USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC

The 'University of Southern California Thornton School of Music', founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premiere 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.

Contents

Notable faculty

Cello

Classical guitar

Composition

Viola

Violin

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notable faculty

Cello

★ Ronald Leonard

★ Gregor Piatigorsky

★ Eleonore Schoenfeld

★ Peter Stumpf

★ Nathanial Rosen

Classical guitar

★ Pepe Romero

★ Scott Tennant

★ James Smith

★ William Kanengiser

★ Brian Head

Composition

★ Buddy Baker

★ Elmer Bernstein

★ Ingolf Dahl

★ Jerry Goldsmith

★ Morten Lauridsen

★ Marty Paich

★ David Raksin

★ Miklós Rózsa

★ Frank Ticheli

Viola

★ William Primrose

★ Don McGinnis

Violin

★ Midori Goto

★ Jascha Heifetz

★ Robert Lipsett

★ Alice Schoenfeld

★ Hagai Shaham

★ Endre Granat

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

★ Roberto Cani, violinist

★ William Edward Childs, jazz pianist and composer

★ Lori A. Custodero, music educator

★ Tamar Davis, R&B singer

★ Martin Denny, creator of exotica music

★ Gigi Drums, percussionist

★ Taylor Eigsti, jazz pianist

★ Rod Gilfry, opera singer

★ Renee Elise Goldsberry, actress

★ Jerry Goldsmith, Film score composer

★ Donald Grantham, composer and music educator

★ 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

★ Jerry Kirkbride, clarinetist

★ Morten Lauridsen, composer

★ Christopher Lennertz, film and television composer

★ Charles Lloyd, jazz musician

★ Bear McCreary, television composer

★ Ronald Muldrow, jazz musician

★ Christopher Parkening, classical guitarist

★ P. Q. Phan, composer of contemporary classical music

★ 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

★ Nathaniel Rosen, cellist

★ 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

★ Zeynep Üçbaşaran, pianist

★ Walter Werzowa, composer and founder of Musikvergnuegen

★ Andrew York, classical guitarist-composer

See also

★ Colburn School

External links

★ USC Thornton School of Music

★ USC Polish Music Center website

★ Music Library of the University of Southern California