• A music student stands with their instrument outside.

    Mixtapes

    Introducing the Mixtape Series where current students in the Strings department share what they’re listening to, highlighting how boundaries in music are being blurred everywhere.

  • Piano player wearing a red colored suit looking to the right.

    Going Solo

    Collaborative pianist Seoyon MacDonald gets an unexpected opportunity to make the world-premiere recording of an unpublished Shostakovich work.

  • From “Das Rheingold” to RapCaviar

    LaMarcus Miller (DMA ’20) mixes it up as a singer, music supervisor and newly minted Berklee professor with a love of classical and hip-hop.

  • Violinist Bing Wang smiling into the camera.

    Office Hours with Bing Wang

    In this ongoing series called “Office Hours,” get to know some of the exceptional scholars and artists who make up USC Thornton’s faculty as they answer questions about themselves.

  • Photo of composer and teacher Rick Lesemann wearing a suit and tie and smiling at the camera.

    Rick Lesemann: A Remembrance

    The beloved USC Thornton faculty member is remembered by friends, colleagues, and former students.

  • Photo of three smiling students wearing concert black attire after a concert.

    The Process: filmUSiC

    Students from USC Thornton and USC School of Cinematic Arts combined original compositions and animations in the live-to-picture concert, “filmUSiC.”

  • A saxophone player performs on stage.

    Office Hours with Bob Mintzer

    In this ongoing series called “Office Hours,” get to know some of the exceptional scholars and artists who make up USC Thornton’s faculty as they answer questions about themselves.

  • A female music instructor wearing a black blouse smiles outside near a library.

    Office Hours with Joanna Demers

    In this ongoing series called “Office Hours,” get to know some of the exceptional scholars and artists who make up USC Thornton’s faculty as they answer questions about themselves.

  • Smiling faces of composers and musicians inside of film strips against an illustrated background featuring an Emmy Award statuette.

    Five Thornton Alumni Receive 2023 Emmy Nominations

    Leo Birenberg, Eli Brueggemann, Holly Amber Church, Allyson Newman and James Newton Howard garnered Emmy nominations across five categories.

  • Michelle Simonsen dressed in concert attire smiling and posing next to percussion equipment.

    Lifting Up Unheard Voices

    Radio host and Thornton alum Michelle Maestas Simonsen takes on new role as program director at Seattle’s Classical KING.

  • 2023 Outstanding Graduates: Part Two

    The five Outstanding Graduates of the Class of 2023 share their favorite memories from Thornton, lessons they’ve learned and their future plans.