To learn more about making the most of your educational experiences within and beyond the classroom contact:
Tina Stallard, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, tstallard@mozart.sc.edu

PARTICIPATE: Community Service

Related Course(s)
MUED 454 - Music for Young Children
MUSC 595 - Community Engagement Through Music

Recommended Sites/Experiences

• School of Music's Gig Office
• Various community engagement opportunities available through applied studio and chamber music activities

Why This Is Important
Gives students opportunities to develop performance and community engagement skills while bringing enjoyment to the local community.

How Students Can Get Started
Talk with your faculty mentor or music advisor, or contact Jeff Vaughn in the Spark Office.

 

PARTICIPATE: Diversity and Social Advocacy

Related Courses
MUSC 595 - Community Engagement in Music
MUSC 584 - Workshop in Music: Leadership in Music, Music Education, and Current Events

Recommended Sites/Experiences
Various community engagement opportunities available through applied studio and chamber music activities.

Sample Research or Advocacy Project Topics
Activities have taken place at Richland Library, Lee Correctional in Bishopville, SC, and in various public schools. A recent collaboration with the Concert Truck honored community heroes in the COVID year.
Additional video projects created by studios and ensembles have been shared on the School of Music YouTube channel.

Why This Is Important
Immersion in diverse settings demonstrates how music can be used as a vehicle for social change and recognizing the discipline as having many opportunities for inclusivity.

How Students Can Get Started
Talk with faculty to ask how to get involved with different sites and experiences. Attend organization meetings. Do research to learn what is available. Contact Claire Bryant, CTBRYANT@mailbox.sc.edu 

 

PARTICIPATE: Global Learning

Related Courses
MUSC 555: World Music
INTL 501: International Study Abroad

Timing of Experience Abroad
During the summer or during sophomore or junior year.

Opportunities/Destinations
A number of partnerships with Universities abroad are established and in the planning stages.  Students may have the opportunity to participate in international summer festivals led by UofSC faculty. 

Why This is Important
Allows students to engage in multicultural music experiences.

How Students Can Get Started
Contact Jacob Will, Associate Dean, jwill@mozart.sc.edu, your faculty mentor, music advisor, or Study Abroad Office.

 

PARTICIPATE: Peer Leadership

Student Organization(s)

• American Choral Directors Association (USC Chapter)
• American String Teacher Association (USC Chapter)
• Kappa Kappa Psi
• Music Teachers National Association (student chapter)
• National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
• Pi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
• Sigma Alpha Iota
• Tau Beta Sigma

Other Opportunities

• Marching Band Leadership Team
• Music Ambassadors for audition days
• Resident Mentor in Music Living-Learning Community

Why This is Important
Allows students to grow in peer relationships and develop leadership skills. Leadership opportunities in these organizations help individuals train for leadership positions in their associations post-graduation.

How Students Can Get Started
Contact faculty mentor or music advisor to get involved in organizations, Jennifer Jablonski for Music Ambassadors and Music Living-Learning Community, or the Marching Band Director for Marching Band Leadership Team.

 

PARTICIPATE: Internships

Related Course(s)

• MUSC 305 - Introduction to Music Industry Studies
• MUSC 498 - Music Practicum
  Practicum in performance, teaching, management, and business operations in professional msuic environments.
• MUSC 498: Music Industry Capstone
• MUSC 580 - Music and Arts Entrepreneurship
• MUSC 593 - Arts Marketing

Recommended Sites / Work Experiences

• Carolina LifeSong Initiative
• Carolina Music Studios
• Center for Piano Studies
• Children's Center at USC
• Children's Music Development Center at USC
• Congaree New Horizons Band
• School of Music's Gig Office
• Suzuki Academy of Columbia and USC
• University of South Carolina String Project
• Colonial Life Arena
• The Senate
• Township Theater

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
• Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC)
• Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)
• Songwriters Guild of America (SGA)
• Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA)
• Recording Academy Grammy U
• Audio Engineering Society (AES)
• American Choral Directors Association
• American String Teacher Association
• College Music Society
• International Clarinet Association
• International Double Reed Society
• International Trumpet Guild
• National Association of Teachers of Singing
• North American Saxophone Alliance
• Music Teachers National Association (State and national chapter options)
• Percussive Arts Society

Why This is Important
Music students are able to make an immediate transfer from their university classroom toward teaching music to children and adults.

