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music in the city of angels
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.
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Cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins in downtown Los Angeles, framed by the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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.
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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
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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.
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
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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%
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.
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.
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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.
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“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.
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.
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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.
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Alumnus Jim Wang leads an orchestra rehearsal at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica.
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.
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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.
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.
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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
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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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.
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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).
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Faculty member Pepe Romero conducts a masterclass with classical guitarist Max Brenner.
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Trumpet student Cameron Wilkins in downtown Los Angeles.