University Of Southern California Thornton School Of Music Celebrates 125 Years

Ron Losby, President of Steinway & Sons; USC Thornton Board of Advisor members Gregg Field and Susanna Guzman; Alan Pasqua, Chair of Thornton’s jazz department; and Rob Cutietta, Dean USC Thornton School of Music — all of whom spoke at the 125th Anniversary festivities — with (seated) Flora L. Thornton, who became the school’s benefactor in 1999 with a naming gift of $25 million, at the time the largest such contribution to an American school of music. Photo Credit: Lee Salem