Institute Offerings
Daily Lessons
Participants will have 3 private half-hour lessons with USC piano faculty during the Piano Institute (a fourth lesson if choosing the extension option of also participating in the Competition portion of the Festival either as a competitor or auditor.)
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Performance Opportunities
Each participant has at least one opportunity to perform in a concert setting in student recitals on-or-off-campus, or in a guest artist masterclass. All performances are open to the public and are well-attended.
Practice Facilities
A practice room with a grand piano will be assigned to each participant for the duration of the festival. USC piano students will monitor practice sessions. The monitors will make sure the students are in their rooms at the start of the session, and will check the rooms periodically. There will be a "lounge" station where participants can take breaks during the practice sessions. Snacks will be provided at the lounge.
About USC School of Music
University of South Carolina School of Music
The University of South Carolina was founded in 1801. The centerpiece of the 330-acre urban campus is the historic and beautifully restored Horseshoe, site of the original campus. Ten of its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University enrolls more than 38,000 students on the Columbia campus, and approximately one-third are graduate students. The student population represents every state in the nation and more than 100 countries. The University is surrounded by restaurants, music clubs, fast-food franchises and specialty stores. The award winning Richland County Public Library is nearby, as is the Columbia Museum of Art, the State Museum, and the historic South Carolina State House. A trolley bus is available to transport participants from the campus to the Five Points and Vista areas where many of the most appealing eating, shopping, and entertainment venues are located.
The University of South Carolina School of Music occupies a multi-million dollar teaching and performance facility adjoining the Koger Center for the Arts. The USC School of Music is housed in a state-of-the-art facility that features more than 100 acoustically designed rooms for practicing, rehearsing, and teaching; an intimate Recital Hall that is an ideal venue for solo recitals and chamber music; a comprehensive music library that contains more than 90,000 books and scores and 60,000 sound recordings; a music technology center; and a fully-equipped recording studio. USC music ensembles perform regularly in the beautiful 2,200-seat Koger Center for the Arts, which adjoins the School of Music.
