Robert Cutietta

One of the nation's preeminent music educators, Robert A. Cutietta is Dean of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Cutietta has written extensively on music education and psychology, and is the author of Raising Musical Kids: A Guide for Parents (Oxford University Press, Second Edition 2013), Encountering the Fundamentals of Music and Spin-offs: The Extra-Musical Advantages of a Musical Education. "Ask the Dean", Cutietta's weekly segment on KUSC Radio, has been on the air since 2006.