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
Chamber Music Residency
The award-winning Parker Quartet is the School of Music's Quartet-in-Residence, offering a series of public events, school outreach and special opportunities for USC string students each semester.
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.
This residency has been made possible by a grant from the Provost's office.
See the schedule of concerts, master classes, coaching and outreach programs
If you’re interested in chamber music ensembles, email Phillip Bush or call 803-777-5922.
Chamber Events
Southern Exposure: "An Idyll for the Misbegotten: Music and the Natural World"
Friday, Apr. 16, 2021
Location: See Description for Event Location.
Cost: FREE
STREAMING: Parker Quartet Friends and Family Concert
Sunday, Apr. 18, 2021
Location: See Description for Event Location.
Cost: Free
Talk It Out: The Spark Collective at the Columbia Museum of Art
Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021
Location: See Description for Event Location.
Cost: FREE
LIVE STREAMING: Grace Shepard Doctoral Chamber Recital
Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021
Location: Livestreamed from School of Music 206 Recital Hall
Cost: FREE
LIVE STREAMING: UofSC New Sounds Quartet Concert
Friday, Apr. 23, 2021
Location: Livestreamed from School of Music 206 Recital Hall
Cost: FREE