How Students Can Get Started
Contact your faculty mentor or music advisor.

 

PARTICIPATE: Research

Related Courses
Music history and theory core classes prepare students for scholarship in music.

Sample Research Projects or Topics
Sample Magellan Projects:

• Arts Outreach Practices in London, England - Morgan Monty - Jennifer
  Parker Harley
• Musician's Keys to Unique Branding and Successful Marketing. - Hannah
  MacGraw (David Cutler)
• Tracing Tradition: Ligeti's Horn Trio (Danielle Wood / Mentor: J. Daniel
  Jenkins)
• Developing an App to Examine Young Children's Music Development
  through Serious Gaming (Judson James / Mentor: Wendy Valerio and
  Jeremiah Shepherd (Computer Science and Engineering))
• A Comparison of Coaching and Teaching in the Private Music Lesson
  Setting (Josie Cox and Joshua Stine / Mentor: Jennifer Parker Harley)
• A Study on the Production, Parameters, and Pedagogy of Vibrato on the
  Cello (Jordan Bartow / Mentor: Robert Jesselson)
• Nadia Boulanger's Final Years (1950-1979)
  (Ian Giocondo / Mentor: Julie Hubbert)
• Music and Politics - A Study of the Argentinian Tango
  (Dominica Harding / Mentor: Julie Hubbert)
• Examining the Implementation of A Music Learning Theory for Newborn
  and Young Children Across Cultures (Brittany Stone / Mentor: Wendy
  Valerio)
• Enhancing Social Skills Through Music/Arts Education Among Children
  with Autism Spectrum Disorder or Other Developmental Disorders (Lauren
  Streeter / Mentor: Valinda Littlefield and Allison Randel, African American
  Studies)
• Voicing the "Voices of the Field": Increasing Accessibility through Audio
  Recording on a National Park Website (Jacob Lyerly, with Ashley Graham,
  Haley Sprankle, William Quant, and Samuel Edelson / Mentors: Erica
  Tobolski and Sara Schwebel, Theatre and Dance)
• A Study of British Choral Tone and Current Practice as Demonstrated by
  Select Collegiate Choirs at Cambridge (Anna Carro/ Mentor: Alicia Walker)
• Pedagogical approaches in long-distance piano teaching (Adrian
  Quiroga/Mentor: Scott Price)

Sample SPARC Grants:

• Calvin Green - SPARC - Viola Commissions Commemorating the 1919
  Berkshire Music Festival pieces for Viola (Dan Sweaney)
• Kathleen Arrasmith - An investigation of Portuguese Children's Music
  Experiences & Music Resources during music learning theory based, Early
  childhood music development session (Wendy Valerio)

Why This Is Important
Through a Magellan Grant, students have an opportunity to formulate a research question, collect and analyze data pertaining to the question, and subsequently present results and conclusions. This gives undergraduate students an opportunity to learn the skills for post-baccalaureate degrees.

How Students Can Get Started
Contact the Office of Undergraduate Research to get started with research and funding opportunities.

 

INTEGRATE

How to Integrate

Performance majors and Performance Certificate students present one or two recitals to integrate  their classroom experience and applied studies to communicate with an audience.

Students perform regularly in a variety of large, chamber, choral, opera, and instrumental ensembles.

Through two semesters in the Music Industry Capstone, MIS students will integrate all areas of  their education - music performance, business, and entrepreneurship among others - to plan and execute a project that reflects their interests in the music industry.

