Program Recognition
•Bullet: Piano performance joined Los Angeles College of Music's program list after the school took its current name in 2014, alongside Music Business, Songwriting, Composing for Visual Media and Brass & Woodwind
Training
•Bullet: The Associate of Arts in Keyboard Performance is a six-quarter, 90-credit degree; its department outcomes cover the piano and electronic and electro-acoustic keyboard instruments, including groove, improvisation and chart reading across jazz, rock/pop, gospel, funk/R&B and Latin/world styles
•Bullet: The six-quarter pacing runs Keyboard Mastery 1 through 5 (Blues and Roots, Jazz Piano Fundamentals, Rock and Pop Fundamentals, Advanced Rock and Pop, and Gospel, R&B and Soul), Sight Reading, Improvisation and Ensemble Reading, 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 keyboard faculty page lists Mitchel Forman, Joey Navarro and Carlos Campos, and Morgan Jones is the Keyboard Department Chair
Professional Development
•Bullet: The program page names careers as performing artist, session player, accompanist, teacher, product demonstrator, theatre musician, church musician and cruise ship performer
Facilities
•Bullet: The catalog says two practice labs with upright pianos are designated for piano majors
