NYU-Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

CDI would like to thank , , , , and Stefan Accardo for hosting "Songs In Progress" a week-long Songwriting Camp for our students and alumni, held at WMG headquarters in NYC. The collaboration offered our students and alumni an unparalleled opportunity to create and network with an amazing group of professionals. We express our sincere gratitude to all our partners & supporters.

Photo 1 - CDI students and alumni 🎧
Photo 2 - CDI with the WMG and BMI team partners 🎸

Clive Davis Institute is partnering with & for "Songs in Progress", a songwriting camp for CDI students and alumni and Warner Chappell writers. CDI student and alumni songwriters applied for spots in the camp. SPARTA reviewed all entries and selected 11 to participate in the camp, being held at the WMG studios, NYC office as we speak. The camp is being led by Stefan Accardo (A&R Operations at Atlantic Music Group). We thank our partners for this amazing opportunity.

CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE GRADUATION SHOWCASE 2025 - On May 10th, eleven of our graduating seniors, chosen by an independent panel of music industry professionals, were featured in our CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE Graduation Showcase at the historic venue ROULETTE, Brooklyn NY. A wonderful gathering of 200 people for an evening of music and celebration. The show was Directed by with Music Direction by . CDI holds its annual Graduation Showcase each May, and it is one of NYC's finest opportunities to discover a deep well of rising new artists. Don't miss next year's show !!!

The Clive Davis Institute Graduation Showcase comes to Brooklyn this year! To a historic music venue .

Join us Saturday, May 10th for an unforgettable night of live music from eleven of our graduating seniors. Each artist was hand-selected by an independent jury of music industry professionals, including curators from NPR’s Tiny Desk, Berlin’s COLORS, and other industry tastemakers.

We couldn't be more proud of our graduating seniors!

To attend the show and for RSVP details, please send us a DM. ✍🏼

Join us for summer courses in production, engineering, songwriting, business, and performance at ! Courses are open to non-majors and visiting students alike. Remote and in-person, for-credit and non-credit, options available. Link to register in our bio!

Welcome to Clive Davis Institute, Julie Greenwald! 💜

CDI Student .zucker and his team competed in the MIT AI Filmmaking Hackathon of 2025 this past weekend, and won the Best Character award for their short film ‘For Pixi.’ The event had 600+ students, grads, and professionals worldwide and 110+ total submissions. Not only was his team awarded at the hackathon, but they also received a special award, offered by OpenArt, who was one of the sponsors for the event, for excellence in using their product for AI generations in their short film.

As a part of the award for Best Character in a Short Film, the film will be screening at the CineQuest Film Festival 2025 in San Jose on March 11 as a part of one of their special events! The festival is an Academy Award qualifying film festival with an average of 100,000+ attendees yearly.

Congratulations to Nate and his team!

Khushi Hora: Writer & Director
Carolina Herrera: Writer & Editor
Leah Jian Yu: Visual Designer & Prompt Engineer
Nate Zucker: Composer & Creative Director

The Clive Davis Institute celebrates the dedication and unveiling of J DILLA STREET in Detroit, MI. CDI professor , author of the NY Times best seller “Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of the Hip Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm,” along with CDI adjunct instructors and , led a campaign along with Dilla’s daughters, .yancey and to rename E Nevada St to J. Dilla Street.

James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla, was an immensely influential influential hip hop producer. Although he died of illness in 2006 at the young age of 32, he started a conversation about rhythm that is still ongoing.

Photos: Dilla’s daughters, Ty-Monae Whitlow (L) and Ja’Mya Yancey (R), and a chilly looking Prof. Dan Charnas.

We would like to congratulate all our 2025 Grammy nominees and winners. We celebrate all the contributions and successes of our alumni, students, and faculty.

**WINNER** Best Song Written For Visual Media
“It Never Went Away” by Jon Batiste
Kaleb “KQuick” Rollins ’10 (BFA, CDI), recording/immersive mixing engineer

**WINNER** Best R&B Album
“11:11 (Deluxe)” by Chris Brown
Domenico Randazzo ’20 (BFA, CDI), songwriter

**WINNER** Best Música Mexicana Album
“Boca Chueca, Vol. 1" by Carin León
Nija Charles ’14 (FMM, CDI), songwriter

Best Rap Song
“Carnival” by Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign
Raul Cubina ’15 (BFA, CDI), songwriter

Best Latin Jazz Album
“As I Travel” by Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero
Jim Anderson and Ulrike Schwarz (Instructors, CDI), recording engineers and producers

Best Children's Music Album
"World Wide Playdate" by Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids
Mary Brown (Instructor, CDI), producer and co-writer

Best Alternative Music Album
“What Now” by Brittany Howard
Jordan Perteet ’19 (BFA, CDI), a&r executive

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Ca****la
“Rose Without The Thorns” by Scott Hoying
Gabi Grella ’21 (BFA, CDI), mastering engineer

Best R&B Album
“Coming Home” by Usher
Nija Charles ’14 (FMM, CDI), songwriter

Best Reggae Album
“Never Gets Late Here” by Shenseea
Nija Charles ’14 (FMM, CDI), songwriter

Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Kehlani” by Jordan Adetunji
Nija Charles ’14 (FMM, CDI), songwriter

Best Metal Performance
"Suffocate" by Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
Zach Tuch '16 (BFA, CDI) engineer & additional production

Best Jazz Vocal
“My Ideal” by Catherine Russell & Sean Mason
Alan Silverman (Instructor, CDI), mastering engineer

Save the Karriem residency dates! ✍🏼

Our very own Lauren Davis has been promoted to Associate Chair of the Clive Davis Institute, as featured in , and 💥

From Chair : “Her music business and legal expertise, and her academic focus on policy, rights advocacy, and gender equity in the music industry has influenced and directed the professional lives of so many of our students and alumni.”

Congratulations to on this momentous achievement!

Clive Davis Institute alum (‘19), along with two other alums of CDI’s Summer High School program and , have been honored in this year’s list!

Congratulations to our three alums on their innovative and industry-disrupting work💥

The deadline to apply for Summer High School 2025 is TONIGHT at 11:59pm ET. Our four-week residential program is open to high school sophomores and juniors looking to receive specialized business and artistic training in music entrepreneurship. Use the link in our bio to apply now 🔗