (faculty) 
  • Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival, Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, and esperanza spalding  
    • Terri Lyne Carrington B.M. ’83, drums
    • esperanza spalding B.M. ’05, bass
    • Leo Genovese ’04, piano 

Best Jazz Vocal Album  

  • The Evening: Live at Apparatus, The Baylor Project  
    • Darren Barrett B.M. ’90, trumpet 

Best Instrumental Composition

  • “Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues,” Danilo Pérez featuring the Global Messengers
    • Danilo Pérez ’88, composer 
  • “Refuge,” Geoffrey Keezer
    • Geoffrey Keezer '89, composer 
  • "El País Invisible,” Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith, and Casey Rafn
    • Miguel Zenón B.M. ’98
  • “Snapshots,” Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar
    • Pascal Le Boeuf ’10, composer

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

  • Remembering Bob Freedman, Ron Carter and the Jazzaar Festival Big Band 
    • Christian Jacob ’86, director
    • Fritz Renold ’86, producer/leader, Jazzaar Festival Big Band
    • Helen Savari Renold ’88, coproducer/director, Jazzaar Festival
  • Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
    • Steven Feifke (faculty)

Best Latin Jazz Album  

  • Crisálida, Danilo Pérez featuring the Global Messengers
    • Danilo Pérez ’88  
    • Naseem Alatrash M.M. ’17, B.M. ’14
    • Vasilis Kostas ’16 M.M. ’17
    • Layth Sidiq B.M. ’14, M.M. ’16
    • Farayi Malek M.M. ’18
    • Tareq Rantisi B.M. ’11, M.M. ’19 
    • Rob Jaczko ’83, recording and mixing engineer
    • Jonathan Wyner (faculty), mastering engineer
  • Música de las Américas, Miguel Zenón
    • Miguel Zenón B.M. ’98
  • Rhythm & Soul, Arturo Sandoval
    • Mike Tucker ’13, saxophone

Best Tropical Latin Album  

  • Quiero Verte Feliz, La Santa Cecilia
    • Daniel "Vago" Galindo B.M. ’14, engineer
    • Jett Galindo B.M. ’12, mastering
  • Cumbiana II, Carlos Vives
    • Lewis Pickett B.M. ’09, engineer
  • Legendario, Tito Nieves
    • Oscar Zambrano B.M. ’03, mixer

Best Latin Pop Album

  • De Adentro Pa Afuera, Camilo
    • Juan Ariza B.M. ’16, producer

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

  • El Alimento, Cimafunk
    • Oscar Zambrano B.M. ’03, mixer
  • 1940 Carmen, Mon Laferte
    • Oscar Zambrano B.M. ’03, mixer

Best R&B Album

  • Breezy (Deluxe), Chris Brown
    • Ryan Williamson ’08, producer, writer
    • Donald Philp ’21, songwriter, producer

Best Progressive R&B Album

  • Drones, Terrace Martin
    • Bryan DiMaio B.M. ’14, engineer, mix engineer

Best Rap Song 

  • "The Heart Part 5," Kendrick Lamar 
    • Matt Schaeffer ’12, songwriter  

Best Rock Album

  • Crawl!, Idles
    • Kenneth Blume B.M. ’13, producer, songwriter
  • The Boy Named If, Elvis Costello & The Imposters 
    • Daniel "Vago" Galindo B.M. ’14, engineer

Best Rock Performance 

  • Crawl!, Idles
    • Kenneth Blume B.M. ’13, producer, songwriter

Best American Roots Song 

  • "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
  • “Forever,” Sheryl Crow  
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion

Best Americana Performance 

  • "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

Best Americana Album  

  • Good to Be…, Keb' Mo'
    • Tom Hambridge ’83, drums, producer 

Best Bluegrass Album

  • Crooked Tree, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
    • Molly Tuttle A.D. ’14
    • Bronwyn Keith Hynes ’12, fiddle
    • Dom Leslie ’10, mandolin
    • Kyle Tuttle ’11, banjo
  • Toward the Fray, The Infamous Stringdusters
    • Andy Hall ’97
    • Chris Pandolfi ’03

