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USCorntonU N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A t h o r n to n s c h o o l o f m u s i c

viewbook 2019/20

music in the city of angels

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Robert CutiettaDean of the USC ThorntonSchool of Music

As the music profession changes, the USC Thornton School of Music offers an innovative education that prepares studentsfor careers at the highest level as performers, composers, educators and industry leaders. We do this while making themost of our location in Los Angeles, the nation’s center forcreativity and original art of all kinds.

Our three exceptional divisions offer cross-genre experiencesunique among the country’s top music schools. As a leadinginternational research institution, USC offers students a rigorous, global education that enriches their artistic and musical development.

extraorree distinct divisions, one

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Classical Performance & Compositionpage 2

ContemporaryMusicpage 8

Research & Scholarly Studiespage 12

USCornton School of Music

visit us online @ music.usc.edu

Online Extras

Full stories and videosfor the features in this viewbook are atmusic.usc.edu/viewbook

Follow Us

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Cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins in downtown Los Angeles, framed by the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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ON THE HORIZON:BRIGHT FUTURES

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classical music is as vibrant as it has ever been, but it's changingand so are we. We've created a new undergraduate curriculumthat will challenge students to develop a distinct artistic voice and create a thriving career in classical music. We’re calling it theNew Classical. our goal? to train artists who will expand classicalmusic’s influence and impact, now and in years to come.

Read more at music.usc.edu/viewbook

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A Semester at SibeliusA young composer learns to appreciate Finland’scold and calm in a new study abroad program.USC Thornton forged new ground when it establishedthe International Exchanges program, creating opportunities for students to travel and study abroad.As part of the program, Composition alumnus CurtisGreen ’19 spent a semester at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.

winning the Game of Musical ChairsRecent grads across all disciplines are being hired by professional symphonies.The odds of winning a position in a full-time orchestra are daunting. Nabbing a spot is rare, but graduates of USC Thornton have been winningthese highly competitive seats at an enviable rate.“Our grads are all over the world — in the New YorkPhilharmonic, the Concertgebouw, Swedish radio,Madrid,” says clarinet professor Yehuda Gilad.

Female Conductors Seize the batonDoctoral students make their musical marks at USC — and afterwards. Three Choral & Sacred Music students and recent alums are earning plaudits on the podium as conductors. Jenny Wong, Irene Apanovitch andShou-Ping Liu are seeing success in the Los AngelesMaster Chorale, the American Choral Directors Association Graduate Conducting Competition andthe orchestra and chorus at Union College.

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“If you monitor the New York arts press, you will quickly understand that Los Angeles is hot. The coast-to-coast current has changed course: young painters, writers and musicians are flocking here.”- Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times music critic

classical performance & composition

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PROGRAMS

Choral & Sacred Music

Classical Guitar

Composition

keyboard Collaborative Arts

keyboard Studies

organ Studies

Strings

vocal Arts & opera

winds & Percussion

USC Thornton alumni are well represented on the rosters of major American orchestras:New York Philharmonic (5, incl. assistant concertmaster, principal viola & principaltuba); Chicago Symphony (5, incl. principal tuba); Cincinnati Symphony (5, incl. principal bass & oboe); San Francisco Symphony (7, incl. the conductor); Los AngelesPhilharmonic (18, incl. principal cello, trumpet, percussion & timpani); Los AngelesChamber Orchestra (14, incl. principal harp, trumpet, viola & composer in residence);and principal chairs with the Auckland Philharmonia, Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Seattle Symphony.

of recent alumni said they would likely enroll at USC Thornton if they had thechance to do it over again.

94%

(L-R) Annie Ranzani, Justin Woo, Nao Kubota and Malik Taylor at the Department of Water and Power headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

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Student Premieres work at Royal balletUndergraduate found her British collaboratoronline, and worked via Skype.Composer Katya Richardson, in her junior year, collaborated with British choreographer CharlotteEdmonds on a piece for England’s Royal Ballet.After collaborating online via Skype, Richardson’smusic and Edmonds’ choreography premiered in spring 2018, and Richardson traveled to Londonfor the event.

