School of MusicAt a Glance
The University of South Carolina’s School of Music is nationally respected for professional musician career preparation and leadership in music teaching, performance, composition, industry, research and related fields.
Beyond sought-after academics, the school is nationally recognized for its music education models, learning centers and community engagement programs. Students can grow as performers and future professionals in the school’s extensive range of performance venues — including the renowned Koger Center for the Arts — which host more than 300 concerts and recitals each year.
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USC youth summer camps 2023
With only a few short months until summer, it’s time for parents to find summer activities for their children. USC offers a wide variety of summer camps for all interests from music to soccer and dance to engineering.
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Remembering the Days -- We hail thee, Carolina!
For more than 110 years, USC alumni and students have been singing the university alma mater — 'We hail theee, Carolina!' But what, exactly, is an alma mater and how did USC end up with one?
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School of Music reinvigorating South Carolina's jazz scene
The School of Music is bolstering the state’s jazz scene thanks to a dedicated space to train jazz educators and artists, outreach programs to seed the state’s jazz pipeline from the Upstate to the Lowcountry and energetic faculty eager to connect students with top musicians.
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USC students connect incarcerated mothers and their children
School of Music students are using music as a way to connect new mothers at Camille Graham Correctional Institution and their babies through a program called The Lullaby Project, which is a project of Carnegie Hall and their Weill Music Institute.
Historic Collections, Remarkable Resources
To share the diverse heritage of South Carolina, the school’s Center for Southern African American Music preserves and records oral histories, music recordings, film and video footage of African American music in the South. The school also maintains a music library with a lending collection of books, scores, print journals, audio and video recordings, and offers students full access to numerous music-related databases.
MUSIC LIBRARY
