Curb College of Arts, Media & Communication
Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication 은 미국음대 프로그램 중 25위 안에 rank 될 정도로 유명한 California State University at Northridge (CSUN: pronounced C-SUN) 의 예술, 통신대학입니다. 이 학교 졸업생이며 음악가이고, Curb
Record 회사 창시자, 캘리포니아 부지사 등을 지낸 유명한 자선가 Michael C. Curb의 업적을 기리는 뜻으로 학교이름이
지어졌습니다
Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication은 Department of Art, Department of Communication Studies,
Department of Music, Department of Cinema and Television Arts, Department of Journalism, Department of Theatre 의
6개 학부로 나뉘어져 있습니다. Department of Music 이 학교의 음대 역할을 합니다.
CSUN Department of Music Academics & Programs
현재 음대에는 500여명의 학부와 대학원 학생들이 70여명의 교수진과 함께 클래식, Jazz, 오페라, 작곡, 상업음악 분야에서 주목
받는 예술인이 되기 위해 학업에 정진하며 예술공연의 중심지인 LA에서 20~30분 거리에 있으므로 교육 및 공연환경이 뛰어나다고 할 수 있습니다. 음대의 입학률은 45%로 입학이 어렵지 않고, UC 계열의 학교들과 비교해서 학비가 매우 저렴합니다.
Breadth Studies, Music Industry Studies, Music Education, Music Therapy 에서 BA 학위를, Jazz Studies, Composition/Commercial and Media Writing, Vocal Arts, Keyboard, Percussion, Winds, Strings 에서 BM 학위를 Music Industry Administration
에서 MA 학위, 그리고 Collaborative Piano, Performance, Conducting, Composition 에서 MM 학위를 수여하며, Music
Therapy 에서 수료증 (Certificate) 을 수여합니다.
학교시설로는 음대빌딩인 Cypress Hall 을 비롯하여 Electronic Percussion Studio, Jazz Studios, Music Technology Lab, Piano Lab, Pipe Organ, Plaza del Sol Performance Hall, Practice Room, Rehearsal Hall, Recording Studio 등이 있습니다.
CSUN Performance Venues and Facilities
CSUN 음대의 이름난 교수진으로 Dmitry Rachmanov (piano), Lorenz Gamma (violin) 그리고, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra member인 Jory Herman (Bass), Paul Radke (Trombone), Larry Kaplan (Flute) 등이 음대 교수진으로 임명됐습니다.
CSUN Music Faculty by Division
음대의 이름난 졸업생으로 Cristian Amigo (composer, guitarist, and ethnomusicologist), Mark Balderas (musician, keyboardist and songwriter with the rock band Human Drama), John Densmore (musician, former drummer of The Doors),
Daryl Dragon (musician, "The Captain" of Captain and Tennille fame), Michelle DeYoung (classical vocalist and opera
singer), Mike Elizondo (record producer), James Fortune (musician, gospel singer), Grant Geissman (guitarist, session
guitarist, composer, recording artist), Gordon Goodwin (big band composer, arranger, and saxophonist), Andy Grammer
(singer), Kalani (musician, percussionist), Fred Katz (jazz cellist) Jim Pons (musician, bass guitarist and singer for The Leaves, The Turtles, and The Mothers of Invention), Kentaro Sato (musician, composer), Toshiyuki Shimada (music director,
conductor and professor, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Yale School of Music),
Sebu Simonian (singer, songwriter, keyboardist, producer, half of the Los Angeles-based indie pop duo Capital Cities),
Leland Sklar (musician, session bassist), Andy Summers (musician, guitarist with The Police), Serj Tankian (musician, System of A Down), Carol Vaness (opera singer), Diane Warren (musician, music publisher, winner of a Grammy Award, an
Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award), Tim Weisberg (jazz/rock fusion flautist, composer, producer, vocalist) 등이
있습니다.