ABOUT
Culture, Community & Impact
Creating practices, policies, and organizational changes at USC Thornton that support and reflect community belonging.
Creating Change
USC Thornton actively fosters intellectual and creative exploration, innovative approaches and connections with the world.
Thornton’s Pledge
USC Thornton is committed to preparing students to create and perform the music of the past, present, and future from a critically-informed and community-driven perspective.
Culture, Community & Impact Committee
With the collective input of our faculty, students and administration, the Culture, Community & Impact committee develops strategies and measures progress in key change areas at Thornton.
Current Committee Members
Ronald C. McCurdy, Chair
Lina Bahn, faculty
Nicholas Benavides, faculty
Robert Borg, faculty
Angelica Brooks, student
Viet Bui, staff
Christian Chico, staff
William Coppola, faculty
Jeanine Cowen, faculty
Leon Felipe Garcia Corona, faculty
Jonathan Feldman, faculty
Jeff De Caen, staff
Beatriz Illari, faculty
Sean Holt, faculty
Lyndia Johnson, faculty
Victoria Kirsch, faculty
Derrick Lawrence, faculty
Larry Livingston, faculty
Kevin Lyman, faculty
Gretchen Meier, staff
Clarence Penn, faculty
Amber Robinson, staff
Lynne Snyder, student
Tram Sparks, faculty
Scott Spencer, faculty
Katherine Teeter, student
Matt Weaver, student
Mark Weiser, faculty
Seth Parker Woods, faculty
Guang Yang, faculty
From Tragedy to Triumph
From Tragedy to Triumph was an interactive, student-led series about the African diaspora told through discussion with film, dance and music. The seven-part series was organized by USC Thornton Professor of Music and Associate Dean of Culture, Community & Impact Ronald C. McCurdy. Each event was produced in creative collaboration among musicians and writers from across the university with student & faculty composers, dancers, and filmmakers.