In response the social distancing created by the Covid pandemic in 2021, School of Music students, faculty, and staff began an initiative to go beyond the concert hall to create purpose driven concerts and events in the community and utilizing music as the bridge. As a society, we are continuing to experience isolation and disconnected living through a global pandemic in addition to immense suffering felt from the inequality and inequity of liberty that must be available to all Americans.

The UofSC School of Music has come together as one entity – students, faculty and staff –  to use music as a vehicle for uniting our communities, amplifying voices, celebrating heroes and spurring our future.

Four bridges were identified as distances that needed to be reevaluated and rebuilt both internally within our field and externally as we engage with society at large.