About Us

Serious about Music? Our ACM Diploma programs are designed for you. These are world-class programs developed by The Academy of Contemporary Music (World Leaders in Music Industry Education).  They are customized for us, and both practical and inspiring.

Students learn to write, record and perform in a creative atmosphere with other like-minded musicians. Our programs are taught within a professional recording studio environment so you will become familiar with engineering and the recording process, but the focus is kept on musicianship and transferable skills as opposed to sound engineering.

At Modern Music Academy, we specialize in

Song Writing & Production
Musicianship & Performance Skills
Music Business & transferable professional skills

With MMA Director Darren Clarke as lead instructor, we also have an exciting team of lecturers for our Professional Music programs. These include but are not limited to Jon Anderson (Yes), Terry Lawless (Keys & Programming for U2), George Nauf, Inga Swearingen, Tommy Aldridge (Drummer for Randy Rhodes & Ozzy Osbourne), Kenny Lee Lewis (Steve Miller Band), and more…


What about our part time / after hours programs?

We’ve been offering our evening / after school programs for Adults & Teens since we opened in 2003. The emphasis in all of our programs is on live performance, song writing, musicianship skills and band development and communication.