The New York Times and Los Angeles Times reported that Glenn Dicterow, longest-serving concertmaster for the New York Philharmonic, and Karen Dreyfus, his wife and a teacher at the Manhattan School of Music, are joining the USC Thornton School faculty. Dicterow will have served as concertmaster for a total of 34 years when he leaves after the 2013-14 season. The Wall Street Journal reported that Dicterow has been nominated for the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music. The story was also covered by McClatchy Newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and WQXR-FM.