Community & Student Engagement

USC School of Music students and faculty engage in curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular public education and outreach. Short-term projects with community partners such as the Lourie Center, the South Carolina Department of Corrections, and Oliver Gospel Mission provide further opportunities to meet community needs through music.

Programs of Study

Students interested in using their music skills to effectively serve their communities can choose a Master’s degree in Performance with a concentration in Community Engagement or add a Community Engagement minor outside the doctoral major.

Degrees

Music students a concentration in community engagement work on individual or group projects in the community.

Students and faculty helped new mothers at Camille Graham Correctional Institution write lullabies to their babies.

The Lullaby Project

Students and faculty used music as a tool to connect new mothers at Camille Graham Correctional Institution with their babies through The Lullaby Project, an initiative of Carnegie Hall and its Weill Music Institute.

Gamecock Community Connectors

Gamecock Community Connectors is a new cohort of music students committed to curating inspiring and engaging performances for community venues. Created by Prof. Claire Bryant, this student initiative is led by The Collective.

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