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Those Recital experiences Pay offKeyboard Studies student appears at The Kennedy Center.Every year, the more than 300 student recitals oncampus are important warmups for professionalperformances. Example A is So-Mang Jeagal ’15who, while earning  an  Artist  Diploma,  wonthe  Grand  Prize at the Washington, D.C., Interna-tional Piano Competition in 2014 that included aconcerto appearance at The Kennedy Center.

“I find Los Angelesto be the most vital artistic community in the country right now, and we really have to look no further than our campus.” - Margaret Batjer, strings faculty member and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

classical performance & composition

of USC Thornton undergraduates complete their degrees in six years, but most (71%) graduate in four. The national six-year completion rate is 59%.

86%

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Two Seniors earn Fulbrightstwo recent alumni spent the 2018-19 academic year abroad as fulbright scholars.choral & sacred musicalumna Geetha somaya-jula will travel to india to study classical musictraditions, while Jazzstudies alumnus maxKapur is bound for southKorea to teach English.Both double majored atusc: somayajula earneda second degree from the usc marshall schoolof Business, and Kapur in East Asian languages& cultures.

Student Composer isMusical America’s NewArtist of the MonthDoctoral candidate JuliaAdolphe, who has hadworks commissioned bythe new York Philhar-monic and los AngelesPhilharmonic, recentlywas the magazine’s featured new artist. inher interview, she saidgender diversity at uscthornton was one of the reasons she chosethe school.

From Classmates toProfessional Colleaguestwo violinists, recentalumni michelle tsengand tianyun Jia, bothwon jobs in the lA Phil,while cellist Peter myersis the new assistantprincipal cello of the san francisco opera.the runner-up? hisclassmate and fellowmember of the sakuracello quintet, Yoshikamasuda.

Read these storiesand see the videos at music.usc.edu/viewbook

These Singers Do it Allsingers as producers, directors, music arrangers,set builders, costumers and prop masters. for more than a dozen years, the chamber opera of usc has been thriving as a student-run organizationthat provides performing opportunities to under-graduate singers and directing  opportunities to graduate students. the students produce two opera or musical theater productions everyyear, and learn how to be true ensemble participants.

Vocalists (L-R): Victoria Fox, Diana Newman, Anthony Moreno, Amy Lawrence, from the USC Thornton Opera production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.

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Celeste Butler (center) with Amir Kelly, Nyallah Noah and Eddie Stone, performing at the 2018 Popular Music Senior Showcase at the El Rey Theatre.

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ALWAYS INNOVATINGALWAYS COLLABORATING

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from Popular music to screen scoring to Jazz studies, the programs in the Division of contemporary music are among the industry’s best and most celebrated. they have always been musical pathfinders, and are also known for their embrace of new technology and creative collaborations with new media,dance, theater and musicians located around the world.

Read more at music.usc.edu/viewbook

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Music industry Students brimming with CreativityUndergrad student creates “the WordPress of event planning.”Alvin Liang has quite a few music industry insiders expecting big things from him. Not for his artistry, mindyou, but for his killer apps. Liang wowed the judges at the 11th annual USC Stevens Student InnovatorShowcase, landing his team the $10,000 grand prizefor “Best Business Concept.” His idea: a scalable, self-serve event planning platform called EventAll.

A New Space for a SongUSC Thornton unveils new Songwriter’s Theater. The school debuted a brand new venue for song-writing — a space dedicated to words, music and creation. The 980-square-foot space has a state-of-the-art sound system and stage rigging, LED light-ing and seats 50 in an intimate theater setting. A grand piano, drum set, guitars and amps stay in the room, at the ready for songwriters to test their work.

contemporary music

“There are so manysides to being a composer in the film industry. The business. The creative. USC does a wonderful job of giving you that whole package.” - Duncan Thum (’06, GC ’13)Emmy-nominated film composer and Screen Scoring alum

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USC Thornton Returns to Studio Athe contemporary musicDivision thrives on collabo-ration. Each spring, uscthornton organizes arecording session at capitolrecords’ famed studio Awith legendary engineer Alschmitt. the event involvesstudents from three pro-grams — the usc thorntonJazz orchestra performsarrangements written bystudents in the screenscoring program, whilemusic Production studentsassist with the recording.

