Lifting Up Unheard Voices
Radio host and Thornton alum Michelle Maestas Simonsen takes on new role as program director at Seattle’s Classical KING.
Radio host and Thornton alum Michelle Maestas Simonsen takes on new role as program director at Seattle’s Classical KING.
USC Thornton honored its incredible graduates, faculty and staff at both the 68th Annual Honors Convocation and the 140th Commencement Ceremony.
The five Outstanding Graduates of the Class of 2023 share their favorite memories from Thornton, lessons they’ve learned and their future plans.
The five Outstanding Graduates of the Class of 2023 share their favorite memories from Thornton, lessons they’ve learned and their future plans.
In the final profile of the Young Artist Project spotlight series, meet a Thornton alum who produced a concert to showcase talents of Los Angeles’ Indigenous communities.
USC Thornton welcomes three exceptional new faculty members in Choral & Sacred Music, Jazz Studies and Vocal Arts & Opera.
In the third of four profiles, meet a Thornton alum who is highlighting women and BIPOC composers for her Young Artist Project.
A surprise win for her jazz quintet in Amsterdam was the first of several career boosts for the saxophonist.
Pioneering violinist Eudice Shapiro, a longtime USC faculty member and the first female concertmaster of a studio orchestra, is remembered by her students.
USC Thornton faculty and students were featured in two CBS Sunday Morning specials during the spring 2023 semester.
The USC Thornton Opera program takes their spring performance, a double bill of two one-act operas, to downtown venue, Art Share L.A.
Angelica Brooks starts The Table Music Education Corporation to help higher ed recruit and retain educators of color.
Educator, conductor and VOX Femina chorus founder Dr. Iris S. Levine will take the podium on May 12th.
In the second of four profiles, meet a Thornton alum who featured human stories about classical guitarists for her Young Artist Project.
In the first of four profiles, meet a Thornton alum who combined creativity and passion to create their Young Artist Project.
Stay tuned in the coming days for a series of profiles of Thornton students who combine creativity and passion to create their Young Artist Projects.
Becoming the first female drum major of the USC Trojan Marching Band set India Anderson on a path toward self-actualization and feminism.
The Senior Showcase highlights the collaborative and rigorous nature of Thornton’s cutting-edge Popular Music program.
The USC Thornton Symphony’s annual “New Music for Orchestra” concert features original work from Thornton’s acclaimed Composition program.
USC Thornton celebrates Black History Month with a playlist on Spotify.
USC Thornton professor of composition Frank Ticheli celebrates an astounding career at Thornton with a concert of his music at Bovard Auditorium.
Celebrating the winners, nominees, and performers of the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
The spring 2023 semester holds a tremendous array of live programs on campus and in Los Angeles.
Renowned music scholar and musician Jason King has been named dean of the USC Thornton School of Music, effective July 1st.