We lead by example. We empower our highly-qualified instructors to be lifelong learners and remain on the forefront of their fields through required continuing education and performance opportunities.

EXCELLLENCE

We shape curious artists. You’ll dive deeper into your craft and discover new perspectives and points of view that will influence your path as a musician and a person.

INSPIRATION

We love what we do, and we want you to feel the same.
After all, “art is pointless without passion.”   — Jasmine Kay Uy

PASSION

 We value your time and your hard work. We will work alongside of you to have you leave each lesson feeling AT LEAST 1% of an Improvement if not more, EVERY time.

GROWTH

We welcome and embrace all humans. We get to know you as a person, as well as an artist, in order to customize your journey and provide a safe environment for creative exploration.

INCLUSION

We want you to love what you learn. We will give you the tools and the space to express yourself fully through your art.

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Every member of our team embodies the Musik Makers Mission:

GROWTH

INSPIRE

PASSION

ActinG / Audition PREP / COLLEGE & CAREER MENTOR /
MUSIC THEORY / Piano / Voice

Owner/CEO

Rebecca Pieper

Miss Rebecca has been teaching, directing, and performing in the Lehigh Valley for 24 years. A native of New York, she began her music career with piano lessons at the age of three and, by 17, she made her Classical Soprano Debut at the NYSTS Young Artists Winners Recital at Carnegie Hall. Miss Rebecca double majored in vocal performance and music education at Westminster Choir College.

Miss Rebecca holds many professional and educational certifications, and is finishing her Master of Vocal Performance and Pedagogy with a Musical Theatre emphasis at Westminster Choir College. She recently completed Level 1 Certification as a Yoga Voice Instructor. Her other certifications include Levels 1-3 of Contemporary Commercial Music with Shenandoah University CCM Institute, NeuroVocal Method Certification, Musical methodologies of Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze and the 4Mat Teaching System Certification from the Westminster Choir College Summer Voice Institute, and Early Childhood Certification through the Musikgarten Program.

In addition to teaching in her private studio, Miss Rebecca served as an Adjunct Professor of Voice in the Theatre Department at DeSales University from 2011 through 2023. She is a highly sought after music director and keyboardist for local high schools, theatres and universities. Miss Rebecca is also an active clinician and presenter for the National Association of Teachers of Singing and other professional organizations.

While Miss Rebecca loves teaching, she also maintains an active performance career that crosses the bridge between musical theatre and opera throughout New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Locally, she has performed, directed, choreographed, music directed, accompanied, and ran camps at DeSales University, Cedar Crest College, Chansonette Theatre, Northampton Community College, PA Playhouse, Civic Theatre, The Pines, Nazareth Middle School and High School, Nazareth Center For The Arts, Southern Lehigh High School and many more. She loves being on both sides of the stage as a performer.

Miss Rebecca finds it extremely important to teach to the individual student. Lessons are structured around the student, not a publisher’s curriculum. She recognizes the importance of producing a musician for life, and she is passionate about training her students to have a healthy and functional voice, and to always bring their authentic selves into every performance.

Passionate about lifelong learning, networking, and community building, Miss Rebecca holds memberships with Lehigh Valley Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association, Music Theatre Educators Alliance, National Association of Teachers of Singing (Lehigh Valley President, Member of New Jersey, Eastern Region President and National Level Executive Board Member) and the Pennsylvania Music Teachers National Association.

Alumni and current students of Miss Rebecca's studio can be found on Broadway stages, national tours, professional and semi professional opera houses and theatres, coffee houses, and concert halls locally and across the country. In addition to numerous students being Freddy Award winners, they have also been finalists and winners in local, regional and national vocal competitions.

Outside the studio, Miss Rebecca is a mother of two grown young men, Carson and Brandon and her doggies. In addition to teaching, learning, and performing, she loves fitness, food, fashion, and her friends.

Rebecca Pieper

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MEET OUR TEAM

VoICE teacher

Abby illingworth

Voice & Audition Prep

Nina Elias

Guitar / Songwriting / Ukelele

Paul Fitzgerald

Violin / Viola / Piano

Fusun AlpakiN, M.M.

Fusun Alpakin is a professional violinist, violist, pianist, and educator with more than four decades of teaching and performing experience in the United States, Europe, and Türkiye. She holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts and has dedicated her career to inspiring students of all ages to discover confidence, creativity, and lifelong joy through music.

Throughout her career, Fusun has taught violin, viola, piano, chamber music, and music theory to students ranging from three years old through adulthood, from complete beginners to advanced performers preparing for auditions, competitions, recitals, and college music programs. As a Suzuki-certified instructor, she believes every student can develop musical ability in a positive, encouraging, and structured learning environment.

In addition to private teaching, Fusun founded and served as Executive and Artistic Director of Southport Performing Arts Conservatory in Chicago for nearly two decades, where she developed innovative music, dance, and theatre programs while producing numerous concerts, musicals, festivals, and community arts events. She has also served as Director of the Music Department at the School of Performing Arts in Naperville and currently teaches as a Substitute Music Instructor at Moravian Academy in Pennsylvania.

Her professional performance career includes the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the New Philharmonic Orchestra, and nearly a decade as Assistant Concertmistress of the Istanbul State Opera & Ballet Orchestra. These experiences continue to enrich her teaching by helping students develop strong technique, expressive musicianship, and professional performance skills.

Fusun is passionate about helping every student reach their individual potential while making music a meaningful part of everyday life. Whether a student dreams of performing professionally or simply wants to enjoy making music, she strives to create lessons that are engaging, encouraging, and tailored to each student’s unique goals and learning style.

Fusun Alpakin, M.M.

ACTING / Audition Prep / Commercial Music

Alison Ansorg

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