Ballinasloe film composer Amie honoured with award from college in Boston
Ballinasloe native Amie Doherty, who in recent years worked on a Lady Gaga album and became the the first female composer to score a DreamWorks animated feature film, has been honoured with an award from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Amie, who is based in the US, was among a group of four Berklee graduates recognised for their outstanding achievements in songwriting, performance, production, film and television scoring, music business, and other fields.
Berklee is an institute of music and the performing arts which offers degrees at its campuses in Boston, New York City, and Valencia, Spain.
Doherty graduated from Berklee's Valencia campus in 2013, and has gone on to work on dozens of high-profile projects, such as Lady Gaga's Grammy-nominated 2020 album Chromatica, the Emmy-nominated documentary Light In The Water, Emmy and Golden Globe winners Fargo and The Night Of, and CBS's acclaimed series Picard, and Star Trek: Discovery.
She made history for women in film scoring as the first female composer to score a DreamWorks Animated feature film with the 2021 summer release Spirit Untamed. Last year, she was invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is best known for its annual Academy Awards, or Oscars.
"To have the name Berklee attached to me has always meant so much to me," Amie said at the recent awards event.
"It was a pipe dream of epic proportions growing up. To be here to represent the Valencia campus…[our class] was the first year, and it was the best year of my life."
Along with Amie, Tommy Torres, Quinton Morris and Courtney Harrell were recipients of the outstanding achievement awards.
The honoured guests spent the day sharing their experiences with students and faculty before a pre-show reception at The Westin Copley Place, and they had a chance to address attendees during their acceptance speeches.
A special musical tribute capped off the evening, as the Berklee House Band performed an original work by director, arranger, and award-winning screen scoring student April DiDomenico, who led the ensemble through a piece that represented the career of all four honourees.