Bernie Taupin — Storyteller: A USC Thornton School of Music Celebration for Trojan Family Weekend 2026

Join USC Thornton School of Music for a special Trojan Family Weekend celebration honoring legendary lyricist and storyteller Bernie Taupin. This university-wide event will bring the Trojan Family together for an evening of conversation, storytelling and live music celebrating one of popular music’s most distinctive literary voices—and the enduring power of songs to connect us, move us and give meaning to our lives. For more than five decades, Taupin has demonstrated the extraordinary power of lyrics to tell stories, create characters and conjure entire worlds within a song. Best known for hi…