Notable Alumni
Mike Curb
Mike Curb is the former Acting Governor and Lieutenant Governor of California, a GRAMMY award-winning record producer, a Billboard record producer of the year and a BMI multi award-winning songwriter.
John Densmore
John Paul Densmore is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band The Doors, and as such is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Pinar Toprak
Pinar Toprak is one of the most refreshing voices in music composition today with a diverse body of work spanning across film, television, and video games.
Gordon Goodwin
Gordon L. Goodwin is an American pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is the leader of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band.
Grant Geissman
Grant Geissman is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for Monk and other TV series.
Peter Rotter
Peter Rotter, founder and creative music producer of Peter Rotter Music Services and now the newly formed Encompass Music Partners, has a long history in both music composition and music production.
Leland Sklar
Leland Bruce Sklar is an American electric bass guitarist and session musician. He is a member of the Los Angeles-based instrumental group The Section.
Andy Summers
Andy Summers is an English guitarist who rose to fame in the early 1980’s as a member of the multi-million record selling rock band The Police.
Andy Grammer
Andrew Charles Grammer is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records.
Mike Elizondo
Mike Elizondo is a Grammy-award winning producer, songwriter, and musician who has collaborated with major artists across many genres.
Jim Berk
Jim Berk is the Chairman and CEO of Goodman Media Partners, music executive, and is the Founder of Hamilton Academy of Music.
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren is an American award-winning songwriter, musician and record producer. Warren's career was jump-started in 1985 with "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge.
Genevieve Artadi
Genevieve Artadi is most widely known as one-half of KNOWER, the avant-pop duo she formed with musical polymath Louis Cole in 2009.