Steve "Major" Giammaria with his Emmys from last year's event (photo by Stephanie Phingsten).

State University of New York at Fredonia School of Music alumnus Steve “Major” Giammaria, ʼ06, received multiple 2024 Emmy awards for his work on the popular show, “The Bear.”

Giammaria, a Sound Recording Technology major at SUNY Fredonia, won Emmy awards with his team for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (half-hour) and Animation; and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (half-hour). He won in the same categories last year for “The Bear,” Season 1.

Giammaria has worked at Sound Lounge in New York City for 18 years.