Featured Artist’s of the Lounge
Sofia Ionescu
Sofia on Lounge Act
“I love this whole concept where musicians like me can just gather around in a living room and create and appreciate each other and inspire one another.”
“when you don't have budget restrictions or any limits your art is in its purest form.”
“There’s no pressure on the artist, so you're able to create music and perform it for the audience at its best potential.”
“it's such a nice community, and even if we don't have something prepared, we go up and create something in the moment that is memorable”
Sofia’s Set
Sofia performed a combination of stripped down original songs and popular jazz renditions.
Her performance of “One day I’ll be gone” took the audience by surprise, it’s funk driven rhythm and strong pop-vocal displayed in a striped-down style allowed Sofia’s lively vocals to refract around the room.
Sofia was joined by fellow popular-music performance student Annie Brody on electric guitar. Annie provided jazz-pop style guitar licks alongside improvisational solos and riffs. Annie’s off the cuff rhythmic additions delighted the crowd inspiring a camaraderie for her and Sofia’s set
Discover Sofia Ionescu
Sofia Ionescu is a Romanian born, los-angeles based artist majoring in popular-music performance at usc’s Thornton school of music. Sofia experiments with a variety of genres when creating and performing music, and has released numerous singles and an ep from 2025-present.
sofia’s most recent release “One Day I’ll be gone” debuted at lounge act “Open House” and is available for streaming as of September 28th 2026.
You can follow Sofia’s social media and stream her music below.
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Discover Annie Brody
Annie Brody is a usc thornton popular-performance major guitarist based in Chicago and los-angeles who performs alongside fellow pop-performance acts.
Brody also performs with “theanniebrodytrio” based in lake county, Illinois.
to see more by “Theanniebrodytrio,” their social media is linked below along with Annie’s individual instagram.
Charlie Acosta
Charlie on Lounge Act
“I think we need more low pressure spaces to share music so artists don’t feel the pressure to put on a show and can display more of their work”
“it’s the perfect spot, because you know people that are listening to you and that they're with you in that moment.”
“Having smaller open mics is a lot better for consistency, and I think it will help people bring themselves out of their shell a little bit more.”
“It was a moment in time where my music mattered, and it was really special.”
Charlie’s Set
At lounge act “open house" Charlie performed two unreleased acoustic original songs, “Home is where the heartache is” and “One in the chamber".
Proceeding his performance of “Home is where the heartache is,” Charlie explained how up until the night before that performance, he has spent hours rewriting and configuring his song for his upcoming performances. strumming his acoustic, Charlie sang out the brand new lyrics of “home is where the heartache Is,” telling a story of the honest nature of being an artist and the importance of being truthful and intentional with songwriting.
Following a tear-inducing performance of “home is where the heartache is,” leaving the audience in awe, Charlie proceeded to play an additional song following resounding applause. Charlie’s second song “One in the chamber,” covers his relationship with music and the act of creating alongside personal expectations, and the cycle that comes with performing at one’s highest quality. the 12 minute piece featured touching lyrics, fast paced transitions in dynamics and tempos, and a chilling effect on audiences, frozen in awe as Charlie performed his heart out.
In addition to his individual set, Charlie led the lounge act group in jams and spontaneous performances of songs by Radiohead, the Beatles and talking heads.
Discover Charlie Acosta
Charlie Acosta is a multi-instrumentalist singer & songwriter based in los-angles majoring in popular-music performance at USC’s Thornton school of music. Charlie writes and performs music of a folk alternative genre and performs original material at local USC events.
You can follow Charlie’s social media
and learn more about his upcoming performances below
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