Six-time Grammy Award-nominated pianist, composer, and USC Thornton alumnus Gerald Clayton (’07)—the USC Thornton Jazz Department’s returning Artist-in-Residence—will share his extraordinary talents with students, faculty, and the wider community.

The USC Thornton School of Music's Beyond Category programming continues with acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Kamasi Washington, who will take part in a wide-ranging conversation and Q&A with USC Thornton Dean Jason King about music, imagination, community, and the creative possibilities that emerge when artists move beyond the boundaries of category.

A One-Night-Only Concert Experience at USC’s Bovard Auditorium Musical Direction by Greg Phillinganes Directed by Jason King Part of the USC Thornton School of Music Series Stevie Wonder: Beyond Category With Support from USC Visions & Voices and the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective Marking the 50th anniversary of one of the most ambitious and influential albums in the history of popular music, Songs in the Key of Life at 50: Reimagined brings Stevie Wonder’s landmark 1976 recording to the stage for a one-night-only concert at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

Sharon Lavery, Conductor Bernadene Blaha, Piano Morton Gould - American Salute Harrison Chiang - Dreams of a Faded Wonder George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (arr.