USC Thornton School of Music
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The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premiere music schools on the West Coast. Founded only four years after the University itself, the Thornton school is located in the heart of the USC University Park Campus, south of downtown Los Angeles.
The school gets its name in honor of a $25 million gift by Flora L. Thornton in 1999. At the time, this was the largest donation to a school of music in the United States.
Thornton is one of two universities in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Music Industry. Thornton is also one of four schools in the country that offers a graduate program in Music Industry.
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[edit] Notable faculty
[edit] Cello
- Ronald Leonard
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Eleonore Schoenfeld
[edit] Classical guitar
[edit] Composition
[edit] Viola
[edit] Violin
- Midori Goto
- Jascha Heifetz
- Robert Lipsett
- Alice Schoenfeld
[edit] Notable alumni
- Michael Abels, composer
- Herb Alpert, trumpeter and co-founder of A&M Records
- Christophe Beck, film and television composer
- Marco Beltrami, Film score composer
- Harold Budd, ambient/avant-garde composer
- William Edward Childs, jazz pianist and composer
- Lori A. Custodero, music educator
- Gigi Drums, percussionist
- Martin Denny, creator of exotica music
- Rod Gilfry, opera singer
- Renee Elise Goldsberry, actress
- Jerry Goldsmith, Film score composer
- Maria Grenfell, composer
- Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
- Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano
- James Horner, Film score composer
- James Newton Howard, Film score composer
- Paul Jackson, Jr., fusion guitarist
- Tommy Johnson, tubist on film scores
- Morten Lauridsen, composer
- Charles Lloyd, jazz musician
- Bear McCreary, television composer
- Christopher Parkening, classical guitarist
- Elizabeth Pitcairn, violinist
- Harvey Pittel, saxophonist
- Basil Poledouris, Film score composer
- Brian Ralston, Film score composer
- Robert Ralston, pianist and organist
- Lee Ritenour, session musician
- Leroy Robertson, composer and music educator
- Patrice Rushen, R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist
- William Schmidt, composer
- Garry Schyman, composer for film, television, and video games
- Tom Scott, session musician
- Salli Terri, singer and songwriter
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
- Fiona Thompson, cellist
- Andrew York, classical guitarist-composer
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- USC Thornton School of Music
- USC Polish Music Center website
- Music Library of the University of Southern California
