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Remembering Gary Glaze
Ludwig Göransson wins Best Original Score – Motion Picture for “Sinners” at 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Sharon Lavery conducts the LA Phil’s “Holiday Brass” concert
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To Be Free: The Revolutionary Music of Nina Simone
To Be Free: The Revolutionary Music of Nina Simone A One Night Only Concert Experience at USC’s Bovard Auditorium -Part of the USC Thornton School of Music Series Nina Simone: Beyond Category -Co-curated by Jason King, Lara Downes, and Jayson Jackson -In Collaboration with the Recording Academy Black Music Collective ADMISSION Admission is free.
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USC Thornton Symphony
Carl St.Clair, principal conductor of the USC Thornton Orchestra Program, leads the USC Thornton Symphony in a concert of Strauss' Don Quixote with a student cello soloist, and "Langston Hughes: Words, Jazz, and Justice," a transformative multimedia concert created by Thornton faculty member Ron McCurdy.
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Jazz Night at Carson
Jazz Night at Carson features a blend of original compositions and standards performed by USC Thornton students.
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Opera Scenes
The singing actors of the USC Thornton Opera program present an evening of opera scenes under the direction of music director Brent McMunn and resident stage director Ken Cazan.