University of Southern California

The USC Thornton Oriana Women’s Choir and Apollo Men’s Chorus call for the audience to “Listen!,” in a wide-ranging program featuring the music of Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Paul Rardin, David Dickau, and more.

Join the USC Thornton University Chorus and narrator Brian Lauritzen of KUSC on a journey through America’s rich history of choral music including selections from the California Missions, The Sacred Harp, American spirituals, music of the Civil War, jazz standards, and the Great American Songbook.

Celebrate the holidays in elegant style with the annual Brightest & Best winter gala, a scholarship fundraiser that provides substantial support for USC Thornton students. The event will feature 250 singers and instrumentalists ringing in the season with carols and songs in an evening of pageantry for the entire community to enjoy. For ticket information about this scholarship fundraiser, call (213) 740-6474, or visit music.usc.edu/wintergala

The USC Thornton Symphony and USC Thornton Choral Artists join forces to perform one of the great masterworks of late Classical music, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125. Completed in 1824, Beethoven’s final published symphony features the largest orchestra ever assembled by the composer and the now-iconic final movement, with a full chorus singing “Ode to Joy”—a fitting title for such a revelatory piece of music. Maestro Carl St.Clair, artistic leader of the USC Thornton Orchestra Program, will conduct the USC Thornton Symphony, the USC Thornton Chamber Singers, and the USC Thornton Concert Choir as they perform one of the most beloved symphonies ever written. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative.