BML Teachers by Instrument & Topics

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Aya Nishina

Primary Instrument: 
Composition, Music Theory, Ear Training, Child Education
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 
Sounds of the earth, Breaths, Lullabies and chants from around the world, Bhagavad Gita, Gamalan Music from Indonesia and Bali, Gagaku (Japanese Imperial court music from Heian period), Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Carlo Gesualdo, Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Jean-Philippe Rameau, J.S.Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, W.A.Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Maurice Ravel, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Nadia Boulanger, Alfred Cortot, Andrés Segovia, Dmitri Schostakovich, Herbert von Karajan, Olivier Messian, Akira Kurosawa, John Cage, Michelangelo Antonioni, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Luciano Berio, George Crumb, Gyorgy Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Toru Takemitsu, Andrei Arsenyevich, Glenn Gould, Terry Riley, Martin Scorsese, Evan Parker, Bernard Woma, Cyro Baptista, Kaija Saariaho, John Zorn, Akira Nishimura, The Beatles, Ned Rothenberg, Brad Mehldau, Björk, Radiohead... (approximately in historical order).

Beck Burger

Primary Instrument: 
Piano, Organ, Accordion
Studio Neighborhood: 
Flatbush / Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
5 train
B train
Q train
Influences: 
Clifton Chenier, Wynton Kelly, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Bill Frisell, BB King, Nina Simone, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, John Medeski, Kneebody, Dave Douglas, Jim Black, John Hollenbeck, John Lennon, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Dirty Projectors, Frank Zappa, J Dilla, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Debussy, Ravel

Brandon Terzic

Primary Instrument: 
Electric and Nylon String Guitar, Oud, Saz
Studio Neighborhood: 
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
Q train
S train
Influences: 

Paco De Lucia, Jimi Hendrix, Ali Farke Toure, Ry Cooder, Salif Kaita, Lionel Loueke, Kora Music, Oud Music, Gnawan

Carlos Pavan

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La cumparsita by Tango duo

Primary Instrument: 
Classical Guitar, Latin Guitar Styles
Studio Neighborhood: 
Greenwood Heights / South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
D train
N train
R train
Influences: 
Andres Segovia, Paco De Lucia, Jorge Morel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astor Piazzolla, Gismonti,Leo Brouwer,

Christopher Tordini

Primary Instrument: 
Bass
Studio Neighborhood: 
Crown Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
3 train
A train
C train
S train
Influences: 

the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Gillian Welch, Liquid Tension Experiment, John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Bill Evans, Scott Lofaro, Charles Mingus, Bjork, Radiohead, Meshuggah, At The Drive-In, Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, the Jackson 5, Arcade Fire, the Police, J.S. Bach, Joanna Newsom, Jim Black, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Thomas Morgan, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Keith Jarrett, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, David Lynch, Andy Kaufman, chess, food

Clynt Yerkes

Primary Instrument: 
Trumpet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Prospect Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
A train
C train
S train
Influences: 

Miles Davis, Radiohead, Tower of Power, Parliament, Willie Nelson, Maceo Parker, John Coltrane, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prince, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Squarepusher, MMW, Johnny Cash, Joanna Newsom, Freddie Hubbard, Jeff Beck, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Wille Colon, Count Basie, Brian Lynch, Harry James, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Woody Shaw, Kool & the Gang, Red Garland, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, Christian Scott, Chick Corea.

Curtis Macdonald

Curtis Macdonald - Saxophonist & Composer

Primary Instrument: 
Alto Saxophone, Composition
Studio Neighborhood: 
Greenwood Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
D train
F train
N train
R train
Influences: 

Natural Phenomena.

David Cieri

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Five Smooth Stones by David Cieri

Primary Instrument: 
Piano, Composition
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
Influences: 
I am drawn to and heavily influenced by the sounds we tend to overlook/overhear. The grunts, groans, aches, cries of pleasure, joy, and pain that this beautiful and crippled city makes each day have a profound effect on how we are shaping ourselves internally and externally. How can we distill these "noises" which are so personal and simultaneously social and re gift them? Does giving them focus change the way we hear them? How can we plow these personal experiences into our shared musical history and past?

I am influenced by Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, Muddy Waters, Led Zeppelin, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, J.S. Bach, Chris Speed, John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, Milford Graves, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Ernst Reijseger, Myra Melford, Marilyn Crispell, Iggy and the Stooges, Arvo Part, Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Professor Longhair, Gygory Ligeti, Oliver Messiaen, Art Lande, George Crumb, Charles Mingus, Albert Ayler, Elliot Sharp, Elliot Carter, Washington Phillips, Bessie Smith, John Lee Hooker, John Coltrane...

Derek VanScoten

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DVS Sampler by Derek VanScoten

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Bass, Tenor Banjo, Bouzouki, Ableton Live, DJ, Pro Tools
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
B train
F train
G train
M train
Q train
R train
Influences: 

Any great rock guitarist / group, acoustic bands like the David Grisman Quintet and Solas, beat producers like The Roots and Flying Lotus, the beauty of classical music, the depth of jazz guitar, breathtaking song writing like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Sufjan Stevens, the groove and tone of any Motown or Staxx era artists, the attitude of punk rock, the sensation of group improvisation and the voice of my wife.

Emma Sky

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Mehtap by Emma Sky

Primary Instrument: 
Violin, Viola, Electric Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle
Studio Neighborhood: 
Prospect Heights / Crown Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
A train
C train
S train
Influences: 
J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Bartok, Shostakovich, Mahler, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Sublime, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Rachel Bissex, Stephanie Nilles, Radiohead, Corporate Love Breakdown (the bluegrass tribute to Radiohead), Atmosphere, Jedi Mind Tricks