Notable Alumni of Musicians Institute

Rick Hill 1946–

Businessman and U.S. representative from Montana

Also attended: Saint Cloud State University, Purdue University Global

Michael Denning 1954–

Cultural historian and Yale American Studies professor

Also attended: Yale University

Shruti Haasan 1987–

Indian actress and singer

Jeff Buckley 1966–1997

Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Steve Vai 1960–

Guitarist and three-time Grammy winner

Also attended: Berklee College of Music

Kat Graham 1989–

Actress and singer, Bonnie in The Vampire Diaries

Chad Smith 1961–

Drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers

Synyster Gates 1981–

Lead guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold

Q'orianka Kilcher 1990–

Actress known for The New World

Marcus Paus 1979–

Norwegian composer

Also attended: Manhattan School of Music

Paul Gilbert 1966–

Hard rock and heavy metal guitarist

Rivers Cuomo 1970–

Founder and lead vocalist of Weezer

Also attended: Berklee College of Music, Harvard University

Alessandro Cortini 1976–

Italian musician known for Nine Inch Nails

John Shanks 1961–

Songwriter, record producer and Bon Jovi guitarist

Tanya Chua 1975–

Singaporean singer-songwriter

Lex Lang 1965–

Voice actor, voiced Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot

Ilya Salmanzadeh 1986–

Swedish songwriter and record producer

Emanuela Bellezza 1984–

Italian-American singer-songwriter

Stefan Olsdal 1974–

Swedish musician, bassist of Placebo

Ray Luzier 1970–

Drummer of the band Korn

Bishop Briggs 1992–

English singer and songwriter

Kenan Doğulu 1974–

Turkish pop singer, fourth at Eurovision 2007

Jeff Young 1962–

Guitarist, formerly of Megadeth

Joacim Cans 1970–

Swedish singer, lead vocalist of HammerFall

Bibi Zhou 1985–

Singer and actress, Super Girl 2005 runner-up

Nick Chou 1988–

Taiwanese singer and actor