{"id":319220,"date":"2026-05-16T19:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319220\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:54:21","slug":"photos-gustavo-dudamel-l-a-phil-music-director-honored-at-2026-usc-commencement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319220\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Gustavo Dudamel, L.A. Phil music director, honored at 2026 USC commencement ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fireworks and drones were part of the show as more than 18,000 degrees were awarded to the 2026 graduating class at USC on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gustavo Dudamel, the world-renowned music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted the USC band and also delivered the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Parents, friends and relatives of graduates snap photos and wave baby pictures of graduates.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961259_307_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Parents, friends and relatives of graduates snap photos and wave baby pictures of graduates during the USC Annenberg commencement ceremony in Alumni Park at USC in Los Angeles on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>(Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"USC graduates watch the fireworks at the end of their 2026 commencement ceremony.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961259_284_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>USC graduates watch the fireworks at the end of the 2026 commencement ceremony at the Coliseum on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>(Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"In a crimson robe, Gustavo Dudamel directs the USC band at the 2026 commencement ceremony while graduates look on.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961259_221_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Gustavo Dudamel, music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic, directs the USC band at the 2026 commencement ceremony at the Coliseum.<\/p>\n<p>(Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"A family member of student commencement speaker Malique &quot;Kash&quot; Amos stands and waves arms during his speech.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961260_577_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>A family member of student commencement speaker Malique \u201cKash\u201d Amos celebrates during his speech at USC\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>(Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"USC graduates walk down steps into the Coliseum for the commencement ceremony.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961260_288_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>USC graduates walk into the Coliseum for the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>(Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"USC graduates watch the drone show at the end of the commencement ceremony.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961260_588_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>USC graduates watch the drone show at the end of the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>(Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Rosaura Wardsworth and Lizbeth Maylin Solorzano celebrate.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961261_379_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Rosaura Wardsworth, center left, and Lizbeth Maylin Solorzano celebrate the completion of their master\u2019s degrees in specialized journalism during the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>(Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"A group of graduates takes a selfie before the commencement ceremony.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961261_566_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>A group of graduates takes a selfie before the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>(Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>                   <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Jessica To, foreground, hugs her professor Burghardt Tenderich while other graduates look on at the commencement ceremony.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778961261_179_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Jessica To hugs her professor Burghardt Tenderich at the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>(Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fireworks and drones were part of the show as more than 18,000 degrees were awarded to the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[46211,2491,44508,24926,133277,21711,123453,133276,48,52,51,47,50,49,63,1459,2824,1860,2429,133275,133278],"class_list":["post-319220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-artistic-director","tag-degree","tag-drone","tag-firework","tag-graduating-class","tag-gustavo-dudamel","tag-keynote-address","tag-l-a-phil-music-director","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-part","tag-photo","tag-show","tag-thursday","tag-usc-commencement-ceremony","tag-world-renowned-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}