"The future of the USC Trojan Marching Band"

USC Trojan Marching Band Director to speak at USC Trojan Affiliates Membership Coffee on March 3rd.

Professor Jacob Vogel will speak on “Life After Art Bartner…the future of the Trojan Marching Band” to the USC Trojan Affiliates on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at a private home in San Marino. The meeting will begin with hearty refreshments at 6:30 p.m. followed by the program.

Professor Jacob Vogel was recently named director of the USC Trojan Marching Band, the first new director in over 50 years. This appointment followed a 12-year tenure as a teaching assistant, assistant director, associate director and arranger with the program. Vogel also serves as an associate professor of practice in winds and percussion with the Thornton School of Music. In his former position as the Trojan Marching Band’s associate director and arranger, Vogel divided his time between creating contemporary arrangements and contributing to the members’ continuing music education. Vogel’s arrangements have been electrifying the Coliseum for over a decade, and his student-centered approach to music teaching and learning have had tremendous effects on the program. Vogel’s artistic vision has been instrumental to the success of his collaborative efforts with the Thornton School of Music’s Popular Music Program, the Kaufman School of Dance, X Ambassador’s Sam Harris, Fitz and the Tantrums, composers Ramin Djawadi and Alan Silvestri, as well as Angelina Jolie and Mark Hamill.

USC Trojan Affiliates, a women’s organization located in the San Gabriel Valley, supports the University of Southern California and welcomes all interested women to attend its meetings and events. This meeting will focus on new member recruitment and all women parents, alumni, and friends of USC are encouraged to attend. Gentleman, are of course, welcome to attend the meeting as well. The group meets five times a year at various homes and locations within the San Gabriel Valley and hosts additional social and cultural events while raising needed scholarship funds for USC students. It currently supports fourteen students who attended local San Gabriel Valley high schools.

USC Trojan Affiliates is in its sixth year of contributing money to its first scholarship endowment fund of $100,000, (now well over the initial funded amount) using these dollars to support its scholars. Money is also raised from selling unique USC products ---a special line of Maria de La Luz jewelry, scarves, clothing, tablecloths, towels, handmade signs, and more. Members also volunteer at the Pasadena Showcase House to earn funds and participate in the USC Day of SCervice, USC Homecoming, and Swim With Mike, programs to support the University and its students.

If a community member has an interest in being a speaker at an upcoming Trojan Affiliates meeting, please contact Program Chairman, Jacqueline Goodman, at jtgoodman@aol.com.

First year Trojan Affiliates President Ann Palmer of Sierra Madre, looks forward to welcoming prospective members to this Membership Coffee and meeting.

For information, reservations, and the location of the meeting, please contact Trojan Affiliates Membership Chairman Kandi Wopschall by February 28th at wopschall@earthlink.net or (818) 790-1970.