Music at USC

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Thu, 05 May 2011 15:39:48 +0000

Music ed majors are required a total of 7 USC ensembles. So basically one each semester, except for their last semester when they will be student teaching. But they can plan in whatever ensemble they choose. Other music majors are required to do 8 ensembles, except for composition majors, who I am not sure they have to do ensembles at all.

Western Carolina University does require all music ed majors to march, but marching band is not required at USC for any major.

I would assume that most percussion or wind instrument players would do marching band during the fall, and then another ensemble during the spring, and obviously string instrument of piano students wouldn’t.

Coastal Carolina offered my son a very attractive music scholarship, much more than he got at USC or Western Carolina (but less than Furman), but they tied the scholarship offers (actually several smaller scholarships) to performing in 4 different ensembles (two per semester, which we thought was a bit much).