Alumni All-Stars in the Field of Music Production and Engineering
The following is a collection of Berklee Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) Department alumni who have been nominated for or won Grammys, Oscars, and/or Emmys.
| Name | Award | Nomination | Category | Artist/Series/Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Zambrano (faculty) B.M. '03 | 2024 Latin Grammy Nomination | Stereo Master/Atmos Mixes | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | "La Minerva III-Himno a la mujer," Juan Pablo Contreras, Orchestra Latina Mexicana |
| Oscar Zambrano (faculty) B.M. '03 | 2024 Latin Grammy Nomination | Stereo Master | Best Traditional Tropical Album | "A Mis Ancestros," Yeisy Rojas |
| Oscar Zambrano (faculty) B.M. '03 | 2024 Latin Grammy Nomination | Stereo Master/Atmos Mixes | Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album | "Te llevo en la sangre," Alejandro Fernandez |
| Brian Rajaratnam B.M. ’17 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Engineer/mixer | Record of the Year | "Flowers," Miley Cyrus |
| Jonathan Garcia B.M. ’19 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Assistant Engineer | Album of the Year | Midnights, Taylor Swift |
| Ken Lewis B.M. ’91 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Engineer/mixer | Album of the Year | Midnights, Taylor Swift |
| Oscar Zambrano (Faculty) B.M. ’03 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Some Like It Hot |
| Jett Galindo B.M. ’12 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Mastering Engineer | Best Latin Pop Album | X Mí (Vol. 1), Gaby Moreno |
| Vago Galindo B.M. ’14 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Mix Engineer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Vida Cotidiana, Juanes |
| Tommy Torres B.M. ’93 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Composer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Vida Cotidiana, Juanes |
| Olmo Zucca B.M. ’20 | 2024 Grammy Winner | Producer/writer | Best African Music Performance | "Water," Tyla |
| Jett Galindo | 2023 Latin Grammy Winner | Mastering Engineer | Best Latin Children's Album | Vamos al Zoo by Danilo & Chapis |
| Scott Erickson | 2023 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Latin Children's Album | Vamos al Zoo by Danilo & Chapis |
| Kaushlesh "Garry" Purohit | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Record of the Year | “Not Strong Enough,” boygenius |
| Sarah Tudzin | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Record of the Year | “Not Strong Enough,” boygenius |
| Brian Rajaratnam | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Record of the Year | “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus |
| Kaushlesh "Garry" Purohit | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Album of the Year | the record, boygenius |
| Sarah Tudzin | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Album of the Year | the record, boygenius |
| Brian Rajaratnam | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Album of the Year | Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus |
| Ken Lewis | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer Mixer | Album of the Year | Midnights, Taylor Swift |
| Jonathan Garcia | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Assistant Engineer | Album of the Year | Midnights, Taylor Swift |
| Ari Raskin | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Recording/mixing/mastering | Best Spoken Word Poetry Album | Grocery Shopping with My Mother, Kevin Powell |
| Jorge Velasco | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Jazz Vocal Album | For Ella 2, Patti Austin featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band |
| Pete Karam | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Latin Jazz Album | Quietude, Eliane Elias |
| Arooj Aftab | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Alternative Jazz Album | Love in Exile, Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily |
| Oscar Zambrano | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Oscar Zambrano | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Parade |
| Oscar Zambrano | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Some Like It Hot |
| Bryan Cook | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Contemporary Blues Album | Healing Time, Ruthie Foster |
| Jett Galindo | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Contemporary Blues Album | Healing Time, Ruthie Foster |
| Diego Contento | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Producer/songwriter/engineer | Best Latin Pop Album | La Neta, Pedro Capo |
| Jett Galindo | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Latin Pop Album | X Mí (Vol. 1), Gaby Moreno |
| Berenice Gonzalo | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Recording Engineer | Best Música Urbana Album | Data, Tainy |
| Vago Galindo | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Vida Cotidiana, Juanes |
| Tommy Torres | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Composer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Vida Cotidiana, Juanes |
| Daniel Bitran Arizpe | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Leche De Tigre, Diamante Electrico |
| Victor Badillo | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Producer/recording engineer/arranger | Best Música Mexicana Album | Amor Como En Las Películas de Antes, Lupita Infante |
| Marianna Matyja | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Cellist for “El Amor Perfecto” | Best Música Mexicana Album | Amor Como En Las Películas de Antes, Lupita Infante |
| Victor Badillo | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Songwriter for “Bailando Penas” and Cowriter of “Esta Ranchera” | Best Música Mexicana Album | Motherflower, Flor De Toloache |
| Arooj Aftab | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Songwriter for “Bailando Penas” and Cowriter of “Esta Ranchera” | Best Global Music Performance | “Shadow Forces,” Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily |
| Kaushlesh "Garry" Purohit | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | The Record, boygenius |
| Sarah Tudzin | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | The Record, boygenius |
| John Weston | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Classical | The Blue Hour, Shara Nova and A Far Cry |
| John Weston | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Classical | Sanlikol: A Gentleman of Istanbul—Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney, and Tenor, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis, and A Far Cry |
| Jorge Velasco | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix Engineer | Best Arrangement Instruments and Vocals | “April in Paris,” Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band |
| Pete Karam | 2024 Emmy Nomination | Mix and Mastering Engineer | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Dream Box, Pat Metheny |
| Ezra Matychak '01 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Production Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Saturday Night Live, "Co-Hosts: Steve Martin & Martin Short" (NBC) |
| Juan Pablo Velasco '99 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Playback Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) |
| Brian Riordan '95 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Rerecording Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Bono & the Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with David Letterman (Disney+) |
