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In modern times, hopes and dreams fuel students’ efforts


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Throughout the fall semester, I have attempted to cross the entire gamut of dreammakers. In just a few breezy months you’ve met Bear McCreary, renowned composer for film and television whose credit list includes Step Up 3D, Battlestar Galactica and The Walking Dead. You’ve been introduced to Rod Gilfry, the Grammy-nominated opera singer who has […]

Composer found mentor at USC


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At the age of six, Bear McCreary knew that he wanted to be a film composer. By 24, he was scoring Battlestar Galactica. As one of the select protégés of the late Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill A Mockingbird) at the USC Thornton School of Music, McCreary was groomed for success in the […]