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Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq nominated in 2026 Golden Globes
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How Nina Simone Changed the World
How Nina Simone Changed the World A Q&A with Pulitzer Prize–Winning Writer and Critic Salamishah Tillet and Jason King, Dean of the USC Thornton School of Music ADMISSION: Admission is free.
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To Be Free: The Revolutionary Music of Nina Simone
To Be Free: The Revolutionary Music of Nina Simone A Two-Day Concert Event Across Two Evenings at USC’s Bovard Auditorium -Part of the USC Thornton School of Music Series Nina Simone: Beyond Category -Curated by Jason King, Lara Downes, and Jayson Jackson -In Collaboration with the Recording Academy Black Music Collective ADMISSION Admission is free.
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To Be Free: The Revolutionary Music of Nina Simone
A Two-Day Concert Event Across Two Evenings at USC’s Bovard Auditorium Part of the USC Thornton School of Music Series Nina Simone: Beyond Category Curated by Jason King, Lara Downes, and Jayson Jackson In Collaboration with the Recording Academy Black Music Collective ** This event is ticketed.
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USC Thornton Symphony
Carl St.Clair, principal conductor of the USC Thornton Orchestra Program, leads the USC Thornton Symphony in a concert of Strauss' Don Quixote with a student cello soloist, and "Langston Hughes: Words, Jazz, and Justice," a transformative multimedia concert created by Thornton faculty member Ron McCurdy.
