A chamber music ensemble gives you the experience and joy of collaborating with your peers under the guidance of our renowned faculty.
As a music major, you may sign up for chamber music ensembles as part of your degree requirements. Some chamber ensembles require special permission. Several chamber music ensembles are available to students pursuing a music minor and to nonmusic majors with special permission.
The USC Graduate String Quartet is USC's premiere student ensemble made up of the top graduate students pursuing master's and doctoral degrees.
School of Music chamber ensembles
- Brass
- Graduate String Quartet
- Keyboard
- Percussion
- Strings
- Voice
- Woodwinds
2013 Chamber Residency
The award-winning Parker Quartet is the USC Quartet-in-Residence for 2013, offering a series of public events, school outreach and special opportunities for USC string students.
The Quartet will be in Columbia for the weeklong residency in April and again in November.
In addition to public concerts and a public master class, Parker Quartet members will
give chamber music coachings, informances and guide outreach programs in South Carolina
schools.
Hailed by The New York Times as “something extraordinary,” the Grammy Award-winning
Parker Quartet has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles
of its generation.
The quartet began its professional touring career in 2002 and garnered international
acclaim in 2005, winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition and the Grand Prix
and Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in France.
In 2009, Chamber Music America awarded the quartet the prestigious biennial Cleveland
Quartet Award for the 2009-2011 seasons.
This residency has been made possible by a grant from the Provost's office.
Chamber Residency Public events
Monday, April 15, 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Parker Quartet Concert
School of Music Recital Hall – FREE
The program includes Mozart’s String Quartet in F major and Debussy’s String Quartet
in G minor
Tuesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Master Class (open to the public)
USC School of Music – FREE
The community may attend a master class and observe student coachings by the acclaimed
Quartet.
Friday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Parker Quartet Concert
Recital Hall, USC School of Music Recital Hall
The program includes Beethoven’s Opus 18, No. 3, Ligeti’s Quartet No. 2 and Dvorak’s
Opus 61. A donor reception with the members of the Quartet takes place before the
concert. $15; $12 for seniors, military and USC faculty and staff; $5 students. For
tickets, call 803-251-2222, purchase online at www. capitoltickets.com or at the Koger
box office (806 Park Street). Tickets purchased at the door- cash only.
If you’re interested in chamber music ensembles, contact Robert Pruzin, director of undergraduate studies at (803) 777-4337.