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).

Jason Arce

Primary Instrument: 
Saxophone
Studio Neighborhood: 
Brooklyn Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
A train
C train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Nat King Cole, Norah Jones, MF Doom, Soul For Real, MercyMe, Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, Minus the Bear, Damien Rice, Ari Hest, White Buffalo, Jason Morant, Joseph Arthur, Sufjan Stevens, Frou Frou, Raul Midon, Circa Survive, Amos Lee, Soulive, India Arie, Kings of Convenience, Fundamentals, Buena Vista Social Club, Carmen McRae, Mae, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Third Day, Cannonball, Ben Harper, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Evans, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Nick Drake, Josh Kelley, Jeffrey Gaines, Joe Lovano, Duncan Sheik, Natalie Imbruglia, Seamus Blake, Count Basie, Agents of Good Roots, Marvin Gaye, Jeff Buckley, Black Eyed Peas, Aloha, Eva Cassidy, Mates of State, Medeski Martin & Wood, Of Montreal, Gilad Atzmon, Brian Jones, Ray LaMontagne, Vast, Chick Corea, Harry Connick Jr., Imogen Heap, Gipsy Kings, Ida, Brahms, Chris Potter, Nas, Wes Montgomery, Cross Movement, Seven Places, Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, Rooney, Beach Boys, Samuel Barber, Mars Volta, At the Drive In, John Coltrane, Jack Johnson, Duke Ellington, Sparta, Radiohead, Coldplay, Karl Denson, Roy Hargrove, Old No Doubt, Ella, Jesse Cook, Marc Anthony, Enrique, Mutemath, Jimmy Eat World, Copeland, Dave Holland, Guster, Bio Ritmo, Modern Groove Syndicate, Jennifer Knapp, Brad Mehldau, The Roots, Kanye, John Legend, Common, Mos Def, Talib, Sinatra, Bob Marley, Milton Nascimento, Louis Armstrong, Luce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Eisley, Michael Tolcher, McCoy Tyner, Hank Jones, Paul Motian, Benny Carter, Hank Mobley, Miles Davis, Animal Collective, Of Montreal, Robert Glasper, Anais Mitchell

Jesse Schiffman

Primary Instrument: 
Flute
Studio Neighborhood: 
Long Island City, Queens
Convenient Subway Lines: 
7 train
G 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)

Shanti Raval

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Bhimpalasi gat (short) by Shanti Raval

Primary Instrument: 
Clarinet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
1 train
A train
C train
Influences: 
Western classical, North Indian music