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

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,

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...

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

Etan Haziza

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Pershing Circle by Etan Haziza

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, Classical Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Beginner Piano
Studio Neighborhood: 
Fort Greene
Convenient Subway Lines: 
A train
C train
B train
D train
G train
Q train
R train
Influences: 
Bach, Satie, Debussy, Django, Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, Beatles, Pearl Jam, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Q-Tip, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson

Harvey Valdes

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Feeder Big Beat by Harvey Valdes

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, Oud, Cumbus
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
Influences: 
My musical tastes are always expanding and evolving ~ so much to listen to and learn from!

But some musicians that have been very important to me: Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Joe Pass, Schoenberg,Ornette Coleman, Marc Ducret, Stravinsky,David Torn, Black Sabbath,Thelonious Monk, Tal Farlow, Miles Davis, Riad Al Sunbati, Jane's Addiction, Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Page, Slayer, Tim Berne.

Just the tip of the iceberg here, so many to mention...

Jeremy Viner

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Figmentum II by Curtis Macdonald

Primary Instrument: 
Saxophone, Clarinet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Crown Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
A train
C train
S train
Influences: 
Wayne Shorter, Arnold Schoenberg, Deerhoof, Sam Rivers, Igor Stravinsky, Dirty Projectors, Archie Shepp, Gustav Mahler, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Morton Feldman, Radiohead, John Coltrane, Alban Berg, Animal Collective, Steve Coleman, Claude Debussy, Annie Clark, Duke Ellington, Edgar Varese, The Books, Vijay Iyer, John Cage, Marvin Gaye, Tim Berne, Bela Bartok, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Lehman, Anton Webern, Joanna Newsom, Tyshawn Sorey, Michael J Schumacher, Nels Cline, Ornette Coleman, Milton Babbitt, Grizzly Bear, Charles Mingus

Jesse Schiffman

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Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano by Jesse Schiffman

Primary Instrument: 
Flute
Studio Neighborhood: 
Midtown, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
1 train
2 train
A train
C train
E train
B train
D train
N train
Q train
R train
Influences: 

Carol Wincenc (flute faculty, The Juilliard School), Robert Langevin (Principal flute, New York Philharmonic), Michael Parloff (former Principal flute, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)