Frank Ticheli releases new album featuring “The Shore”
Composition faculty Frank Ticheli’s new CD, Frank Ticheli: The Shore and Other Choral Works, includes his collected choral works and five world premiere recordings with the Pacific Symphony led by conductor John Alexander. The album features “The Shore (Symphony No. 3),” in a world premiere performance with Alexander conducting the Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony.… Continue reading Frank Ticheli releases new album featuring “The Shore”
Morten Lauridsen returns to Pacific Northwest for residency and performance
The Portland Tribune and The Oregonian announced that composition faculty Morten Lauridsen completed a residency in Portland, Oregon, including a large-scale performance of his Lux Aeterna and other significant choral repertoire with the choirs of Lake Grove Presbyterian Church, Lewis & Clark College and Marylhurst University, along with members of the Oregon Symphony, on November… Continue reading Morten Lauridsen returns to Pacific Northwest for residency and performance
Veronika Krausas wins composition competition
Composition faculty Veronika Krausas won the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, for Analemma for 11 Musicians, at Indiana State University’s 47th Contemporary Music Festival. Krausas also gave a lecture about her music to the students at Indiana State University.
USC alumnus wins composition competition
Thornton alumnus Troy Armstrong recently won the Marilyn K. Glick Young Composers Competition at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for his piece, Supercell. Part of his reward includes subscription performances in April 2014 with ISO. Armstrong is the third Thornton student in four years to win the competition.
USC Thornton Composition DMA receives major commission
Composition student Jeffrey Parola (DMA) has received his first major commission from the Atlantic Classical Orchestra (ACO) to write a piece for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra. The world premiere performances of the work will take place on March 6 & 7 in Palm Beach and Vero Beach, Florida. This commission functions as part of… Continue reading USC Thornton Composition DMA receives major commission
“Shining Night” documentary garners Audience Choice Award
The San Juan Journal covered the appearance of Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen at the Inaugural Friday Harbor Film Festival. Directed by Michael Stillwater, the documentary details the life and career of composition faculty Morten Lauridsen. The film was awarded the Audience Choice Award, and, Stillwater hopes, introduced Lauridsen’s treasured music to a wider audience. The documentary was one of… Continue reading “Shining Night” documentary garners Audience Choice Award
Andrew Norman
Norman, a composer, educator, and music advocate, has established himself as a significant voice in American classical music. His work draws on an eclectic mix of sounds and performance practices, and his music casts a wide sonic and conceptual net in order to explore, reflect, challenge and address the experiences of our own time. He… Continue reading Andrew Norman
Choral Music MM Candidate chosen as finalist in composition competition
Master of Music in Choral Music student Jason Michael Saunders was selected as one of three finalists for the Young New Yorkers Chorus 10th Annual Competition for Young Composers. Saunders and the other two finalists will be commissioned to write a new work for the Young New Yorkers Chorus, which will be premiered in New York… Continue reading Choral Music MM Candidate chosen as finalist in composition competition
Donald Crockett
Donald Crockett is professor and chair of the composition department and director of Thornton Edge at the USC Thornton School of Music, and senior composer-in-residence with the Bennington Chamber Music Conference. He has received commissions from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Composer-in-Residence (1991-97), Kronos Quartet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hilliard Ensemble, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and… Continue reading Donald Crockett
Veronika Krausas
Of Lithuanian heritage, composer Veronika Krausas was born in Australia raised in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. She has directed, composed for, and produced multi-media events that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video. The Globe & Mail (Toronto) writes “her works, whose organic, lyrical sense of storytelling are supported by a rigid formal elegance,… Continue reading Veronika Krausas