"Before discovering Dick Grove, I was discouraged and disoriented as to my future in the music business. I was creatively frustrated and needed the means to expand my conceptual horizons as well as broaden my writing and instrumental techniques. I intended to return to college but studied with Dick instead, and as a result, I received renewed vigor, creative stimulation, and technical expertise in less than a years time. Now business opportunities opened up as a result of my own personal confidence in my abilities.”

Tom Matsumura - (Professional player and writer - CAP Grad)
“After five years in college and a Bachelor’s degree in music theory and composition I still didn’t know how to really write music. After one year with Dick Grove I feel qualified and able to handle any assignment in any style of music on a professional level. Dick really knows music and how to teach it.”

Paul LaRose - (Professional trombonist, writer - CAP Grad)
“I find Dick Grove truly to be a pioneer in music education. His materials are immediately usable for professional application.The information is progressive and new, and relates to what is happening currently in the music industry. His program made me very sensitive to the areas I was neglecting, and I’ve made it a point to correct these deficient areas.”

Wayland Pickard - (Conductor, Arranger, Keyboardist for leading singers, TV shows - CAP Grad)
“Studying with Dick was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Dick Grove will join the ranks as the ‘Schoenburg of Teachers’ in the commercial music field.”

Mike McMullen - (TV, Records, Saxophonist, writer - CAP Grad)
“Straightforward, usable experience. Dick’s approach is geared to give the student experience - and in the working world, that is what counts!”

Charles Black - (Woodwinds, Professional Writer - CAP Grad)
“Dick Grove has given me insight as to how and why musical ideas function in the areas of composition, arranging and improvisation. In other words, it’s a logical process designed to produce a discriminating ear and mind. I would recommend studying with Dick to anyone  serious enough about music who wants to move ahead.”

Herbie Harper - (NBC Staff Orchestra for 16 years, Recording, Film,
Trombonist)
“I decided to fill a gap in my musical education by studying Modern Harmony, Theory and Arranging with Dick Grove. It was my good fortune to have chosen the most professional, well-organized approach for serious musicians that is available in the country. Thanks for enabling me to
hear my first arrangement with a great deal of pride.”

Nadine Refsell - (Arranger, Composer, Orchestrator - CAP Grad)
“For anyone who wants to make the music that plays in their mind a reality and not just a fantasy, Dick Grove’s approach is the way to sharpen your awareness and learn writing techniques from the bottom up. You need three things to reach your goals: (1) Persistence, (2) Persistence, (3) Persistence - and a little luck doesn’t hurt either.”

Chuck Aarons - (Guitarist, recording artist for Capitol Records, TV
Commercials - CAP Grad)
“I happily endorse Dick Grove. All the various elements that make up a working professional can be effectively learned with Dick. He offers a one-of-a -kind approach. It is a unique opportunity to work with him and learn from a professional who has proven himself.”

Al Walker - (Keyboardist, Professional writer CAP Grad)
“During the time I studied with Dick, I’m certain that I gained more knowledge about music and how to apply that knowledge than I obtained in my entire university musical experience (including graduate work). In addition to new material, insights, and techniques (rather than the university approaches which were either two general or too impractical), the essentials of music have been brought into clear perspective and focus. I don’t believe that I have ever heard one word spoken by Dick which does not have a direct and immediate relationship with music as a business. At the same time, the demand is always there for musicality, artistic sensibility, and integrity towards whatever musical situation we are faced with. It’s great to know an instructor is a top music professional, but more important is the fact that their knowledge can be conveyed in an organized, concrete, concise way”

Larry Dougherty - (Woodwinds, saxes, Professional Instrumentalist)
“Dick Grove has been a major influence in my interpretation of the various styles of music that I have been required to play in recent years. Dick himself is a master technician in the art of arranging and
keyboard - he really gets you to think about what you are doing.” 
James Campbell - (Film Orchestrator, bassist - CAP Grad)
“This is the most practical and direct approach to becoming a complete professional I have ever encountered.”

Kelly Greene - (Keyboardist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor) 
“After seven semesters of study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston and many years of professional work, I still find that there is always something new to learn, old techniques that need refreshing, and mostly, a desire to be musically stimulated. Dick Grove fulfills every demand I have ever asked for. Not only do I consider the education the finest in its field, but along with recommending it with boundless enthusiasm to all aspiring and professional musicians, I am proud to have studied with Dick Grove.”

Frank Hobbs - (Professional Arranger, Bassist)
“I can’t begin to cover the deep emotion and gratitude I have attached to Dick Grove. Never have I learned so quickly with such precision and organization, not one, but many detailed subjects involving music. Dick is a ‘teacher’ in the most pure essence of the word. For my time and money, there is no comparison. He has effected my life in a most positive manner.
I will always be grateful.”

Ned Ginsburg - (Keyboardist, Arranger, Composer, Broadway writer- CAP Grad)
“The one and a half years I studied with Dick Grove represented the most valuable and productive period of my entire educational training. After having attended two major universities, I can easily say that the instruction provided by Dick was superior and refreshing!”

Harry Goodnight - (Conductor, Composer, Orchestrator, Trombonist - CAP Grad)
“Dick Grove has provided me with a most solid foundation on which to build my career.Through his teaching, I was able to master music’s ‘basic alphabet’ and am now going on to further my musical creativity with much enthusiasm. Without Dick, I would have floundered for years just searching for a place to begin to understand music and its elements.”

Seth Wittner - (Keyboards, Arranger, Orchestrator - CAP Grad)
“I learned more in the first 10 weeks of the CAP program than I could hope to learn in years, anywhere else (including private instructors). Dick Grove has made certain that we learn extremely crucial concepts relating to the basics of musicianship and writing. These are concepts I might never have tackled on my own. The material is presented as concisely as possible, and it feels good to be learning from someone with a life time of professional experience; each little piece of information he passes on can save me more trouble than I’d like to think about. Week by week, I felt and gained greater control in all areas of composition and arranging...and gained greater confidence as well. There is much more that I could say in praise of Dick and the education I received, but the most important comment I can make is that Dick Grove’s very real and deep commitment to teaching what must be taught is most evident and has created an atmosphere of seriousness of purpose and cooperation which extends from him to everyone who comes in contact with him. I only wish I could have discovered this opportunity sooner!”

Dave Izzard  - (Jingle Writer, Producer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor - CAP Grad)
“If it had not been for Dick and the CAP program, I would still be wandering around in the dark wondering why my charts didn’t sound quite right. The program straightened me out in just a short amount of time and taught me what I couldn't learn with a Bachelor of Music Degree in composition and ten years of writing experience. Because of Dick, my future is bright. Everyone who hears my compositions and arrangements like what they hear and I always work. There’s no more ‘hit and miss’, no more guess work; I know now what I should have known long ago. As far as I’m concerned, even a Ph.D. can’t have a complete education without Dick Grove’s Magical Musical approaches because that’s what they are – MAGIC!”

Uan Rasey - (Trumpet - Top studio musician) 
“I recommend studying with Dick Grove highly. He provides a practical application of the work we do in the studio. If you want to be a composer, arranger/orchestrator, he can supply the musical roots needed in this field.”