Best Country Album  

  • Ashley McBryde Presents Lindeville, Ashley McBryde  
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion
  • Palomino, Miranda Lambert  
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion
  • A Beautiful Time, Willie Nelson  
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion

Best Country Song  

  • “I’ll Love You Til the Day I Die,” Willie Nelson
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion
  • “If I Was a Cowboy,” Miranda Lambert
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion

Best Country Solo Performance

  • “In His Arms,” Miranda Lambert
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion 

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

  • "Wishful Drinking,” Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt
    • Ingrid Andress ’13
    • Ryan Williamson ’08, producer, writer
  • “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde  
    • Fred Eltringham ’94, drums, percussion 

Best Regional Roots Music Album

  • Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Ranky Tanky 
    • Charlton Singleton ’89, trumpet
    • Cole Anderson ’19, recording engineer 

Best Folk Album  

  • The Light at the End of the Line, Janis Ian
    • Jarred Anderson ’16, mixer

Best Traditional Blues Album  

  • The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy  
    • Tom Hambridge ’83, composer, drums, mixing, percussion, producer, background vocals 

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

  • Not Tight, Domi & JD Beck 
    • Domi Degalle B.M. ’20
  • Empire Central, Snarky Puppy  
    • Bob Reynolds B.M. ’00
    • Keita Ogawa ’07
    • Marcelo Woloski B.M. ’07 

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals  

  • "Never Gonna Be Alone," Jacob Collier featuring Lizzy McAlpine and John Mayer 
    • Lizzy McAlpine ’20
    • John Mayer ’98

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

  • “How Deep Is Your Love,” Kings Return
    • Matt Cusson B.M. ’99, arranger 

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Amy Allen ’15
    • “For My Friends,” King Princess
    • “The Hardest Part,” Alexander23
    • “If We Were a Party,” Alexander23
    • “If You Love Me,” Lizzo
    • “Magic Wand,” Alexander23
    • “Matilda,” Harry Styles
    • “Move Me,” Charli XCX
    • “Too Bad,” King Princess
    • “Vicious,” Sabrina Carpenter

Best Musical Theater Album

  • MJ the Musical
    • Renni Anthony Magee B.F.A. ’17, swing
  • Mr. Saturday Night
    • Alysha Umphress B.F.A. ’04, original cast  
    • Oscar Zambrano B.M. ’03, mastering engineer 
  • Six: Live on Opening Night
    • Elena Bonomo B.M. ’14, drummer, music director
  • A Strange Loop
    • Charlie Rosen ’12, producer  
    • Rona Siddiqui (faculty), producer  
  • Into the Woods 
    • Oscar Zambrano B.M. ’03, mastering engineer 

Best Opera Recording

  • X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
    • Amber Garrett M.M. ’12, social worker and queen mother, ensemble
    • Ashley Victoria Jones B.M. ’18, ensemble
    • Ehimemen Omigie M.M. ’20, ensemble

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

  • Encanto
    • Alvin Wee B.M. ’13, score mixer  
  • Top Gun: Maverick 
    • Alvin Wee B.M. ’13, assistant engineer 

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9, Los Angeles Philharmonic
    • David Allen Moore B.M. ’07, bass
  • "Stay on It," Wild Up
    • Seth Olinsky ’01 
    • Adrianne Pope B.F.A. ’12

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

  • Call of Duty: Vanguard
    • Jesse Hartov B.M. ’17, score producer, composer
    • Brian Claeys B.M. ’18, composer
    • Alexandre Cote B.M. ’14, composer
    • Etienne Monsaingeon ’17, composer
    • Bailey Gordon B.M. ’18, scoring coordinator
    • Michael Engesser B.M. ’10, tech assistant 
    • Scott Smith B.M. ’07, assistant engineer
    • Jeff Gartenbaum B.M. ’11, assistant engineer 
    • Trevor Jarvis B.M. ’09, cello  

Best Album Notes

  • The American Clavé Recordings, Astor Piazzolla
    • Fernando González ’84, writer 

Watch the 65th annual Grammy Awards on February 5, 2023, on CBS or streaming on Paramount+ at 8:00 p.m. ET. Visit Grammy.com for the full list of nominations.