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PAST COMMENCEMENTS
Past Honorary Degree Recipients
2022: Lalah Hathaway, James Newton Howard, Chuck Rainey
2021: Celine Dion, Donald Harrison, the Neptunes
2020: Mikhail Baryshnikov, André De Shields, Sheila E., John Legend, Cassandra Wilson
2019: Missy Elliott, Alex Lacamoire, Justin Timberlake
2018: Rosanne Cash, Nile Rodgers, Esperanza Spalding
2017: Shin Joong Hyun, Neil Portnow, Lionel Richie, Todd Rundgren, Lucinda Williams
2016: Rita Moreno, the Isley Brothers, Lucian Grainge, Milton Nascimento
2015: Julio Iglesias, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Harvey Mason, Doug Morris
2014: Jimmy Page, Valerie Simpson, Geri Allen, Thara Memory
2013: Carole King, Willie Nelson, Annie Lennox
2012: The Eagles, Alison Krauss, Mulatu Astatke
2011: Mavis Staples, Michael McDonald, Chucho and Bebo Valdes, Kenny Garrett
2010: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Paco de Lucia, Angelique Kidjo, Kenny Barron
2009: Smokey Robinson, Linda Ronstadt, Juan Luis Guerra, George Massenburg
2008: Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Steve Winwood, Howard Shore, Rosa Passos
2007: Gloria and Emilio Estefan, the Edge, Andrew Hill
2006: Melissa Etheridge, Aretha Franklin, Andy McGhee, Elliot Scheiner
2005: Anita Baker, Ron Carter, Kevin Eubanks
2004: Lee Eliot Berk
2003: Dianne Reeves, Steven Tyler
2002: David Foster, Shirley Horn
2001: Steely Dan, Larry Linkin, William Davis
2000: Herb Alpert, Patti Austin, John Sykes
1999: David Bowie, Wayne Shorter
1998: Carly Simon, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
1997: Chick Corea, Andraé Crouch, Henry Mancini
1996: Pat Metheny, Patti LaBelle
1995: James Taylor, Natalie Cole
1994: Sting, Nancy Wilson
1993: Billy Joel, Johnny Mandel
1992: Bonnie Raitt, Joe Smith
1991: Ahmet Ertegun, Phil Collins, Al Jarreau
1989: George Martin, Dizzy Gillespie
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Berklee's Commencement Concert '23 {Alumni Tickets}
Event Dates
Friday / May 12, 2023 / 7:30 p.m.
(EDT)
Agganis Arena
925 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Join us for the 2023 Berklee Commencement Concert!