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 Department. They're located in the Booth Memorial Hall (BMH), Room 101, and are usually open until 6:00 p.m. on workdays.

The main USC Thornton buildings are:

• MUS – Music Faculty Building:
1. Jeannette MacDonald Recital Hall
2. Classrooms and studios
3. Main administrative offices, including the Dean’s office and the External Relations department
4. Departmental offices for: Strings, Keyboard Studies, Keyboard Collaborative Arts, Electroacoustic Media, Organ (Room 112)

• BMH – Booth Memorial Hall:
1. Music Operations department (Room 101)
2. Rehearsal studios
3. Opera office (Room 112)

• UUC – United University Church:
1. Sanctuary performance space
2. Student Services office (Basement)
3. Orchestra office (Room 217)
4. Admissions office (Room 218)

• ASI – Arnold Schoenberg Institute:
1. Arnold Schoenberg Institute Auditorium
2. Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (Basement)
3. Rehearsal studios and classrooms

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

• PIC – Practice Instructional Complex (also marked as SSM on some maps):
1. Rehearsal studios and practice rooms

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

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