TUTORS


 

Tom STEIN
Tom Stein is a Professor in the Professional Music Department at Berklee
College of Music in Boston, USA, where he has taught for 25 years. 
Specialties include artist career development, arranging, performance,
live concert production, and music business/marketing. He has also taught
harmony (music theory), ear-training, and ensembles.  As a
professional bassist, guitarist and vocalist in the rock, jazz, soul,
country and blues idioms, he has recorded and performed around the world
with prominent artists such as Al Kooper, as well as the Drifters, the
Coasters, the Platters, the Marvelettes and others. He is a visiting Professor at MMA.






 

Serdar ÖZTOP
A self tought musician, guitar virtuoso Serdar has a degree in civil engineering.  Recorded many albums with top TR artists as a producer, sound engineer. He is recording his 3rd solo album and conducts Production Workshops at MMA.



Bora USLUSOY
Musicians' Institute London GIT grad Bora is a founding partner and guitar instructor at MMA.  He has written most of the guitar curriculum and working on his second album.  Also author of four guitar instruction books.

 



Güç Basar GULLE

Berklee grad Guc teaches jazz guitar, ear training and harmony.  He has got a degree in philosophy besides Turkish Music and Jazz composition.  Currently recording his solo debut.



Eylem PELİT
One of the leading bass players in Turkey, Eylem PELIT has credits with John Scofield, Claudio Roditi, Fatih Erkoç, Aşkın Arsunan, Elvan Aracı, Önder Focan, Mark Harris, Karl Potter, Jack Tama, Russel Melon, Aydın Esen, Kerem Görsev, Fahir Atakoğlu, Yıldız İbrahimova, Pasaporte Latino as well as many local pop stars. Teaches advanced bass classes at MMA.



Sibel KÖSE
Sibel is Turkey's one of the best jazz singers. She permanently performs concerts and records at festivals, on TV and radio both nationaly and internationaly. Sibel Kose teaches advanced singing at MMA full time certificate programs.



Tercan SENER
LA Musicians' Institute PIT grad Tercan SENER teaches drums at MMA as well as playing with important rock acts in Istanbul.



Sinan AKTAS
Sinan completed MMA Certificate Program in 2006-2007 with the highest grade.  He began working as a guitar intructor since then.



Bahadır PEKER
Bahadır PEKER has successfully completed our Full Time Certificate Program on Guitar in 2009. In addition to several side projects, he is a member of the band STONED, which he founded with Ender ŞAHİN, another MMA graduate. Bahadır plays guitar, sings and writes for the band, which released its second video recently. Teaches guitar for the part-time courses as well as Single String Technique, Fingerboard Harmony, Rhythm Guitar courses for the full time certificate program.



Erdem Serhan ŞİDE
Erdem has completed MMA Full Time Vocal Certificate Program in 2009. He is the founding member of the band, Yedirenk who plays local shows occasionally and working on original material. Erdem teaches many courses in the full time programme as well as part time singing courses for beginners.