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Four new works will be featured at the concert, the public finale of the weeklong “Synergy: Conductor and Composer” workshop.
USC Thornton Symphony student musicians will play alongside members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at USC’s Bing Theater on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Four new works will be featured at the concert, the public finale of the weeklong “Synergy: Conductor and Composer” workshop.
The workshop was designed to foster creative relationships between up-and-coming composers and conductors. A pre-concert discussion with workshop creator and Philharmonic Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen starts at 6 p.m.
"There are only a few music schools up for the challenge of performing in concert with the Philharmonic,” said Robert Cutietta, dean of the USC Thornton School of Music. “This is an unprecedented opportunity for our students, and we're confident that their performance will exceed expectations."
The Thornton School is consistently rated among the top 1 percent of the nation's music schools and conservatories
Former music Dean Larry Livingston, who was instrumental in developing the cooperative venture, said, “The educational, artistic and cultural implications of this orchestral merger are not only extraordinary but also unprecedented on a national level.”
The four conductors, selected through competitive application by a panel from the American Music Center and the American Symphony Orchestra League, are: James Gaffigan (Houston), Sarah Ioannides (New York), Scott O'Neil (Salt Lake City) and Alastair Willis (Seattle).
The composers are Mason Bates (Oakland), Steven Burke (New York), Carlos Carrillo-Cotto (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.), and Naomi Sekiya (Los Angeles), a doctoral student of music at USC.
"Synergy" is a collaboration of the American Music Center, the Orchestra League, the L.A. Philharmonic and the USC Thornton School. Partial funding was provided by the Geraldine C. and Emory M. Ford Foundation.
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