Midori featured on GRAMMY-winning album
The 2014 GRAMMY Award winning album for “Best Classical Compendium” features USC Thornton Distinguished Professor and Jascha Heifetz Chair in Violin Midori. The album, Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik, was conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and includes Midori as a featured soloist. “I am delighted that Christoph Eschenbach and the NDR Symphony Orchestra invited me to… Continue reading Midori featured on GRAMMY-winning album
Performance by Glenn Dicterow reviewed in New York Times
The New York Times reviewed a performance by strings faculty Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 34 years, reporting that he retires from his post in June to join the USC Thornton School. The story noted that the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music is receiving star billing throughout the… Continue reading Performance by Glenn Dicterow reviewed in New York Times
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Ken Cazan added to The Grove Dictionary of American Music
Ken Cazan, Vocal Arts and Opera Chair and Resident Stage Director of USC Thornton Opera, included in the newly updated 2nd edition of The Grove Dictionary of American Music. Last updated over 25 years ago, the seminal music dictionary is devoted to American music scholarship and includes entries on popular music, opera, music technologies, musical… Continue reading Ken Cazan added to The Grove Dictionary of American Music
Morten Lauridsen named Honorary Artistic President of INTERKULTUR and World Choir Games
Composition faculty Morten Lauridsen was named the new Honorary Artistic President of INTERKULTUR and the World Choir Games. As a part of the position, Lauridsen will hold workshops and present talks about his works at the World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia in July 2014. He succeeds Swedish conductor Eric Ericson, an early champion of… Continue reading Morten Lauridsen named Honorary Artistic President of INTERKULTUR and World Choir Games
Rodger Guerrero, DMA, to conduct ACDA Regional Honor Choir
Rodger Guerrero, a current DMA student in Choral Music, will conduct the American Choral Directors Association’s California Central Region Mixed High School Honor Choir for the 2014 season. Guerrero currently leads choral groups at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles.
Cynthia Munzer to present masterclass for young vocalists
Vocal Arts and Opera professor Cynthia Munzer will lead a masterclass for young vocalists through the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight program. The organization provides high school students scholarship opportunities and training from leading performers in the fields of dance, music and visual art. Munzer’s masterclass, which is free and open to the public, will… Continue reading Cynthia Munzer to present masterclass for young vocalists
William Kanengiser, alumni perform at New York Guitar Festival
William Kanengiser, a USC Thornton alumnus and member of the Classical Guitar faculty, will co-curate a day-long event titled “Guitar Marathon: Las Americas” for the New York Guitar Festival on January 20, 2014. Working with famed Brazilian guitarist and composer Badi Assad, Kanengiser has assembled a roster of performers that includes alumni David Mozqueda, Colin… Continue reading William Kanengiser, alumni perform at New York Guitar Festival
Norman Krieger to play Sun Valley Artist Series Piano Festival
USC Thornton professor of Keyboard Studies Norman Krieger is scheduled to perform at the 2014 Sun Valley Artist Series Piano Festival in Sun Valley, Idaho according to MagicValley.com. The three-day festival, which is free and open to the public, features a slew of solo recitals and concerto performances by the world’s most renown pianists. Krieger is… Continue reading Norman Krieger to play Sun Valley Artist Series Piano Festival
Sunny Yang Named A ‘Face to Watch’ by Los Angeles Times
USC Thornton alumna Sunny Yang was recently included in the Los Angeles Times’ ‘Faces to Watch 2014’ feature, which highlights figures in entertainment and the arts who will be making news in the new year. Yang, a cellist who performs with the Kronos Quartet, was called “a cool cucumber for whom no challenge seems too great” and… Continue reading Sunny Yang Named A ‘Face to Watch’ by Los Angeles Times