California College of Music
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The California College of Music is a music college located in Pasadena, California. The school covers all aspects of contemporary music and recording arts, focusing in the areas of music performance, engineering and production, DJing and turntable technology, and artist development. In addition to guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, turntable and voice programs, the school also offers private lessons on all instruments as well as demo recording services in its multiple recording studios.
History
Founded in 1999 as the Pasadena International Music Academy, with a curriculum developed by Uros Raskovski, the school moved to its current location in Catalina Avenue in early 2008. CCM has drawn significant numbers of international students.
Faculty
Chair of the Music Department:
- Wayne Henderson (of the Jazz Crusaders)
Chair of the Engineering and Production Department:
- Reggie Dozier (holds honors on 7 Grammy-winning projects)
Full time faculty:
- Dee Dee McNeil (voice), Brenda Pierce (voice), Phyllis Battle (voice), Uros Raskovski (guitar, theory), Lorenzo Grassi (guitar), Alexa Brinkschulte (drums), Ryan Brown (drums), Mark Mercury (piano), Yoel DeJesus (piano), Daniel Brummel (bass, theory), Paulo Gustavo (bass), Jerry 'Prince Kwame' Buckman (music production), Nick Ferrero (music production)
Guest instructors:
- Philip Ingram (voice), Barbara Morrison (voice), Arthur Adams (guitar), Brian Price (guitar), Ndugu Chancler (drums), Tony Moore (drums), Bill Steinway (piano), Bobby Lyle (piano), David Enos (bass), David Hughes (bass), Ronnie Laws (bass), Paul Russo (bass)