USC FemFest 2023 celebrates underrepresented voices in music
The one-day festival presents an inclusive safe space that challenges patriarchal oppression in the music industry.
‘Reclamation Through Resistance, Rebirth Through Reconciliation’: A Black History Month playlist
The USC Thornton School of Music shares music performed, written and/or produced by some of the school’s Black faculty and alumni.
How hip-hop artists are shaping emerging technologies
USC Annenberg’s Taj Frazier examines this intersection of music, art and technology.
Trojan helps musicians with autism showcase their talents
Ifunanya Nweke launched Jazz Hands for Autism, which has provided music training, vocational development and job placement for more than 150 musicians with autism.
Researchers find music education benefits youth wellbeing
Results highlight areas for state legislators and school leaders to consider as they expand music education programs across California.
Cochlear Implant Music Hour strikes a chord
USC program — supported by the university’s Good Neighbors Campaign — connects implant recipients with musicians to recapture and rediscover the feelings one gets from listening to music.
How USC Thornton trains the next generation of music teachers
As the music school unveils a new master’s degree in popular music teaching and learning, graduates who are already teaching are adapting to the growing demand for music instruction beyond band, choir and orchestra.
Trojan’s new hit app Instafest brings music fans together
USC Viterbi student Anshay Saboo shows users the concert festival lineup of their dreams.
Studying for finals? Let classical music help
Works by Bach, Brahms, Mozart and others are effective aids that improve sleep patterns and reduce stress, studies find.
100 years of ‘Fight On!’: Legendary USC fight song nears a milestone
It’s the fight song that begat a motto for an entire university, and this year it turns 100. Learn more about the history of the song — which didn’t win the university fight song contest.
Multiple USC Thornton grads, faculty among 2023 Grammy nominees
Alumni and faculty from the Jazz Studies program lead a lengthy list of USC Thornton nominees
Acclaimed composer Andrew Norman to return to USC Thornton School of Music
The alumnus and former faculty member — a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in music — will return as an associate professor of composition in fall 2023.
USC’s new, student-led mariachi band brings back a Trojan tradition
Mariachi Los Troyanos de USC is heavily booked, with gigs on campus, at major city events and on television.
USC Thornton at the vanguard of a new approach to teaching music
The journey now starts with a class that mixes students from the classical, jazz, popular music and music production programs, and examines big ideas that cross all disciplines.
Trojan composer/performer impresses international jury with his identity-driven work
Rohan Chander wins the prestigious Gaudeamus Award 2022, despite some “really big technical issues.”
K-pop takes center stage at USC concert, dance competition and academic forum
Events include an academic examination of the phenomenon as well as a concert featuring Korean musical artists Sejeong Kim and Kingdom.
From the forge to the field: The story (and the person) behind the Trojan sword and armor
The pieces are as iconic as Traveler, the Trojan Marching Band and the football program itself. But where the armament is crafted couldn’t be any farther from the bright lights and boisterous crowd of the Coliseum.
USC Thornton School to offer music teachers a master’s degree in teaching popular music
The new degree is designed for musicians wanting to transition into teaching as well as current K-12 teachers who want to immerse themselves in popular music pedagogy.
USC Thornton students get firsthand lessons in mastering the recording studio
Third-year pop performance program students become session musicians and producers at L.A.’s historic Village Studios.
In memoriam: Vincent DeRosa, noted French hornist and former USC Thornton faculty member
The celebrated musician, who died at 101, set a playing standard that continues today.
USC Radio Group names public broadcasting executive as its new president
James A. Muhammad will oversee Classical California, the No. 1 classical music radio station network in the nation, which operates KUSC-FM in Los Angeles and KDFC-FM in San Francisco.
Robert Cutietta awarded Presidential Medallion for advancing USC’s values in the field of the arts
As dean of USC Thornton School of Music and USC Kaufman School of Dance, Cutietta introduced groundbreaking programs and oversaw the opening of the university’s first new school in more than 40 years.
Chernobyl opera makes U.S. debut at USC
EARTH WEEK: USC Thornton collaborates with Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy to create All The Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story.
Study finds decade of insignificant change for women in popular music
In 2021, 23% of artists on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart were women — a far cry from the percentage of women in the U.S. population (51%).