The influence of CRAS has been felt throughout the music and recording industry. Our graduates have gone on to win many awards in music recording, movie sound, video game audio and more.
CRAS People Make it at the Grammy Awards!
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Year
Graduate’s Name
Credit
Artist
Album/Track Name
Award
2021
Trevor Orriss
Engineer
Fantistic Negrito
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Best Contemporary Blues Album
2021
Ike Schultz
Vocal Production and Engineer
Kaytranada
Bubba
Best Dance Electronic Album
2021
Eric Eylands
Engineer/Assistant Engineer
Beck
Hyperspace
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
2021
Bobby Campbell
Mixing Engineer
John Legend
Bigger Love
Best R&B Album
2021
Scott Moore
Mixing Assistant
Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Stay High
Best Rock Song
2021
Tim Machiafava
Engineer and Mix Assistant
Hildur Gu›nadóttir, composer
Joker
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
2020
Chris Kasych
Engineer
HAIM
Women in Music pt. III
Album of the Year
2020
Gosha Usov
Assistant Engineer
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Look Now
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
2020
Ike Schultz
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lizzo
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
2020
Morgan Stratton
Recording Assistant
Tool
7Empest
Best Metal performance
2020
Chris Kasych
Engineer
Vampire Weekend
Father of the Bride
Best Alternative Music Album
2020
Greg Eliason
Assistant Engineer
Willie Nelson
Ride Me Back Home
Best Country Solo Performance
2019
Cory Bice
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ariana Grande
Sweetener
Best Pop Vocal Album
2019
Darrell Thorp
Recording Engineer/Mix Engineer
Beck
Colors
Best Alternative Music Album
2019
Joe Baldridge
Recording Engineer
Dan + Shay
Tequila
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
2019
Johnnie Burik
Assistant Engineer
Lady Gaga
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin?)
Best Pop Solo Performance
2019
Noah Killeen
Assistant Engineer
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
Anderson, Laurie: Landfall
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
2019
Greg Eliason
Assistant Engineer
Luis Miguel
¡MÉXICO POR SIEMPRE!
Best Regional Mexican Music Album
2019
Will Quinnell
Mastering Engineer
PJ Morton Featuring Yebba
How Deep Is Your Love
Best Traditional R&B Performance
2019
Will Quinnell
Assistant Engineer
Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
Electricity
Best Dance Recording
2019
John Congleton
Producer
St. Vincent
Masseducation
Best Rock Song
2019
Timothy Marchiafava
Assistant Engineer
The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Emanon
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
2019
Eric Rennaker
Assistant Engineer (tracks Z5)
Weird Al” Yankovic
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
2018
David Davis
Engineer
“Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade)”
Remember Me
Best Song Written For Visual Media
2018
Scott Moore
Assistant Engineer
“The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart”
All About That Basie
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
2018
Steve Olmon
Recording Engineer
Alice In Chains
Rainer Fog
Best Rock Album
2018
Morgan Stratton
Assistant Engineer
Boz Scaggs
Out of the Blues
Best Contemporary Blues Album
2018
Timothy Marchiafava
Assistant Engineer
Brad Mehldau Trio
Seymour Reads the Constitution!
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
2018
John Congleton
Producer, Recorded , Mixed
Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako
I’ll Be Your Girl
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
2018
Will Quinnell
Mastering Engineer
Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
Best Urban Contemporary Album
2018
John Palmieri
Digital Editing, Overdub Engineer, Percussion, Vocal Engineer, Vocals (Background)
Cole Swindell
Break Up in the End
Best Country Song
2018
Will Quinnell
Mastering Engineer
Fall Out Boy
M A N I A
Best Rock Album
2018
Greg Eliason
Assistant Engineer
Ghost
Prequelle
Best Rock Album
2018
Nik Karpen
Mixing Assistant
Halestorm
Uncomfortable
Best Rock Performance
2018
Robert Cheeseman
Assistant Recording Engineer
High On Fire
Electric Messiah
Best Metal Performance
2018
Will Quinnell
Mastered
Kelly Clarkson
Meaning of Life
Best Pop Vocal Album
2018
Morgan Stratton
Engineer
Larry Klein
All These Things
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
2018
Noah Killeen
Assistant Engineer
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
Landfall
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
2018
Buckley Miller
Engineer
MercyMe
Grace Got You
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
2018
David Davis
Engineer
Michael Giacchino, composer
Coco
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
2018
Rob Williams
Assistant
Michael W. Smith
Surrounded
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
2018
Will Delaney
Assistant Engineer
Miguel
War & Leisure
Best Urban Contemporary Album
2018
Micheal Peterson
Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi
Come Through and Chill
Best R&B Song
2018
Cory Bice
Assistant Engineer
P!nk
Beautiful Trauma
Best Pop Vocal Album
2018
Will Quinnell
Mastered
PJ Morton
First Began
Best R&B Performance
2018
Will Quinnell
Mastered
PJ Morton
Gumbo Unplugged (Live)
Best R&B Album
2018
Chris Kasych
Recording Engineer
Soundtrack
Lady Bird
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
2018
Sam Holland
Engineer
Taylor Swift
Reputation
Best Pop Vocal Album
2018
Zeph Sowers
Recording Engineer
The Carters
Summer
Best R&B Performance
2018
Zeph Sowers
Recording Engineer
The Carters
Everything Is Love
Best Urban Contemporary Album
2018
Darrell Thorp
Recording Engineer
Twenty One Pilots
Jumpsuit
Best Rock Song
2018
Michael Law Thomas
Recording Engineer
Various Artists
Black Panther: The Album, Music from and Inspired by
Album Of The Year
2018
Gordon Hammond
Engineer
Willie Nelson
Last Man Standing
Best American Roots Performance
2018
Gordon Hammond
Engineer
Willie Nelson
My Way
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
2018
Erick Jaskowiak
Engineer
Wood & Wire
North of Despair
Best Bluegrass Album
2018
Jared Hirshland
Engineering
Ziggy Marley
Rebellion Rises
Best Reggae Album
2017
Chris Kasych
Engineer
Adele
25
Album of the Year
2017
Jacob Dennis
Assistant Engineer
Adele
Hello
Record of the Year
2017
John Cranfield
Assistant Engineer
Beyoncé
Lemonade
Best Urban Contemporary Album
2017
Jeremy Underwood
Engineer
Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway Live
Best R&B Album
2017
Juan Sevilla
Assistant Recording Engineer
Maren Morris
My Church
Best Country Solo Performance
2017
Adam Chagnon
Recording Engineer
Tim McGraw
“Humble and Kind” on Damn Country Music
Best Country Song
2017
Michael Peterson
Assistant
Twenty One Pilots
Stressed Out
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
2017
Jared Hirshland
Engineer
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley
Best Reggae Album
2016
Sorrel Brigman
Recording Assistant
Chris Stapleton
Traveller
Best Country Solo Performance
2016
Mike Layos
Assistant Engineer
D’Angelo & The Vanguard
Black Messiah
Best R&B Album
2016
Mike Layos
Assistant Engineer
D’Angelo & The Vanguard
“Really Love” on Black Messiah
Best R&B Song
2016
Steven Wessing
Assistant Assembly, Engineer
Joni Mitchell
Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced
Best Album Notes
2016
Jeremy Underwood
Engineer
Lalah Hathaway
Little Ghetto Boy
Best Traditional R&B Performance
2016
Justin Merrill
Engineer
Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Ask Your Mama
Best Engineered Album, Classical
2016
Matthew Wheeler
Mix Assistant
Little Big Town
Girl Crush
Best Country Song
2016
Keith Munson
Assistant Engineer
Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
