California College of Music

California College of Music (abbreviated CCM) is a for-profit, contemporary popular music school in Pasadena, in Los Angeles County, California. The institution was first founded in 1999 as the Pasadena International Music Academy, and changed its name to California College of Music in 2008. It currently offers six-quarter Associate of Arts degrees in music performance (voice, guitar, bass, drums, and piano/keyboards) as well as a four-quarter and two-quarter Certificate program in Music Performance and Songwriting & Music Production.

California College of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Faculty

Chris Kapica, Dean/ Chief Academic Officer

Craig Pilo, drums

Alessandro Bertoni, keyboard

Carlos Campos, keyboard

David Bawiec, Songwriting and Music Production co-chair

Dom Capuano, Music Production

Dr. Sherri Canon, Ph.D., Music History, Drums

German Schauss, guitar

Ben Thomas, guitar

Chris Spilsbury, guitar

Nick Kellie, guitar

Benjamin Shepherd, bass guitar

Michael Eisenstein, Songwriting

Kia Knoester, voice

Former Faculty and Alumni

Phillip Ingram

Oren Waters

Kevin Dorsey

Konstantin Silich

Weba Garretson, voice

Katya Gruzglina, voice

Casey Sidwell, bass guitar

Anthony Crawford, bass guitar

References

Music schools in California

Educational institutions established in 1999

1999 establishments in California