Mak Grgic to perform at music festival in Seoul
Thornton Classical Guitar DMA student Mak Grgić will perform at Korea’s first Right Now Music festival in Seoul, South Korea on April 11th and 12th. Grgić’s latest album, Cinema Verismo, was recently released in Korea and he will perform songs from the album on KBS radio. Grgić recently performed at the Outside the Box festival… Continue reading Mak Grgic to perform at music festival in Seoul
Winds and Percussion Alumni
Alum Roger Zare premieres orchestral work with the California State Northridge Symphony
USC Thornton alum Roger Zare (BM ’07) had a piece premiered by the California State Northridge Symphony on March 4. Zare won the 12th annual Northridge Competition Prize for the orchestral version of his piece, Fractal Miniatures. Zare’s piece is a set of 8 movements that reflect his impressions of various fractal patterns. Originally composed… Continue reading Alum Roger Zare premieres orchestral work with the California State Northridge Symphony
Tim Page interviewed in Fanfare
Tim Page, USC Thornton Musicology professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic, was interviewed for Fanfare magazine about his friendship with the great composer and critic Vigil Thompson. Last year, Page edited a two-volume chronicle of Thompson’s writings for the Library of America. In the interview, Page described his many years working alongside Thompson in the… Continue reading Tim Page interviewed in Fanfare
Early Music students and alumni present papers at several conferences
USC Thornton Early Music DMA alum Bianca Hall (DMA ’14) and current students Stacey Helley (MA and DMA) and William Rowley (PhD student in Musicology) had scholarly papers accepted at International Society for the History of Rhetoric in Tübingen, Germany. Last year, Hall and Helley contributed scholarly papers to the Annual Renaissance Conference of Southern… Continue reading Early Music students and alumni present papers at several conferences
Norman Krieger performs Beethoven concerto with the Buffalo Philharmonic
USC Thornton Keyboard Studies faculty Norman Krieger was a featured soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s “Emperor” piano concerto in two concerts on March 27 and 28. A reviewer for the Buffalo News noted that “Krieger, at the piano, showed a special gift for the rapturous melody lines of the ‘Emperor’ – the… Continue reading Norman Krieger performs Beethoven concerto with the Buffalo Philharmonic
Thornton Orchestra musicians to perform rare Paisiello opera under LA Opera maestro James Conlon
Members of the USC Thornton Symphony orchestra will join singers from LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program in performances of Giovanni Paisiello’s “The Barber of Seville,” under the guidance of LA Opera’s Music Director, James Conlon. Paisiello’s rarely-performed comic opera was composed 34 years before Rossini’s more widely-known adaption. Paisiello’s “Barber of Seville” will be… Continue reading Thornton Orchestra musicians to perform rare Paisiello opera under LA Opera maestro James Conlon