Daily Trojan highlights Live! From Somewhere performance series
The Daily Trojan, USC’s student-led newspaper, recently highlighted USC Thornton’s new video series, Live! From Somewhere. The series was launched on March 16 in response to recent closures and event cancellations, and as the school’s artists have looked for ways to continue making music while social distancing. Live! From Somewhere presents homemade performances by Thornton… Continue reading Daily Trojan highlights Live! From Somewhere performance series
Thornton artists feature prominently in LACO’s recently announced 2020-21 season
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) has announced its 2020-21 season, the “Season of the Violin,” which prominently features a number of USC Thornton artists, many of whom have enjoyed long relationships with the orchestra. Nov. 14 and 15, Keyboard Studies faculty member and LACO’S Conductor Laureate Jeffrey Kahane, who previously served for 20 years… Continue reading Thornton artists feature prominently in LACO’s recently announced 2020-21 season
Sharon Lavery to tour with Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Sharon Lavery, resident conductor of the USC Thornton Orchestra program, is set to tour Vermont this summer with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) for the 2019 VSO Summer Festival Tour. Lavery crafted the program for the seven-stop tour, which will be her VSO debut. The program features composers who constructed the American music identity, including… Continue reading Sharon Lavery to tour with Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Sharon Lavery performs at Carnegie Hall and leads Missouri All-State Symphony
Sharon Lavery, resident conductor of the USC Thornton Orchestra program, conducted the High School Honors Performance Series Band at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, February 10 as part of the 2019 Honors Performance Series. The series brings rising young performers together with renowned conductors to perform at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Lavery also… Continue reading Sharon Lavery performs at Carnegie Hall and leads Missouri All-State Symphony
H. Robert Reynolds to launch dedicated conducting institute at the Midwest Clinic
This December, H. Robert Reynolds, principal conductor of the USC Thornton Wind Ensemble, will debut the Reynolds Conducting Institute as part of the 72nd annual Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago. Reynolds, along with clinician Kevin Sedatole, will lead the selective two-day intensive program to cultivate advanced skills in band conducting and… Continue reading H. Robert Reynolds to launch dedicated conducting institute at the Midwest Clinic
Sharon Lavery conducts for “the Future is Female” concert event
USC Thornton faculty member and resident conductor Sharon Lavery recently led the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra in performance at the historic Wiltern Theatre for the second annual The Future is Female concert event. Organized by KCRW in association with Live Nation and The Alliance for Women Composers, the concert featured music by 12 women composers, including… Continue reading Sharon Lavery conducts for “the Future is Female” concert event
Troy Quinn named music director of Venice Symphony
Troy Quinn (DMA ’14), a member of the USC Thornton Conducting faculty and a graduate of the school’s Choral & Sacred Music program, has been selected as music director of the Venice Symphony Orchestra in Venice, Florida. Quinn, who conducted May concerts with the orchestra featuring Thornton faculty member and former concertmaster of the New… Continue reading Troy Quinn named music director of Venice Symphony
Troy Quinn leads Florida concerts with Glenn Dicterow
Troy Quinn (DMA ’14), a graduate of the USC Thornton Choral & Sacred Music program and a member of the school’s Conducting faculty, will lead two concerts with the Venice Symphony Orchestra of Venice, Florida, on May 4th and 5th, 2018. The concerts, themed “A Tribute to Music in Cinema,” will feature Thornton faculty member… Continue reading Troy Quinn leads Florida concerts with Glenn Dicterow
Jeffrey Kahane on conducting from the keyboard
USC Thornton Keyboard Studies faculty Jeffrey Kahane boasts a celebrated career in piano and conducting, and part of his expertise is in doing both simultaneously. In a recent feature on the website of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Kahane mentions that dividing his attention between the piano and the orchestra requires tremendous skill, but it’s… Continue reading Jeffrey Kahane on conducting from the keyboard
Troy Quinn
Emmy-nominated conductor Troy Quinn has quickly established himself as one of his generation’s most versatile young artists. Lauded for his energetic and riveting, yet sensitive conducting, Quinn is in his eighth season as music director of the Owensboro Symphony in Kentucky. He is also in his seventh season as music director of the Venice Symphony… Continue reading Troy Quinn