
USC Thornton Summer Rewind
Join us each week for a look back at the 2019-2020 school year as we celebrate some of our favorite stories about our students, faculty and alumni.

Best wishes from our faculty and staff
As we celebrate the Class of 2020 online, our faculty and staff join in with messages of pride and best wishes for this accomplished and determined class of students.

2020 Outstanding Graduates
Students in classical guitar, composition, keyboard studies, and popular music represent USC Thornton as the school’s 2020 Outstanding Graduates.

Blue Skies
Tehillah Alphonso, a senior in the Popular Music program, stays creative and optimistic while finishing her degree at home in Nebraska. “Everyone is figuring this out together,” she says.

Live! From Somewhere: Alexa Rumberg
While uncertainty remains a constant, Music Industry major Alexa Rumberg turns to music to help her express herself in this Live! From Somewhere cover.

Live! From Somewhere: Max Opferkuch
Live concerts have been canceled, but the show must go on. USC Thornton student Max Opferkuch gets around social distancing by performing a duet with himself.

Ambassador Blog: Internships
Student Ambassadors Lehua Miller and Rachel Campagna recount lessons learned from internship experiences in different corners of the music industry.

Meet the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Meet some of the cast members of the USC Thornton Opera program’s fall production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, premiering Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Performing a Playlist
A group of USC Thornton Strings students launch a new chamber music series inspired by the mixtape.

The Marriage of Figaro
The principals of the USC Thornton Opera’s production of “The Marriage of Figaro” reflect on their time at USC.