Sam Kinsey (BM, ’16) awarded Grand Prize at Young Musicians Foundation Debut Concerto Competition
Sam Kinsey (BM, ’16) was awarded the Grand Prize at the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Concerto Competition for piano. YMF, which aims to foster “high caliber music instruction in a supportive environment,” will also feature Kinsey as a soloist with the YMF Debut Orchestra in February 2015 at the organization’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert. Kinsey, a student of… Continue reading Sam Kinsey (BM, ’16) awarded Grand Prize at Young Musicians Foundation Debut Concerto Competition
DMA student Natasha Marin performs recital in France Bordeaux/Los Angeles Sister City Partnership
Current USC Thornton Keyboard Studies DMA candidate Natasha Marin performed in Bordeaux, France alongside mezzo-soprano Victoria Shereshevskaya for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Bordeaux/Los Angeles Sister City Partnership. Marin, a classical pianist hailing from Russia, has worked as a soloist with chamber ensembles and piano duos, and has performed extensively in Europe and the United States.… Continue reading DMA student Natasha Marin performs recital in France Bordeaux/Los Angeles Sister City Partnership
Leland Sun (BM ’86, MM ’91) to perform works by Ren-Liang Wong (MM, ’83) at Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Leland Sun (BM ’86, MM ’91) will perform in a retrospective of works by fellow USC Thornton alumnus Ren-Liang Wong (MM, ’83) at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in Tianjin, China on November 12. This concert will feature works written following the composer’s immigration to the United States including Six Sketches (1983), which Sun premiered at USC,… Continue reading Leland Sun (BM ’86, MM ’91) to perform works by Ren-Liang Wong (MM, ’83) at Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Whajung Kim wins 2014 Siegfried Weishaupt International Piano Competition
Current USC Thornton Keyboard Studies doctoral candidate Whajung Kim (DMA, ’15), who is a student of USC Thornton faculty Daniel Pollack, received First Prize at the 2014 Siegfried Weishaupt International Piano Competition in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Kim is the third USC Thornton student to take home top honors at the competition. The annual event, part of the International Summer Academy… Continue reading Whajung Kim wins 2014 Siegfried Weishaupt International Piano Competition
USC Thornton Symphony performs Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1 in C Major with alumna Fang-Fang Shi
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Annelle Gregory records album with USC Thornton DMA candidate Alexander Sinchuk
Current USC Thornton Strings student Annelle Gregory (BM, ’17) recently released an album of violin and piano works featuring USC Thornton DMA student, Alexander Sinchuk. The album, Annelle K. Gregory & Alexander Sinchuk: Grieg, Mozart, Szymanowski, includes Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major by Mozart, Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano by Grieg, and Nocturne and… Continue reading Annelle Gregory records album with USC Thornton DMA candidate Alexander Sinchuk
Norman Krieger records Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat with London Symphony Orchestra
USC Thornton Keyboard Studies faculty Norman Krieger recently returned from a trip across the pond to record Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat with the London Symphony Orchestra at the famous Abbey Road Studios. Under the baton of critically acclaimed conductor, Philip Mann, Krieger and the accompanying musicians were able to produce a piano concerto with “the spaciousness… Continue reading Norman Krieger records Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat with London Symphony Orchestra
Lucinda Carver serves as Sierra Summer Festival guest conductor
USC Thornton Professor of Practice in Classical Performance and Composition, Lucinda Carver, was the featured guest conductor at the Sierra Summer Festival in Mammoth Lakes, California this past August. Carver, who has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra for 11 years, has been praised for her stylistic interpretations of… Continue reading Lucinda Carver serves as Sierra Summer Festival guest conductor
Keri Hui (BM, ’15) wins Concerto Division of Aloha International Piano Competition
Keri Hui, a senior in the Keyboard Studies department studying under faculty Norman Krieger, recently won the Concerto Division of the Aloha International Piano Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii. As part of her prize, Hui will perform with the Hawaii Youth Symphony at the winter concert on December 7, 2014 at Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu.… Continue reading Keri Hui (BM, ’15) wins Concerto Division of Aloha International Piano Competition
Somang Jeagal awarded grand prize at Washington International Competition for Piano
Somang Jeagal, a student in the Keyboard Studies Artist Diploma Program studying under faculty Kevin Fitz-Gerald, was awarded the grand prize in the 61st Washington International Competition for Piano on June 8, 2014. The award comes with a $10,000 financial prize, as well as a debut solo recital and concerto appearance at the Kennedy Center in… Continue reading Somang Jeagal awarded grand prize at Washington International Competition for Piano