| Sal Ojeda '09 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Rerecording Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | RuPaul's Drag Race, "Wigloose: The Rusical!" (MTV) |
| Phil McGowan '09 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Score Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel) |
| Tony Solis '06 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Rerecording Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel) |
| Elmo Ponsdomenech '83 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | CAS, Rerecording Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation | Barry, "wow"(HBO Max) |
| David W. Collins '99 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Sound Engineer | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation | The Mandalorian, "Chapter 24: The Return" (Disney+) |
| Darrin Mann '91 | 2023 Emmy Nomination | Foley Editor | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation | Barry, "wow" (HBO Max) |
| Warren Pettey | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer | Best Tropical Album | Live from Peru, Tony Succar |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Dolby Atmos Mix/Mastering Engineer | Best Tropical Album | Legendario, Tito Nieves |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Stereo and Dolby Atmos/Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Dolby Atmos Mix/Mastering Engineer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | 1940 Carmen, Mon Laferte |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | El Alimento, Cimafunk |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Schmigadoon |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Best Vocal Jazz Album | Songwrights Apothicary Lab, Esperanza Spalding |
| Fernando Lodeiro '07 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Recording/Mix Engineer | Best Vocal Jazz Album | Songwrights Apothicary Lab, Esperanza Spalding |
| Arooj Aftab B.M. '10 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Best Global Music Performance | "Mohabbat" | |
| Arooj Aftab B.M. '10 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Best New Artist | ||
| Lewis Pickett '09 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | El Madrileño, C. Tangana |
| Scott McDowell '05 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer/Producer | Album of the Year | Donda, Kanye West |
| Jelli Dorman B.M. '15 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer/Mixer | Album of the Year | Montero, Lil Nas X |
| Jaclyn Sanchez B.M. '12 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer/Mixer | Album of the Year | Back of My Mind, H.E.R. |
| Chris Galland B.M. '07 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer/Mixer | Album of the Year | Back of My Mind, H.E.R. |
| Jaclyn Sanchez B.M. '12 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Engineer/Mixer | Album of the Year | We Are, Jon Batiste |
| Michelle Mancini B.M. '08 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Album of the Year | We Are, Jon Batiste |
| Michelle Mancini B.M. '08 | 2022 Grammy Nomination | Mastering Engineer | Record of the Year | "Freedom," Jon Batiste |
| Darrin Mann '91 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Foley Editor | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Star Trek: Discovery, "That Hope Is You," Part 1 (CBS) |
| Luke Gibleon '07 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Sound Effects Editor | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special | The Underground Railroad, "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter" (Amazon Prime) |
| Jay Jennings '92 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Sound Designer | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special | The Underground Railroad, "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter" (Amazon Prime) |
| Andres Locsey '13 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Music Editor | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series and Animation (Half-Hour) | Cobra Kai, "December 19" (Netflix) |
| Tim Latham '89 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Rerecording Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Hamilton (Disney +) |
| Elmo Ponsdomenech '83 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Rerecording Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (Apple TV +) |
| Phil McGowan '09 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Score Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Tina (HBO Max) |
| Phil McGowan '09 | 2021 Emmy Award Nomination | Score Mixer | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series and Animation (Half-Hour) | Cobra Kai (Netflix) |
| Tony Maserati '86 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Engineered Album and Best Singer-Songwriter Album | 3:33 (Debi Nova) |
| Paul Rubinstein '06 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Engineered Album and Best Singer-Songwriter Album | 3:33 (Debi Nova) |
| Justin Moshkevich '07 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Engineered Album and Best Singer-Songwriter Album | 3:33 (Debi Nova) |
| Daniel Dávila '13 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Engineered Album and Best Singer-Songwriter Album | 3:33 (Debi Nova) |
| Daniel Bitrán Arizpe '13 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Engineered Album and Best Singer-Songwriter Album | 3:33 (Debi Nova) |
| Michelle Mancini '08 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Mastering Engineer | Best Contemporary/Tropical/Fusion Album and Album of the Year | Cumbiana (Carolos Vives) |
| Justin Moshkevich '07 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Mastering Engineer | Best Pop/Rock Album and Album of the Year | La Conquista del Espacio (Fito Paez) |
| Gustavo Borner '89 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Producer/Engineer/Mixer | Best Pop/Rock Album and Album of the Year | La Conquista del Espacio (Fito Paez) |
| Enrique Larreal '04 | 2020 Latin Grammy Winner | Recording Engineer | Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year | PAUSA (Ricky Martin) |
| Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff '99 | 2020 Grammy nominee | Guitarist | Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | Elevate (Lettuce) |
| David Greenbaum '05 | 2021 Grammy Winner | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Hyperspace (Beck) |
| Fernando Lodeiro '07 | 2020 Grammy Winner | Recording and Mixing Engineer | Best Jazz Vocal Album | 12 Little Spells (Esperanza Spalding) |
| Brian Riordan '95 | 2020 Grammy Winner | Mixing Engineer | Best Comedy Album | Sticks & Stones (Dave Chappelle) |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2020 Grammy Winner | Mastering Engineer | Best Jazz Vocal Album | 12 Little Spells (Esperanza Spalding) |
| Chris Galland '07 | 2020 Grammy Winner | Mixing Engineer | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Cuz I Love You (Lizzo) |
| Chris Galland '07 | 2019 Grammy nominee | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Head over Heels (Chromeo) |
| David "Elevator" Greenbaum '05 | 2019 Grammy nominee | Engineer | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Colors (Beck) |
| Oscar Zambrano '03 | 2019 Grammy nominee | Mastering Engineer | Best Musical Theater Album | Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (Original Televison Cast) |