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EVENTS
Quincy Jones: Beyond Category
Honoring cultural icon Quincy Jones.
Life and Legacy
Quincy Jones: Beyond Category is an event series organized by the USC Thornton School of Music to explore, elevate, and celebrate Quincy Jones’s life and legacy. Working across styles and idioms including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, and film scoring—and breaking ground for African American achievement in the entertainment industries—Jones has garnered the highest levels of critical and commercial acclaim.
Join us as we launch a season-long tribute to Quincy Jones, who, at 91, is celebrating seven decades of unprecedented professional creativity and excellence as a trailblazing cultural figure.
Series Events
Quincy Jones: Beyond Category is presented by USC Visions & Voices: the Arts & Humanities Initiative. Admission is free and open to the public. Please check back for guests to be announced. Reservations via Visions & Voices required; RSVP beginning Thursday, August 1.
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