Berklee College of Music has established a scholarship named after Grammy Award-winning engineer Al Schmitt. The fund was created by the school’s Music Production and Engineering Department and seeded with a $50,000 gift from the endowment fund of former Berklee faculty member Wayne Wadhams, who played a key role in building the department, beginning in 1983.
The Al Schmitt Engineering Scholarship will aid selected students majoring in music production and engineering.The tuition-based scholarship will be awarded to a single student annually, beginning in fall 2022.Schmitt died in April at the age of 91.
He’s known for having received more Grammys for engineering — 20, not including his separate Latin Grammys and a National Trustees Award —.
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