Dick Grove

Richard Dean Grove (December 18, 1927 – December 26, 1998) was an American musician, composer, arranger, and educator. He is best known as the founder of the Dick Grove School of Music. Its students include Jerry Finn, Michael Jackson, Linda Ronstadt, Barry Manilow, and Gary Stockdale, and its teachers Henry Mancini, Bill Conti, and Lalo Schifrin.