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Leading Music industry Alumni You can find music indus-try alums in leadershippositions across enter-tainment fields. JuliaBetley ’06 was recentlypromoted to vice presi-dent of licensing andsoundtracks at rcArecords, and Ben Adel-son ’09, a senior vicepresident at republicrecords, made Billboardmagazine’s list of “40under 40: music’s topYoung Power Players revealed.”

Two Years out, Two NominationsWhen Duncan thum got the call, his jaw wentslack. An Emmy nomina-tion for outstandingmusic composition for a series. less than twoyears out of school, in his rookie year as an independent hollywoodcomposer, he’d made the television Academy’stop-six list. the followingyear, thum was nomi-nated again for anepisode of Chef’s Table.

Pop Music Forumbrings Pros to TalkAbout work (and Play) top singers and instru-mentalists from all genres, music producers,songwriters and other industry stars regularlyspeak to students at thePop music forum, heldexclusively for uscthornton students. A recent guest was Johnmayer, who gave a song-writing masterclass complete with white-board illustrations.

PROGRAMS

Jazz Studies

Music industry

Music Technology

Popular Music

Screen Scoring

Studio GuitarDrummer Brandon Combs and vocalist Nolan Frank in a recording session at Capitol Records’ Studio A.

Jazz in Amsterdam the language barrierwasn’t such a barrier atall. Jazz standards areperformed the worldover. As part of uscthornton’s internationalprograms, 10 studentsfrom the Jazz studiesprogram traveled to Amsterdam over springBreak to meet, study andperform with studentsfrom the conservatoriumvan Amsterdam.

Read these storiesand see the videos at music.usc.edu/viewbook

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A FRESH LOOK ATMUSIC EDUCATION

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it’s a fact. music education programs haven’t changed very much in 150 years. usc thornton is changing that with a new master’s degreefor students who want to earn teaching certification in california andother states, where traditional band, orchestra and choir are beingjoined by guitar, songwriting and technology classes. Keeping a closeeye on our alumni and education trends, we are training multi-talentedteachers to meet the realities of today’s school music programs.

Read more at music.usc.edu/viewbook

Alumnus Jim Wang leads an orchestra rehearsal at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica.

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Transforming the Landscape of Teacher educationA new Master’s degree debuted in 2018.  “Today’s music teachers need to feel comfortableteaching a wind ensemble, overseeing a rock band,leading a songwriting class using acoustic and digitaltechnology and organizing concerts of student-created music,” says faculty member Peter Webster. This is the vision for the new Master’s degree in K-12 Contemporary Teaching Practice.

Success without a Podium An ensemble without a conductor, but with plenty of gigs.Benjamin Mitchell launched the KaleidoscopeChamber Orchestra with help from USC Thornton’sArts Leadership program. An innovative and con-ductorless ensemble that’s breathing new life intoclassical music in Los Angeles, Kaleidoscope fea-tures some of the best players in the city who col-laborate through a democratic process to prepareand perform a wide range of orchestral pieces.

research & scholarly studies

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of current doctoral students presented papers at scholarly conferences during the past year.

50%

“It’s really importantfor us as students to get involved in our community, particularly with programs that go into schools and develop lasting relationships with the kids.” - Rose Campion, USC’s 2018 valedictorian, was a double major in music and history. Campion accepted the Ertegun Scholarship to pursue a MPhil in musicology at Oxford University.

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For a better brain,Learn Musicfaculty member Beatrizilari has been conductinga study in partnershipwith the lA Phil andheart of los Angeles to show that musicaltraining can alter brainstructures for the better.the study results under-score the importance of community music programs that can offsetsome of the negative effects of low socio-economic status.

Arts entrepreneurship:where Art MeetsStARTupKenneth foster beganthe Arts leadership program at usc to teachstudents to apply theircreative skills to growfrom artist to arts entre-preneur. What makesartists and leaders standout from the crowd istheir ability to envisionpossibilities and makethem happen—traitsclosely related to thoseof successful entrepre-neurs.

