Our INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors have extensive experience teaching music to students of all ages and experience levels.   

Dr. Christian Struck

Dr. Christian Struck

Head Music Technology Teacher & CEO

Dr. Christian Struck teaches classes in Gotham Music Academy’s music technology program. Before following his passion for music education and founding Gotham Music Academy, he worked for several decades in academia and the legal profession, finally retiring from a successful career as outside counsel to leading players in the financial industry. Christian holds a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in law from the University of Bonn. A proud father of three, Christian also wears many other hats including as a certified triathlon coach, yoga instructor, human rights activist and attorney-at-law. In addition to producing and recording new songs, he loves to play guitar, bass, ukulele and keyboard.

Cristina Weisman

Cristina Weisman

Curriculum Consultant

Cristina Weisman has been teaching music, movement, dance, and theater to children for over 20 years. She has a Musical Theater background and a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. She began her music teaching career at Fundamentally Music in Houston, Texas and for two years taught at Riverbend Montessori. Currently she is the music director at Waterfront Montessori in Jersey City, NJ where she has designed her own Montessori Music Curriculum for all ages through Middle School. She holds certifications for the “Arts for the International Baccalaureate (IB) – Middle Years Program (MYP)” as well as “Re-directing a Child’s Behavior.” Cristina has presented “Music in the Montessori Classroom” at the New Jersey Montessori Association Conference several years in a row. Her singing credits include Catholic Choral Conference with the St. Thomas More Catholic Choir in Prague.  She has publicly performed as a named principal in the cast of critically acclaimed music theater productions such as Hair, Nunsense, The Three Cornered Hat, Godspell, Sweeney Todd, and more.