 

LEAD

Initial Career Opportunities
Church Music
Performing
Private Music Teacher

In the Music Business degree:
Live Venue Promotion
Booking
Music Instrument Sales
Performing
Private Music Teacher
Recording Engineer/Producer

Related Graduate Programs
Master of Arts in Teaching
Master of Music (Performance, Conducting, Theory, History, Composition)
Ph.D., Music Theory or Composition
Doctor of Musical Arts

Future Career Opportunities

• Arts administration
• Music positions in colleges or universities
• Performance

To learn more about making the most of your educational experiences within and beyond the classroom contact: 
Tina Stallard, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, tstallard@mozart.sc.edu

 

PARTICIPATE: Community Service

Related Course(s)
MUED 454

Recommended Sites/Experiences 
School of Music’s Gig Office

Why this is important 
Gives students opportunities to develop performance skills while bringing enjoyment to the local community

 

PARTICIPATE: Global Learning

Related Course(s)
MUSC 555; INTL 501

Recommended Timing 
During the summer or after first year

Why is this important 
Allows students to engage in multicultural music experiences

 

PARTICIPATE: Peer Leadership

Student Organization(s)

• Kappa Kappa Psi
• Sigma Alpha Iota
• Pi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
• Tau Beta Sigma
• Music Teachers National Association (student chapter)
• American String Teacher Association (USC Chapter)
• American Choral Directors Association (USC Chapter)
• National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

Other Opportunities

• RM at Music Community
• Marching Band Leadership Team

Why this is important 
Allows students to grow in peer relationships and develop leadership skills. Leadership opportunities in these organizations help individuals train for leadership positions in their associations post-graduation.

Getting Started 
Contact Jacob Will

 

PARTICIPATE: Internships

Related Course(s) 
MUED 454
MUED 465/465P— Practicum in Elementary Music
MUED 467
MUED 476P — Practicum in Choral Music
MUED 477 — Directed Teaching
MUED 533/534P — Practicum in Methods of String Instruction I & II
MUED 568P — Practicum in Instrumental Music
MUED 580
MUED 591
MUED 599

Professional Organizations

• Music Teachers National Association
• American String Teacher Association
• International Double Reed Society
• Percussive Arts Society
• College Music Society
• International Trumpet Guild
• South Carolina Music Teachers Association

Recommended sites/work experiences

• University of South Carolina String Project
• Children’s Center at USC
• Children’s Music Development Center at USC
• Congaree New Horizons Band

Why this is important
Music Education students are able to make an immediate transfer from their university classroom toward teaching music to children and adults.

 

PARTICIPATE: Research

Sample Research Projects or Topics
Sample: Magellan Projects:

• An Online Community for String and Orchestra Teachers (Wiley, S.)
• Novice and Veteran Orchestra Teachers Perceptions of Their Undergraduate Practicum Experiences (Lindler, K.)
• Orff-Schulwerk Applications of Pentatonic and Diatonic Tonal Systems for Elementary-aged Students (M. Graham. 2010).
• Autism, Reciprocal Communication, and Music Play (C. Griffith, 2008).

Sample Honors College Thesis: Young Children’s Responses to Purposeful Silences During Music Activities (T. Willing, 2009)

Why this is important 
Students have an opportunity to formulate a research question, collect and analyze data pertaining to the question, and subsequently present results and conclusions. This gives undergraduate students an opportunity to learn the skills for post-baccalaureate degrees.

 

INTEGRATE

How to integrate 
MUED 200 Students engage in practice teaching on-site in a local middle school, then complete a series of reflections on their experiences.

MUED 533-MUED 534 Students compile a Blackboard-based portfolio with examples of their coursework.

MUED 107, MUED 454, MUED 465 students prepare and implement music lessons for children (6 months-grade 6). Students video-record each lesson, evaluate each lesson, and write a reflection on each lesson. Each lesson is a 10-15 minute class project.

MUED 533-MUED 534 Students teach a 2nd year string class (9 year old string players) and post reflections (1st semester) and lesson plans (2nd semester) Music Education students are able to make an immediate transfer from their university classroom and apply to the music teaching and learning of children

 

LEAD

Initial career opportunities

• PreK-Grade 5 Elementary General Music Educator
• Instrumental Music Educator
• Grade 5-12
• Choral Music Educator
• Grade 6-12
• Performing

Related graduate programs 
Master of Music Education
Master of Music (Performance)
Ph.D., Music Education
Doctor of Musical Arts

Future career opportunities 
Qualified persons would be eligible for music education positions in colleges or universities; performance; arts administration.