Stepping in to bringMusic to Studentsusc thornton alumnacatherine cooperlaunched a music educa-tion program for under-served students incentral california. “it’sthe most fulfilling work ido,” says cooper, “i loveteaching in a school, but there’s somethingspecial and uniqueabout being able to givechildren and families the gift of music.”

Alumnus and faculty member Vince Womack, at right, rehearsing on stage with his students at the James Foshay Learning Center in South Los Angeles.

PROGRAMS

Arts Leadership

early Music Performance

Music Teaching & Learning

Musicology

Community engagement

Polish Music Center

why Should Musicians Mentor?the usc thornton community EngagementProgram pairs local pub-lic schools with studentsfrom all divisions and degree programs, whothen mentor and teachthe students. A three-part video series cameout last year, showingmany of the studentmentors in action.

Read these storiesand see the videos at music.usc.edu/viewbook

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Double Majors

Jason Lewis ’19 majored in classical guitar with a second major in Computational Neuroscience. He is part of the medical engineering design clubthat 3-D printed an ophthalmoscope that attachesto an iPhone. It took 33 hours to print, and Lewiswrote the app to operate it.

The Trojan Family is Forever

USC Thornton roots run deep at major entertain-ment and cultural institutions, from the GRAMMYMuseum and Hollywood studios to major orchestrasaround the globe. Strong alumni networks are active worldwide, and help open professionaldoors for USC Thornton graduates.

Artistic Collaborations

The 2018 spring musical, West Side Story, which coincided with the 100th anniversary of composerLeonard Bernstein’s birth, was a collaborative production between three USC arts schools — theUSC School of Dramatic Arts, USC Glorya KaufmanSchool of Dance and the USC Thornton School of Music. Students' combined talents made it an epic triple threat of a production.

Coliseum Renovation

The LA Memorial Coliseum, the historic venue that has hosted the Summer Olympics twice and is home to the USC Trojans football team, is under-going a renovation project that will be completed in 2019.

An extraordinarycampus—full of opportunities—in the heart of Los Angeles

Number of students, many of them music majors, who live in USC Village, a 15-acreresidential and retail centeracross the street from USCThornton. Trader Joe's andTarget, anyone?

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Drummer Kelly Cruz keeps the beat in the LA Fashion District.

Application Process

1. Determine the specific application requirements for your chosen program (details at music.usc.edu/admission).

2. Complete the appropriate USC Application for Admission (available at admit.usc.edu).

3. Complete the supplemental music portions ofthe USC application, and upload the appropriatemedia submission(s) (including prescreen mate-rial, as required) through the SlideRoom portal (instructions at music.usc.edu/admission).

4. Perform an audition, if required, according to the specific audition requirements of your chosenprogram (details at music.usc.edu/admission).

For more information, contact:[email protected]

Financial Aid

University-wideAll domestic students are encouraged to apply for need-based financial aid.

Academic scholarships are also available for undergraduate students. For more information, visit usc.edu/financialaid.

USC Thornton SchoolGraduate and undergraduate applicants to scholarship-eligible programs are automaticallyconsidered for music scholarships based upontheir application and audition.

Teaching assistantships are available for somegraduate programs. Applications can be down-loaded from music.usc.edu/admission.

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How to Apply

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Undergraduate Majors include the Bachelor of Music (BM), Bachelor of Arts (BA), and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees.

Undergraduate Minors include Jazz Studies, Music Industry, Music Production, Music Recording, MusicalStudies, Musical Theatre, Popular Music Studies, andSongwriting.

Graduate Programs include the Master of Arts (MA),Master of Music (MM), Master of Science (MS), GraduateCertificate (GCRT), Artist Diploma (ARTD), Doctor ofMusical Arts (DMA), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

Classical Performance & CompositionBrass (Bm, mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)choral music (Bm, mm, DmA)classical Guitar (Bm, mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)composition (Bm, mm, DmA)Keyboard collaborative Arts (mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)organ (Bm, mm, Gcrt, DmA)Percussion (Bm, mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)Piano (Bm, mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)sacred music (mm, DmA)strings (Bm, mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)Vocal Arts (Bm, mm, Gcrt, DmA)Woodwinds (Bm, mm, Gcrt, ArtD, DmA)

