Program Recognition
•Bullet: Guitar was one of the three performance programs offered when the Los Angeles Music Academy, now Los Angeles College of Music, was founded in 1996; Frank Gambale was the founding chair of the Guitar Department
Training
•Bullet: The Associate of Arts in Guitar Performance is a six-quarter, 90-credit degree; its department outcomes cover the fretboard and chords (dyads, triads, seventh chords, inversions and extended chords), intervals and note recognition, and chart reading across jazz, rock/pop, funk/R&B, Latin/world and hybrid styles
•Bullet: The six-quarter pacing runs String Theory 1 through 5, Applied Sight Reading 1 through 4, Reading Reality and a Private Lesson every quarter
•Bullet: Ensemble workshops cover American Roots & Blues, Jazz, Rock & Pop, and Gospel, R&B & Soul, with Apple Logic and MIDI Production alongside
•Bullet: In the sixth quarter each Associate of Arts candidate plans and performs an AA Recital of at least 30 minutes
•Bullet: The guitar faculty page lists Brad Rabuchin, Jeff Miley, Roberto Montero, Ken Song, Ricky Zahariades and Bill Fowler, and Jeff Miley is the Guitar Department Head
Professional Development
•Bullet: The program page names careers as performing artist, session player, accompanist, teacher, product demonstrator, church musician and cruise ship performer
Facilities
•Bullet: The catalog says seventeen practice labs and several practice stations are designated for guitarists, bassists and vocalists
