Posts Tagged ‘Music Production’


Photo of popular music students working around a professional mixing board at a sound studio.

Lessons in Mastering The Recording Studio

July 6, 2022

Third-year pop performance program students become session musicians and producers at LA’s historic Village Studios.


Tovi Schenk performs in their room, singing behind a microphone.

Tovi Schenk featured in Annenberg Radio News

May 31, 2022

Freshman Thornton Music Production student Tovi Schenk was interviewed in an Annenberg Radio News segment about a piece he is composing based on an early romantic art song called “Erlking” (Erlkönig) by Franz Shubert. Schenk has previously released one self-written song entitled “PLEASE.”


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In Conversation with | Dick McIlvery and Fred Vogler

May 3, 2022

In this installment of a series highlighting the relationships forged among USC Thornton faculty and alumni, Dick McIlvery and alumnus Fred Vogler recall the early days of the Thornton Recording Arts program.


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Women in Music

March 16, 2022

In recognition of Women’s History Month, USC Thornton honors the talents, accomplishments and experiences of its female students, alumni, faculty and staff.


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Ashley Fulton

September 9, 2021

Ashley Fulton is a student ambassador and Music Production major in the Contemporary Music Division at the USC Thornton School of Music.


Robert Cutietta, dean of the USC Thornton School of Music, speaking at a charity event at USC

Robert Cutietta: 20 Years of Visionary Excellence

August 20, 2021

The Dean of both the USC Thornton School of Music and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance reflects on 20 years of leadership at USC.


Michael Tilson Thomas and Los Angeles Philharmonic win at 2021 GRAMMY Awards

March 14, 2021

The 63rd annual GRAMMY Awards, held virtually on Sunday, March 14, brought wins for faculty and alumni at USC Thornton. Celebrated conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, a Thornton alum and Judge Widney Professor at USC, won for Best Orchestral Performance for the San Francisco Symphony’s “Copland: Symphony No. 3.” And the many alumni and faculty who… Continue reading Michael Tilson Thomas and Los Angeles Philharmonic win at 2021 GRAMMY Awards


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Songwriting at Home, Around the World

July 23, 2020

USC Thornton students make the finals in the Quarantunes Student Music Competition and reflect on how the pandemic has offered new ways to stay creative.