Contemporary MusicJazz studies, instrumental (Bm, mm, Gcrt, DmA)Jazz studies, Vocal (BA)music industry (Bs, ms)music Production (Bm)Popular music Performance (Bm)screen scoring (mm)studio Guitar (mm, Gcrt, DmA)

Research & Scholarly StudiesArts leadership (Gcrt, mPA, ms)community music (mm)contemporary teaching Practice (mm)Early music Performance (mA, Gcrt, DmA)music teaching & learning (mm, DmA)musicology (PhD)

Gainful employment Disclosures

The United States Department of Education re-quires that not-for-profit educational institutionsdisclose certain types of information regardingprograms that do not lead to a degree. These fed-eral regulations are designed to provide informa-tion about programs leading to gainfulemployment in a recognized occupation.

In the USC Thornton School of Music, three pro-grams are subject to these federal requirements: (1) the Artist Diploma program; (2) the GraduateCertificate program in Arts Leadership; and (3) theGraduate Certificate program in Music Performance.The required information for these programs is available at music.usc.edu/admission/gainful-employment-disclosures.

ADMISSION TIMELINE

December 1• Application deadline for all programs

January – March• Live auditions (by invitation only) in January and early February

• Application and/or portfolio review

April 1*• Admission and financial aid notification

April 15• Graduate enrollment commitment deadline

May 1*• Undergraduate enrollmentcommitment deadline

* Notification and commit-ment dates can vary for undergraduate transfers

of current USC Thornton students receive financial awards that do not need to be repaid.

72%

Degrees & Majors

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StringsViolinLina BahnMargaret BatjerMartin ChalifourGlenn DicterowPamela FrankBing Wang

ViolaKaren DreyfusYura Lee

CelloRalph Kirshbaum, chairAndrew Shulman

Double BassDavid Allen Moore

HarpJoAnn Turovsky

Orchestral Repetoire Ben Hong

Trojan Marching Band Arthur C. Bartner

Vocal Arts & OperaThomas Michael AllenKen Cazan, residentstage director

Angela Maria BlasiParmer Fuller, musical theatre

Rod GilfryJeremy FrankRakefet HakLynn HeldingElizabeth HynesBrent McMunn, music director

Karen Parks, musical theatre

Lisa Sylvester, chair

Winds & PercussionFluteJames Walker

OboeMarion KuszykJoel TimmAllan Vogel

ClarinetYehuda GiladDavid Howard

ConductingLucinda Carver, vice dean

Cristian GrasesSharon LaveryLarry J. Livingston, chair

Troy QuinnH. Robert ReynoldsJo-Michael ScheibeTram SparksCarl St.Clair, principal conductor

Keyboard Collaborative ArtsKevin Fitz-GeraldAlan L. Smith, director

Keyboard StudiesBernadene BlahaLucinda Carver,vice dean

Kevin Fitz-GeraldStewart GordonJeffrey KahaneSung-Hwa ParkAntoinette PerryStephen PierceDaniel PollackAlan L. Smith, chair

OrganCherry RhodesLadd Thomas, chair

Classical Performance & Composition

Choral & Sacred MusicSuzi DigbyCristian GrasesLynn HeldingMary MatteiJo-Michael Scheibe,chair

Tram SparksNick StrimpleLisa SylvesterLadd Thomas

Classical GuitarBrian HeadWilliam KanengiserPepe RomeroScott Tennant

CompositionCompositionDonald Crockett, chairSean FriarTed HearneAndrew NormanFrank TicheliNina Young

Theory & AnalysisBill BiersachNeal DesbySarah GibsonBrian HeadVeronika KrausasChristopher RozéMark Weiser

Music for DancePaul Hodgins

BassoonJudith FarmerShawn Mouser

SaxophoneJessica Maxfield

HornSteven BecknellKristy Morrell, chair

TrumpetThomas HootenJennifer Marotta

TromboneTerry S. Cravens

TubaNorman PearsonJames SelfDoug Tornquist

PercussionJames BaborJoseph Pereira

Contemporary Music

Jazz StudiesBassAlphonso JohnsonEdwin LivingstonDarek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz

