STUDENT LIFE
Thornton Student Council
TSC exists to amplify and advocate for the student experience at the Thornton School of Music.
Mission
The student council encourages freedom of scholarship; preserves and encourages student rights; promotes a unified, cohesive student body; and maintains forums to discuss student views and rights.
Students may submit their questions, concerns, and ideas to the Thornton Student Council either in person at council meetings; via email; or anonymously through a feedback form. All TSOM students, including non-majors taking Thornton classes, are encouraged to reach out.
Full Roster
Representatives for the current academic term, as nominated by the USC Thornton student body.
- Arts Leadership: N/A
- Choral & Sacred Music: Sophie O’Shea
- Classical Guitar: Brady Davis
- Composition: Makenna Harding-Davis
- Jazz Studies: Sydney DeFranco
- Keyboard Studies (all): Cole Thomerson
- Music Industry: Callie Beard
- Music Production: Sophia Scott
- Music Teaching & Learning: N/A
- Musicology (incl. Early Music): N/A
- Popular Music: Samantha Wallace
- Screen Scoring: N/A
- Strings: Ayman Amerin
- Studio Guitar: N/A
- Vocal Arts: Aileen Conner
- Winds & Percussion: Christopher Lee
- Arts Leadership: Marisa Lifquist
- Choral & Sacred Music: Tyler Berg
- Classical Guitar: Pietro Ruscigno
- Composition: Nathaniel Parks
- Jazz Studies: Vacant
- Keyboard Studies (all): Anne Liu
- Music Industry: special fall election tbd
- Music Production: N/A
- Musicology (incl. Early Music): Adrianna Mirabal
- Music Teaching & Learning: Patrick Augayo
- Popular Music: N/A
- Screen Scoring: special fall election tbd
- Strings: Solomon Leonard
- Studio Guitar: Josh Workman
- Vocal Arts: vacant
- Winds & Percussion: Jane Pankhurst
Officers
Representatives for the current academic term, as nominated by the season’s elected student members.
Solomon Leonard
Chair
Aileen Conner
Vice Chair
Christopher Lee
Undergraduate Representative, At-Large
Nathaniel Parks
Graduate Representative,
At-Large
Patrick Aguayo
Officer of Records
Makenna Harding-Davis
Officer of Public Affairs
Ayman Ishmael Amerin
Treasurer
Documents
Thornton Student Council’s current, ratified constitution and most recent annual report. For monthly minutes or meeting materials, email: thornton.student.council@usc.edu.
