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 premier music schools in the United States. Founded only four years after the University itself, the Thornton school is the oldest continually operating arts institution in Southern California. The 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.

The USC Thornton School is noted for quality programs such as orchestral studies, opera, jazz, Film Scoring and Music industry.

Thornton is one of two universities in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Music Industry. Thornton is one of only two schools that offer a comprehensive program in Scoring for Television and Film. It also has a unique program in studio guitar performance.

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[edit] Notable faculty

[edit] Cello

[edit] Classical guitar

[edit] Composition

[edit] Jazz

[edit] Piano

[edit] Viola

[edit] Violin

[edit] Vocal Arts and Opera

  • Ken Cazan
  • Rod Gilfry (beginning fall 2008)
  • Gary Glaze
  • Elizabeth Hynes
  • Brent McMunn
  • Cynthia Munzer

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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