California College of Music (abbreviated CCM) is a for-profit, contemporary popular music school^[1] in Pasadena, in Los Angeles County, California.^[2] The institution was first founded in 1999 as the Pasadena International Music Academy, and changed its name to California College of Music in 2008.^[3] 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.^[4]

California College of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.^[5]

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, PhD, 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

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