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Fall application deadline for all applicants: December 1, 2023. The only programs with different application deadlines are “Arts Leadership” and “Popular Music Teaching and Learning” (May 1 final application deadline) and all Thornton minors (October 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024). Application deadlines for other processes are noted below.
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Dec 1, 2023 · Apply to USC Thornton School of Music in just four easy steps! Find your undergraduate program requirements and begin your application today.
This section is for all first-year and transfer applicants from outside of USC applying to the Bachelor of Music (BM) Composition program for the fall semester. USC does not accept applications for spring admission. Note: This information applies only to undergraduate Composition applicants.
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The Music Complex 200 (213) 740-4721 FAX: (213) 740-5950 Email: studentaffairs@usc.edu Assistant Dean:Phillip Placenti
The Music Complex 200 (213) 740-8986 FAX: (213) 740-8995 Email: uscmusic@usc.edu Assistant Dean:Phillip Placenti
Music Faculty Building 308 (213) 740-7416 Chair:Kristy Morrell All departments may be reached by writing to: USC Thornton School of Music Music Faculty Building Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851 FAX: (213) 740-3217 email: uscmusic@usc.edu music.usc.edu
Robert A. Cutietta, DEd, Dean Lucinda Carver, DMA, Vice Dean, Division of Classical Performance Studies Peter Webster, PhD, Vice Dean, Division of Scholarly and Professional Studies Jeffrey de Caen, MBA, Associate Dean for Operations Susan Miltner Lopez, MBA, Associate Dean for Administration and Finance Donald Crockett, PhD, Assistant Dean for Fac...
Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music:Glenn Dicterow, BA Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy and Barbara M. McCoy Endowed Chair in Jazz at the Flora L. Thornton School of Music, Honoring President Steven B. Sample, 10th President of the University of Southern California:Bob Mintzer, BA* Gregor Piatigorsky Chair in Violoncello:Ralph Kirshbaum, BA H. Robe...
The Thornton School of Music offers professional and academic degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. These degrees are summarized below. Bachelor of Music: Students working toward this professional degree have a wide choice of specializations: composition, music industry, instrumental performance, jazz studies, popular music perfo...
Admission to a degree program is granted through USC’s admission process, described in the Admission section of this catalogue. Supplementary materials are also required for students seeking admission to the Thornton School of Music, which are described online at music.usc.edu. Applicants to a program within the school are screened by appropriate f...
The curriculum requirements for each major are listed under each degree. The USC course classification and numbering system is explained in the Registrationsection of this catalogue. In addition, music courses sometimes carry the following abbreviations: CD = Conducting; CG = Classical Guitar; HC = Harpsichord; OR = Organ; P = Piano; SG = Studio Gu...
To change from one curriculum to another, a student must apply and be approved for the new curriculum by the appropriate department chair and declare the intent to change curriculum through his or her academic adviser in the Thornton School.
Students who have highly specialized interests that may not be met through degree programs may apply for admission to one of the following non-degree programs. This program is designed for young artists of exceptional ability and musical sensitivity who plan careers as solo performers. The Artist Diploma Program provides young artists the opportuni...
Dec 1, 2023 · USC undergraduates wishing to change their major to music in the fall semester of 2024 must submit all required application materials to the Thornton Admission office by the same deadline of December 1, 2023. For spring semester 2024 admission, the deadline is October 1, 2023.
The Bachelor of Arts in Music combines a rigorous foundation in music consisting of theory, aural skills, and music history, with the USC general education program, foreign language study, and the flexibility of a Bachelor of Arts curriculum.
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Dec 1, 2023 · Apply to USC Thornton School of Music in just four easy steps! Find your requirements as a current USC student today.
