The Berklee Alumni Achievement Award is a prestigious recognition presented to former students or graduates of the College and Conservatory in honor of their outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the arts industry and beyond. These awards serve to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of alumni who have made significant and positive impacts, whether in their professional careers, personal endeavors, or through their service to society.
The Berklee Alumni Achievement Awards night takes place every spring, highlighting the success and influence of our awardees while inspiring the next generation of the Berklee community.
Learn more about past award recipients on our YouTube channel.
2024 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Natalie Toro BFA ’86, Gustavo Borner BM ’89, and Mark Kelley BM ’03 were recognized at the 2024 Alumni Achievement Awards on April 4 at View Boston in the Prudential Center.
2023 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Amie Doherty MM ’13, Tommy Torres BM ’93, Quinton Morris BM ’04, and Courtney Harrell BM ’01 were recognized at the 2023 Alumni Achievement Awards on March 30 at the Westin Copley Place.
2022 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Karen Peterson Corash (BFA ’76, dance), Claude Kelly BM ’02, Seth Saltzman BM ’81, Rich Abante Moats BM ’07 MA ’19, Mike Cassidy ’97, and Pinar Toprak BM ’00 were recognized at the 2022 Alumni Achievement Awards.
2021 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Mindi Abair BM ’91, Cheche Alara BM ’94, Jared Braverman ’08, Delfeayo Marsalis BM ’89, Tony Maserati ’85, and Mike Mosallam (BFA ’06, musical theater) were recognized at the 2021 Virtual Alumni Achievement Awards.
2019 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Will Calhoun BM ’86, Gustavo Celis BM ’94, Ramin Djawadi BM ’98, Nir Seroussi BM ’96, Ebony Williams (BFA ’05, contemporary dance), and Amanda Yesnowitz (BFA ’96, musical theater) were recognized at the 2019 Alumni Achievement Awards.
2018 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Eugene Gearty ’82, Susan Tedeschi-Trucks ’91, Tim Cushman ’80, Stephen Oremus ’92, Cristina Abaroa ”91, Robert Vega ’06, Makeba Riddick-Woods ’99, and Mihail Jojatu ’99 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) were recognized at the 2018 Alumni Achievement Awards.
All Past Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Mindi Abair '91 Rich Abante Moats '07 Cristina Abaroa '91 Greg Abate '71 John Abercrombie '67 Alexander Acha '03 *Lily Afshar '81 Cheche Alara '94 *Doris Alberta '63 *Paul Alberta '63, '81 Rodney Alejandro '97 *Gerard Alessandrini '77 Justo Almario '71 Gary Anderson '69 *Diane Arvanites-Noya '80 Victor Bailey '80 Chris Barrick '95 Bill Berry '58 Jeff Bhasker '99 Seamus Blake '92 Gustavo Borner '83 Jared Braverman '07 Alan Broadbent '69 Will Calhoon '86 Tommy Campbell '79 William Carrier '80 Thomas Casey '75 Mike Cassidy '97 Gustavo Celis '94 *Michelle Chassé '92 Cyrus Chestnut '85 Alf Clausen '66, '96H Bruce Cockburn '65 Laurie Cohen '75 Vinnie Colaiuta '75 Richie Cole '67 Karen Corash '76 Linda Critelli '86 Tim Cushman '80 Mane De La Parra '05 Scott Dente '87 Christine Dente '87 Al Di Meola '74, '19H Ramin Djawadi '98 Amie Doherty '13 *Diana Dohrmann '71 Chuck Doud '88 *Eugenia Douglas O’Brien '73 Joe Doyle '87 Elliot Easton '74 *Russell Edward Devuyst '78 Hal Galper '57 Albhy Galuten '68 Brian Garten '95 Eugene Gearty '82 Rich Gibbs '77 Cricket (Catherine) Goldwyn '78 David Grossman '79 Juan Guerra '82 Stu Hamm '80 Jan Hammer '69 Rani Hancock '91 Courtney Harrell '01 Lalah Hathaway '90 Norihiko Hibino '97 Warren Hill '87 Todd/Harry Homme '76 David Horn '78 Jim Howard '76 Benny Ibarra '90 Wanetta Jackson-Shepherd '89 Ingrid Jensen '89 *Mihail Jojatu '99 Mark Kelley '03 Claude Kelly '02 Kwang Kim '88 *Cynthia King '77 *Pamela Klappas-Pariseau '88 *Eddie Korbich '83 Diana Krall '83 Martin Kratochvil '77 Abraham Laboriel Jr. '94 Abe Laboriel Sr. '72, '05H Alex Lacamoire '95 Patty Larkin '74 Ken Lewis '91 Robbie Lewis '94 *Victoria Livengood '85 Jeff Lorber '71 Linda Lorence Critelli '87 Joe Lovano '72, '98H Juan Luis Guerra '82 *Harriet Lundberg '69 Gavin Lurssen '90 Terri Lyne Carrington '83, '03H *Joe Machota '95 Hummie Mann '76 Michael Manring '79 Joe/Yusuf Mardin '85 Eric Marienthal '79 Delfeayo Marsalis '89 Branford Marsalis '80, H '06 Tony Maserati '85 David Mash '84 *James May '65 Bill McFarlin '81 Robin McKelle '99 Aya Merrill '94 Hunter Moore '77 *Quinton Morris '04 *Mike Mosallam '06 Pablo Munguia '97 *Anne Nathan '85 Tim Nilson '96 Tiger Okoshi '75 Junko Onishi '89 Larry Oppenheimer '77, '14 Steven Oppenheimer '77, '14 Stephen Oremus '92 *James Orleans '81 Panos Panay '94 Jay Patten '69 Danilo Peréz '88 *Sandra Piques Eddy '94 Angela Piva '86 Emily Remler '76 Makeba Riddick-Woods '99 J.R. Robinson '75 Matt Rollings '86 David Rosenthal '81 Seth Saltzman '81 Lee Satterfield '83 John Scofield '73, H '97 Michael Semanick '85 Nir Seroussi '96 Thomas Sheehan '75 Lawrence Shragge '77 Alan Silvestri '70, H'95 Derek Sivers '90 Steve Smith '76 Joe Smyth '79 Tom Snow '69 Lisa Strout '70 Neil Stubenhaus '75 Harvie Swartz '70 *G.Clayton Taliaferro '64 Susan Tedeschi Trucks '91 Pinar Toprak '00 *Natalie Toro '86 Tommy Torres '93 Brian Transeau '89 Hiromi Uehara '03 Steve Vai '79, H'00 David Van Slyke '82 Alexia Vassiliou '85 Robert Vega '06 Gwenn Vivian '86 Steve Walter '78 Ernie Watts '66 Gillian Welch '92 Carol Welsman '80 *Ebony Williams '05 Elizabeth Withers-Mendes '94 *Karla Wolfangle '65 *Amanda Yesnowitz '96
