Guests get an insider’s view of famed factory
April 8, 2005
Longtime USC supporters of the Thornton’s All-Steinway School Initiative tour the 125-year-old Steinway factory building where quality is the top priority. Read the story
Making way for beautiful music
February 10, 2005
A 1981 handcrafted double harpsichord is introduced to great acclaim at a recent Music Masters concert. The instrument is the second to be ready for regular performance use by the USC Thornton School of Music. Read the story
Pure of Hartke
December 21, 2004
New-music cognoscenti have prized his purposeful, inventive voice for nearly 25 years. But since 2003—the year one critic dubbed his “coming-out party”—even the uninitiated have started to spark to the ism-less art of Stephen Hartke. Read the story