Its students include Jerry Finn, Michael Jackson, Linda Ronstadt, and Barry Manilow, and its teachers Henry Mancini, Bill Conti, and Lalo Schifrin.
In 1957 he moved to Los Angeles with Pinky Winters with whom he worked on gigs.
In his Composing & Arranging Program, he mentions that he studied the Schillinger System for nine years.
While operating the Grove School and the School without Walls, Grove published many books on musicianship, jazz harmony, ear training, improvisation, composing, and arranging as related to contemporary styles of music.
As a jazz pianist, Grove worked with Alvino Rey, Paul Horn, Buddy Rich, and Nancy Wilson.