TEACHER

As an educator, Akram has shared his passion for music at leading institutions internationally. He currently serves as a faculty member at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches in the Screen Scoring department, including courses such as Composition and Orchestration for Media Composers and Introduction to Scoring Technology for Media Composers.

He also teaches at the New England Conservatory, where he leads the World Music Ensemble in the Contemporary Musical Arts Department and lectures on Contemporary Arabic Music Traditions, Scoring for Games, and Modal Interactions.

In addition, he is a faculty member in the Composition Department at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where he teaches Media Composition and maintains a private composition studio in the Composition and Theory department.

Moreover, he has also taught at Brandeis University in the BOLLI program.he has served as an Artist in Residence at Tufts University and as a faculty member at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Ono Academic College, and the University of Haifa.

FACULTY
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (2024 - current)
Screen Scoring Department

Composition and Orchestration for Media Composers
Introduction to Scoring Technology For Media Composer

FACULTY
New England Conservatory, Boston, MA (2022 - current)
ContemporaryMusical Arts Department

Leading the World Music Ensemble
Lecture on Contemporary Arabic Music Traditions
Lecture on Arranging And Orchestrating Using DAWs

Lectures on Scoring For Games

Lectures on Modal Interchange

FACULTY

Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA (2025 - current)

Composition and Theory department

Lectures on Media Composition
Lectures on Topics in Film Scoring

FACULTY
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (2021 - 2022)
Lectures on "Middle Eastern Arabic Music Traditions" and "Journey To World Music" courses in the BOLLI program

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Tufts University, Medford, MA (2021-2022)
Lectures and concert preparation for the TUFTS Middle Eastern Ensemble

FACULTY
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem, Israel (2016-2019)
Harmony and counterpoint Stages I-III courses
Ear Training and Theory courses

FACULTY
Ono College, Kiryat Onno, Israel (2016-2019)
Music theory; Ear training courses; Piano studio

FACULTY
Haifa University, Haifa, Israel (2016-2019)
Music theory course; Private lessons for new students