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Quincy Jones: Beyond Category

USC Thornton’s season-long tribute to Quincy Jones’ extraordinary life and ongoing legacy, now available to experience online.

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Sklar Funk seated on a staircase, looking up into the camera. — Skylar Funk was born Skylar Boorman but legally changed his last name to Funk — his late mother’s surname — shortly before enrolling at USC. “I’d been using it as a stage name since 2011,” he says. “Skylar Funk makes more sense as a music teacher.” (Photo: Colleen Allison)

Sustainability Rock Star

Skylar Funk (MA ’25) — a professional rock musician and climate activist — has helped make USC a greener place as graduate co-chair of the Student Sustainability Committee.

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Double Majoring

Student Ambassadors share experience and advice about pursuing a double major as a USC Thornton student.

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Ashley Melendres plays the guitar, wearing a white dress and decorated Commencement sash.

Thornton Student Ambassadors Look Back

On the eve of graduating, USC Thornton Student Ambassadors reflect on what they’ve learned, offering lessons and perspectives to the incoming class.

Alumna Remi Wolf Named 2025 Commencement Speaker

Critically acclaimed musician and performer Remi Wolf will speak to Thornton School of Music graduates on May 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

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Fri | 7:30 PM | Bovard Auditorium (ADM)

USC Thornton Symphony

Carl St.Clair, principal conductor of the USC Thornton Orchestra Program, leads the USC Thornton Symphony in the opening concert of the Fall 2025 semester.

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Quincy Jones: Beyond Category

Sustainability Rock Star

Double Majoring

Explore our programs.

Classical Performance & Composition

Contemporary Music

Research and Scholarly Studies

Sustainability Rock Star

Thornton Student Ambassadors Look Back

Alumna Remi Wolf Named 2025 Commencement Speaker

Quenton Blache released debut studio recording, “To Whom I Pray”

NoSo performs new single on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

In Memoriam: John Perry

Donald Vega released new single, “Two Words: Bud Powell”

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