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Donald Crockett, Xtet shine at Wednesday recital


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Many of Los Angeles’s top instrumentalists gathered together Wednesday night for a stunning musical performance led by USC faculty composer and conductor Donald Crockett. The Faculty Recital took place in Alfred Newman Recital Hall and lasted approximately two hours with intermission. Crockett is the chair of the music composition department in the Thornton School of […]

New sounds


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Eric Byers, a USC alumnus and member of the Calder Quartet that performed at President C. L. Max Nikias’ inauguration, gives a master class to students in the Thornton School of Music. Dan Doperalski | Daily Trojan

Goals can succeed despite struggle


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Rod Gilfry always dreamed of being a fighter pilot. But at 6-foot-2, Gilfry was already too tall for a fighter jet cockpit. In the years since he gave up those plans at age 17, Gilfry has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and has acted and sung in 74 roles on prominent stages around the […]

Music master


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Leonardo Perez, a graduate student studying violin performance, played Schumann’s Opus 47 in E flat on Monday night in the Alfred Newman Recital Hall. Perez’s performance was part of the Chamber Music Marathon, where, under the direction of Peter Marsh, students from the Thornton School of Music are performing chamber music for three straight nights, […]

All that jazz


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Pianist and jazz studies major Emily Intersimone starts off USC Thornton School of Music’s annual senior recital season.