Tune into NYU Alumni Grammy Award Winners on Spotify
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Whether you're having a dance party or need some inspiring background music while you work, turn up the volume with these talented alumni musicians. All tracks are performed, written, produced, and engineered by NYU Alumni Grammy Award winners. Log into your Spotify account and follow our NYU Alumni Grammy Winners playlist (link opens in a new tab) to listen to your favorite music artists and discover new ones.
Learn more about these talented NYU alumni and their award-winning work below.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list and only includes a small number of the many talented NYU alumni who work in the field of music.
Blake Slatkin (GAL), Producer
Album: About Damn Time
Artist: Lizzo
Grammy Award(s): Record of the Year (2023)
Wayne Shorter (STEINHARDT ’56, HON ’10), Artist, Producer, and Songwriter
Song: Adventures Aboard the Golden Mean
Artist: Wayne Shorter
Grammy Award(s): Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Emanon (2019)
Mark Ronson (TSOA), Producer
Song: Back to Black
Artist: Amy Winehouse
Grammy Award(s): Best Pop Vocal Album for Back to Black (2008)
Alex DeTurk (STEINHARDT ’06), Mastering Engineer
Song: Born to Trouble
Artist: Brad Melhdau
Grammy Award(s): Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Finding Gabriel (2020)
Kenta Yonesaka (TSOA ’10), Recording Engineer
Song: Cognac
Artist: Buddy Guy
Grammy Award(s): Best Traditional Blues Album for The Blues Is Alive and Well (2019)
Joe LaPorta (STEINHARDT ’02), Mastering Engineer
Song: Cuz I Love You
Artist: Lizzo
Grammy Award(s): Best Urban Contemporary Album for Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) (2020)
Alex Pall (GAL ’08), Artist
Song: Don’t Let Me Down
Artist: The Chainsmokers
Grammy Award(s): Best Dance Recording (2017)
Wayne Shorter (STEINHARDT ’56, HON ’10), Soloist
Song: Endangered Species
Artist: Wayne Shorter
Grammy Award(s): Best Improvised Jazz Solo (2023)
Brian Rajaratnam (LS), Engineers/mixers
Song: Flowers
Artist: Miley Cyrus
Grammy Award(s): Record of the Year (2024)
Joe LaPorta (STEINHARDT '02), Mastering Engineer
Song: Flowers
Artist: Miley Cyrus
Grammy Award(s): Record of the Year (2024)
Melina Matsoukas (TSOA ’03), Video Director
Song: Formation
Artist: Beyoncé
Grammy Award(s): Best Music Video (2017)
Steven Feifke (STEINHARDT ’13)
Album: Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra (Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra)
Artist: Steven Feifke
Grammy Award(s): Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (2023)
Ari'el Stachel (TSOA ’13), Artist
Song: Haled's Song About Love
Artist: Ari'el Stachel
Grammy Award(s): Best Musical Theater Album for The Band’s Visit (2019)
Nicole Zuraitis (STEINHARDT '07), Artist
Song: How Love Begins
Artist: Nicole Zuraitis
Grammy Award(s): Best Jazz Vocal Album (2024)
Jason Baum (TSOA ’08), Video Producer
Song: HUMBLE.
