IN MUSIC EDUCATION
about our experts
Unmatched expertise in music education
Steve Lipman
Head of admissions and faculty member at Berklee College of Music for 40 years, Steve Lipman and our team at Inside Music Schools speak music as their primary language. We approach each client contact with open eyes, ears, and minds. We apply our experience and expertise as professional music educators and veteran consultants to the specific goals, skills, and concerns of each student and their families. Our clients are now launching careers from Juilliard, Berklee, USC, New England Conservatory, Jacobs School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, NYU, Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, and nearly every other major music program in the country.
David Lee Fish
Dr. David Lee Fish, Ph.D., is senior associate with Inside Music Schools and works with all the families and students we serve. He brings to his role a long, successful career in both music and higher education. David founded and continues to direct the degree concentration in popular music as a tenured professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. In that role, he has gained expertise in a range of subjects, including music business, technology, and theory. He also co-founded and is a past president of the Association for Popular Music Education, the leading professional organization for educators in that field. His participation has helped him forge relationships with fellow faculty of popular music across the country and intimate knowledge of their programs.
HISTORY OF SUCCESS
As Berklee's head of Admissions, Steve Lipman enrolled such Grammy winners & nominees as:
- WILL CALHOUN
Drummer • Living Color - TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON
Jazz & Studio Drummer - VINNIE COLAIUTA
Studio Drummer - AL DIMEOLA
Jazz Guitarist - MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Pop Vocalist - BILL FRISELL
Jazz Guitarist - JAN HAMMER
Film Composer - DONALD HARRISON, JR.
Saxophonist • Actor “Treme” - LALAH HATHAWAY
R&B Vocalist - NEIL JACOBSON
President • Geffen Records; Interscope
- DIANA KRALL
Jazz Vocalist - JOEY KRAMER
Drummer • Aerosmith - ABRAHAM LABORIEL, JR
Rock drummer • Paul McCartney - ALEX LACAMOIRE
Orchestra Arranger • Hamilton, In the Heights - DONNY MCCASLIN
Jazz Saxophonist • David Bowie - NATALIE MAINES
Vocalist • The Dixie Chicks - BRANFORD MARSALIS
Jazz Saxophonist - JOHN MAYER
Pop Guitarist/Songwriter/Vocalist - BEN MCKEE
Bass • Imagine Dragons
- CHARLIE PUTH
Singer/Songwriter/Producer - KURT ROSENWINKEL
Jazz Guitarist - JOE SATRIANI
Rock Guitarist - JOHN SCOFIELD
Jazz/Prog Guitarist - HOWARD SHORE
Film Composer - DEREK SIVERS
Entrepreneur • CD Baby - STEVE SMITH
Studio Drummer • Journey - ESPERANZA SPALDING
Bassist/Vocalist/Composer - SUSAN TEDESCHI
Rock/Country/Blues vocalist