Jazz CompositionJason GoldmanVince MendozaBob Mintzer

PercussionPeter ErskineRoy McCurdyAaron Serfaty

PianoDavid ArnayRussell FerranteAlan Pasqua

SaxophoneJason GoldmanBob Mintzer, chairBob Sheppard

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USC Thornton Faculty

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TromboneAndy Martin

TrumpetRon McCurdyMichael SteverJohn Thomas

Vocal JazzSara GazarekKathleen Grace

Music IndustryJeff BrabecTodd BrabecMichael Garcia, chairMark GoldsteinTrudy GreenJeremy GruberMichael KaminskyKevin LymanRichard McIlveryLoren MedinaVivian WangRichard WolfLindsay Wolfington

Music TechnologyJae DealCharles GutierrezSean HoltBrian MaloufRichard McIlveryTimo PreeceChris SampsonRichard Schmunk, chairMichael “Smidi” Smith

Popular MusicAndy AbadJeffrey AllenMichael ArromAdriana BalicSean HoltPaul Jackson, Jr.Alphonso JohnsonLyndia JohnsonWill KennedyTimothy KobzaDavid PoePatrice Rushen, chairChris SampsonRichard SmithAndrea StolpeNick StoubisSteve Trovato

Screen ScoringBruce BroughtonJon BurlingameDaniel Carlin, director, vice dean

Sean DougallLaura KarpmanPatrick KirstRichard McIlveryEric SchmidtGarry SchymanLawrence ShraggeChris Young

Studio GuitarAdam del MonteBruce FormanTimothy KobzaFrank PotenzaRichard SmithNick Stoubis, chairSteve Trovato

Research & Scholarly Studies

Arts LeadershipHelane AndersonSnehal DesaiKenneth Foster, director

Dana GioiaJackelyn Lopez

Early MusicLucinda CarverLot DemeyerSusan FeldmanJennifer Kampani Adam Knight Gilbert, director

Rotem GilbertCharles KosterWilliam SkeenJason Yoshida

Music Teaching & LearningRobert Cutietta, deanSusan HelfterBeatriz Ilari, chairJudy LewisPeter WebsterVince Womack

MusicologyBruce Alan BrownJoanna Demers, vice dean

Adam Knight GilbertRotem GilbertDana GioiaLeah MorrisonSean NyeTim PageNate SloanScott SpencerLisa Cooper Vest

*Faculty, as of June 1, 2019

Front cover: (L-R) Sam Yun, Julian McLanahan, Geetha Somayajula, and Kelly Cruz playing on a downtown Los Angeles rooftop.

Copy: Evan Calbi, Allison Engel

Design: Rick Simner Design

Photography: Cover photos (frontand back): Vance Jacobs; NathanCarter (Scholarly, p. 1, Mentorship,p. 15); Martin Chalifour (Adolphe, p. 7); Andrew Garver (Capitol, p. 11);Catherine Cooper (p. 15); CurtisGreen (p. 4); Dario Griffin (Contem-porary, p. 1, Fulbrights, p. 7, p. 8-9,Songwriter’s p. 10, Liang, p. 10,Betley, p. 11, p. 12-13, Entrepreneur-ship, p. 15); Kristina Jacinth (Pop-pea, p. 7); Vance Jacobs (Classical,p. 1, 2-3, 5, p. 18); So-Mang Jeagal(p. 6); Jason Lewis (p. 17); AbhishekMangla (Amsterdam, p. 11); Peter Myers (p. 7); Erin Offenhauser(Chamber Opera, p. 7, Mayer, p. 11,p. 21); Katya Richardson (p. 6); Gus Ruelas (Cutietta, p. 1, Capion,p. 14, Village, p. 17); Craig Schwartz(West Side Story, p. 17); Chris Shinn(p. 16); Duncan Thum (p. 11); Jenny Wong (p. 4).

Printing: ColorGraphics

Faculty member Pepe Romero conducts a masterclass with classical guitarist Max Brenner.

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USCorntonSchool of Music

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Trumpet student Cameron Wilkins in downtown Los Angeles.