The Institute

Since its founding in 1990, the California Institute of Music has become the center of pre-college professional education in music in Southern California and ranks among the best schools of music in the nation. Situated in the heart of the vital musical life of San Diego, the California Institute of Music brings together a distinguished faculty and gifted students from around Southern California. It is in this wonderfully diverse cultural milieu that students are offered instruction in virtually all professional and scholarly branches of music. Advanced chamber ensembles are at the core of our curriculum. Numerous formal and informal concerts and recitals are presented on and off campus each year and the school regularly presents eminent visiting artists and scholars who appear in master classes, workshops, lectures, seminars and in performance.

Professional, Acclaimed, and Experienced Leadership
 
The founders of the school are internationally known musicians, Irina and Michael Tseitlin. Irina Tseitlin, Artistic Director, is a concert violinist, Deutsche Grammophon Recording Artist, Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth, Munich, and Montreal International Competitions. Michael Tseitlin, Executive Director, is an internationally known teacher of 21 winners of major international competitions, Director of the International Music Festival in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, and Founder and Artistic Director of the California International Young Artists Competition at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.