Whether it's for a concert or an advanced degree, finding the USC Thornton School of Music is easy.

Download a campus map (PDF).

Getting to Campus

The USC Thornton School of Music is on the University of Southern California University Park Campus, near where the Santa Monica (I-10) and Harbor (I-110) freeways intersect. The campus is bounded by Jefferson Blvd. to the north, Figueroa St. to the east, Exposition Blvd. to the south and Vermont Ave. to the west.

For more instructions on how to find the USC campus, go to the Visit USC site.

Parking is available on the USC campus for $8.00.

Finding Thornton on Campus

The Thornton School has offices, studio spaces and performance halls in many different places across the USC campus. Refer to the map above for more detail.

If you can't find the service you're seeking, a good place to start is the Music Operations Division. They're located in the Booth Memorial Hall (BMH), Room 101, and are usually open 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on workdays.

The main USC Thornton buildings are:

• MUS – Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building:
1. Jeannette MacDonald Recital Hall
2. Classrooms and studios
3. Main administrative offices, including the Dean’s, Business, Development, and Marketing offices (4th floor)
4. Departmental offices for Composition & Theory, Winds & Percussion, Choral Conducting, and Instrumental Conducting (Room 308)
5. Departmental offices for Scoring for Motion Picture & Television and Music Industry (Room 305)

• BMH – Booth Memorial Hall:
1. Music Operations Division (Room 101)
2. Rehearsal studios
3. Opera Program office (Room 112)
4. Simon Ramo Recital Hall

• UUC – United University Church:
1. Classrooms
2. Orchestra office (Room 219)
3. Admissions office (Room 218)

• WPH – Waite Phillips Hall:
1. Departmental offices for: Music History & Literature, Early Music, and Music Education (Room 304)

• PIC – Music Practice and Instructional Center:
1. Rehearsal studios and practice rooms
2. Student Affairs (Room 212)
3. Thornton Outreach (Room 205)
4. Department offices for Jazz Studies, Studio/Jazz Guitar, and Classical Guitar (Room 207)

• STO – Stonier Hall:
1. Polish Music Center (Room 120)

• RHM – Virginia Ramo Hall of Music:
1. Teaching Studios
2. Department offices for Strings, Keyboard Studies, Vocal Arts, and Organ (Room 112)

• LPB – Marcia Lucas Post Production Building:
1. Recording Studios

For information on performance spaces and venues, please visit our Performance Halls and Studios page.