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Grammy Award(s): Best Music Video (2017)
Derek Ganong (STEINHARDT ’12), Recording Engineer
Song: Immigrant Song
Artist: John Dave
Grammy Award(s): Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom (2019)
Sean Patrick Flahaven (TSOA ’97), Producer
Album: Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
Artist: Broadway Cast of Into the Woods
Grammy Award(s): Best Musical Theater Album (2023)
Lauren Patten (TSOA), Artist
Album: Jagged Little Pill
Artist: Lauren Patten
Grammy Award(s): Best Musical Theater Album (2022)
André De Shields (GAL ’91), Artist and Amber Gray (TSOA ’10), Artist
Song: Livin’ It Up on Top
Artists: Reeve Carney, André De Shields, and Amber Gray
Grammy Award(s): Best Musical Theater Album for Hadestown (2020)
Michael Riddleberger (STEINHARDT '06, CAS '10), Engineers/mixers
Album: Midnights
Artist: Taylor Swift
Grammy Award(s): Album of the Year (2024)
Jessie Montgomery (STEINHARDT '12), Composer
Song: Montgomery: Rounds
Artist: Jessie Montgomery
Grammy Award(s): Best Contemporary Classical Composition (2024)
Brett Morgen (TSOA '99), Video director/producer
Song: Moonage Daydream
Artist: David Bowie
Grammy Award(s): Best Music Film (2024)
Jon Samson (STEINHARDT ’05), Artist
Song: Predicament
Artist: John Samson
Grammy Award(s): Best Children’s Album for Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype (2020)
Khari Cain (STEINHARDT ’03), Songwriter and Andrew Wotman (STEINHARDT, TSOA), Producer
Song: Ring
Artist: Cardi B (feat. Kehlani)
Grammy Award(s): Best Rap Album for Invasion of Privacy (2019)
Rick Rubin (TSOA ’85), Producer
Song: Rolling in the Deep
Artist: Adele
Grammy Award(s): Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form Music Video (2012)
Ian Axel (STEINHARDT ’07), Artist and Songwriter and Chad King (STEINHARDT ’07), Artist and Songwriter (NYU Young Alumni Award Honorees 2019)
Song: Say Something
Artist: A Great Big World
Grammy Award(s): Best Pop Duo/Group Recording (2015)
Stefani Germanotta (TSOA) aka Lady Gaga, Artist and Songwriter
Song: Shallow
Artist: Lady Gaga
Grammy Award(s): Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written For Visual Media (2019)
Carole Bayer Sager (CAS ’79), Songwriter
Song: That’s What Friends Are For
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Grammy Award(s): Song of the Year (1987)
Alan Menken (ARTS ’72, HON ’00), Composer
Song: The Little Mermaid: Under the Sea
Artist: Samuel E. Wright
Grammy Award(s): Best Song Written for Visual Media (1991)
Cy Coleman (STEINHARDT), Producer and Composer
Song: The Ziegfeld Follies (My Big Mistake)
Artist: The Will Rogers Follies Assemble
Grammy Award(s): Best Musical Show Album for The Will Rogers Follies (1991)
Donald Glover (TSOA ’06) aka Childish Gambino, Artist and Songwriter
Song: This Is America
Artist: Childish Gambino
Grammy Award(s): Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Music Video (2019)
Emily Lazar (STEINHARDT ’96), Mastering Engineer
Song: This Life
Artist: Vampire Weekend
Grammy Award(s): Best Alternative Music Album for Father of the Bride (2020)
Nancy Whang (STEINHARDT ’00), Artist
Song: Tonite
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Grammy Award(s): Best Dance Recording (2017)
Fred Ebb (ARTS ’55), Composer
Song: Willkommen
Artist: John Kander
Grammy Award(s): Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album for Cabaret (1967)
Emily Lazar (STEINHARDT ’96), Mastering Engineer, Cole M.G.N. (TSOA ’07), Songwriter, Producer, and Jesse Shatkin (GAL ’01), Engineer
Song: Wow
Artist: Beck
Grammy Award(s): Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Colors (2019)
Melissa Manchester (TSOA, ’71–’72), Artist
Song: You Should Hear How She Talks About You
Artist: Melissa Manchester
Grammy Award(s): Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1982)
Jack Antonoff (TSOA Faculty), Producer
Songs: "All Too Well" (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) (Taylor Swift) (T); "Dance Fever" (Florence + The Machine) (A); "I Still Believe" (Diana Ross) (T); "Minions: The Rise Of Gru" (Various Artists) (A); "Part Of The Band" (The 1975) (S)
Artist: Muliple (see above)
Grammy Award(s): Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (2023)
Taylor Swift (HONORARY '22), Artist
Album: Midnights
Artist: Taylor Swift
Grammy Award(s): Album of the Year (2024)
Rubén Blades (Former Steinhardt Scholar in Residence)
Album: Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022)
Artist: Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Grammy Award(s): Best Tropical Latin Album (2024)