EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1945 by Lawrence Berk as the Schillinger House of Music. It became the Berklee School of Music in 1954 and then the Berklee College of Music in 1973.

Location:
Boston, MA

Founding Date:
1945

Official Website:
http://www.berklee.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary Burton	Jazz Musician	23-Jan-1943		Jazz vibraphonist
Bruce Cockburn	Singer/Songwriter	27-May-1945		Rocket Launcher
Paula Cole	Singer/Songwriter	5-Apr-1968		Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
Kevin Eubanks	Jazz Musician	15-Nov-1957		Bandleader on The Tonight Show
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer	10-Feb-1929	21-Jul-2004	Prominent soundtrack composer
Jan Hammer	Musician	17-Apr-1948		Wrote the theme for Miami Vice
Juliana Hatfield	Musician	27-Jul-1967		Juliana Hatfield Three
Bruce Hornsby	Musician	23-Nov-1954		Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Keith Jarrett	Jazz Musician	8-May-1945		Jazz pianist and composer
Quincy Jones	Music Producer	14-Mar-1933		Musician, Composer, Producer
Lisa Loeb	Singer/Songwriter	11-Mar-1968		Stay (I Missed You)
Mary Lou Lord	Musician	1-Mar-1965		Indie folk singer and sometime busker
Natalie Maines	Country Musician	14-Oct-1974		Dixie Chick
Karen Mantler	Composer	1966		Composer, musician and champion of Arnold
Branford Marsalis	Jazz Musician	26-Aug-1960		Saxophonist
John Mayer	Musician	16-Oct-1977		Your Body Is a Wonderland
Al Di Meola	Jazz Musician	22-Jul-1954		Jazz fusion guitarist
Mudge	Hacker	1970		Hacker, cDc member
Trey Parker	Cartoonist	19-Oct-1969		South Park
John Petrucci	Guitarist	12-Jul-1967		Dream Theater guitarist
Psy	Singer/Songwriter	31-Dec-1977		Gangnam Style
Charlie Puth	Singer/Songwriter	2-Dec-1991		Nine Track Mind
Dana Robbins	Musician	?		R&B saxophonist
Sonny Sharrock	Guitarist	27-Aug-1940	26-May-1994	Free jazz guitarist
Brendon Small	Comic	15-Feb-1975		Home Movies, Metalocalypse
Steve Vai	Guitarist	6-Jun-1960		Ex-Zappa guitar mangler, backyard apiarist
Gillian Welch	Singer/Songwriter	2-Oct-1967		Revival
Keith Fullerton Whitman	Electronic Musician	29-May-1973		Hrvatski

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary Burton	Jazz Musician	23-Jan-1943		Jazz vibraphonist
Al Kooper	Musician	5-Feb-1944		Blood, Sweat and Tears

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Connaughton	Business	c. 1967		Bain Capital
Michael R. Eisenson	Business	c. 1955		Charlesbank Capital Partners
Paul Sagan	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Akamai

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