Tae Yeon Lim and Joseph Mendoes collaborate on Joachim Raff album
USC Thornton alumni Tae Yeon Lim (DMA ’15, piano) and Joseph Mendoes (BM ’04, cello) are featured on a new CD released by Toccata Classics. The album, Joachim Raff: Complete Music for Cello and Piano, marks the first time the complete cello and piano catalog of the 19th Century German-Swiss composer has been presented in… Continue reading Tae Yeon Lim and Joseph Mendoes collaborate on Joachim Raff album
Pianist Vijay Venkatesh wins Classics Alive Artists competition
USC Thornton Keyboard Studies senior Vijay Venkatesh, a student of Jeffrey Kahane, recently took the Grand Prize at the 2016 Classics Alive Artists competition in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, Venkatesh won 1st Prize in the Frances Walton Competition in Seattle, the Pyrenees Music Society Competition in Pasadena, and the USC Symphony Concerto Competition. Violinist… Continue reading Pianist Vijay Venkatesh wins Classics Alive Artists competition
Thornton musicians sweep Frances Walton Competition in Seattle
Mezzo-soprano and USC Thornton Vocal Arts & Opera graduate student Lesley Baird (MM ’15) was a winner of the 2016 Frances Walton Competition in Seattle, where she was accompanied by pianist and Keyboard Collaborative Arts DMA candidate Jasper Jimenez (MM ’13, GCRT ’15). Since winning the competition in July, the duo has presented several area… Continue reading Thornton musicians sweep Frances Walton Competition in Seattle
USC Annenberg features a Q&A with Jeffrey Kahane
The USC Annenberg Media site recently published a Q&A with Jeffrey Kahane, USC Thornton faculty member and music director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO). Kahane is currently in his 20th year with the orchestra and will join the Thornton Keyboard Studies faculty full time beginning next year. In anticipation of LACO’s October 16th performance… Continue reading USC Annenberg features a Q&A with Jeffrey Kahane
Daniel Pollack returns from an ambitious performance and teaching tour
Pianist and Keyboard Studies faculty member Daniel Pollack has returned to USC Thornton following a busy spring sabbatical and international recital tour, performing in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Pollack presented opening concerts at the Alion Baltic Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, and the Euro Music Festival and Academy in Halle, Germany, performing works by Chopin,… Continue reading Daniel Pollack returns from an ambitious performance and teaching tour
Keyboard Studies major gets an early start at USC Thornton
This fall, 16-year-old Shelby Wong begins her studies as a USC Thornton Keyboard Studies major a year ahead of schedule, as a participant in USC’s highly-competitive Resident Honors Program. The Irvine native served as the concertmaster and first chair for the Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, as well as the principal second… Continue reading Keyboard Studies major gets an early start at USC Thornton
Jeffrey Kahane appointed music director of Sarasota Music Festival
Conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane, a member of the USC Thornton Keyboard Studies faculty, has been appointed music director of the Sarasota Music Festival, a program of the Sarasota Orchestra. The annual festival, founded in 1965, welcomes international faculty artists and college-aged musicians for three weeks of orchestral and chamber music concerts, recitals, masterclasses, and… Continue reading Jeffrey Kahane appointed music director of Sarasota Music Festival
Pianist Nadia Shpachenko receives raves for Bargemusic concert in NYC
Nadia Shpachenko (DMA ’04, MM ’99, Piano Performance), an alumna of the USC Thornton Keyboard Studies program, recently presented her “Poetry of Places” recital program as part of the Bargemusic concert series in Brooklyn. The June 24th recital featured new works by six composers – Lewis Spratlan, Harold Meltzer, James Matheson, Hannah Lash, Amy Beth… Continue reading Pianist Nadia Shpachenko receives raves for Bargemusic concert in NYC
Pianist Tomomi Sato to be featured soloist at LACMA’s Sundays Live
USC Thornton Masters student Tomomi Sato (BM ’15, Keyboard Collaborative Arts) was named the winner of the 2016 Sundays Live audition through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). She will perform a program featuring the works of Bach, Schumann and Wild on Sunday, September 11. Her performance is part of LACMA’s Sundays Live… Continue reading Pianist Tomomi Sato to be featured soloist at LACMA’s Sundays Live
Pianist Norman Krieger to leave USC after 19 years
The USC Thornton Division of Classical Performance and Composition and the Keyboard Studies department congratulate Norman Krieger on his appointment to the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. An acclaimed and engaging pianist, Krieger joined the USC Thornton faculty in 1997 and many of his students have won top international prizes and… Continue reading Pianist Norman Krieger to leave USC after 19 years