Concerts and Events
Columbia residents, visitors and the University of South Carolina community can enjoy hundreds of concerts and recitals throughout the year, many of which are free to attend.
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Music is for everyone!
Experience the excitement of live music! Visit our event calendar to browse upcoming USC School of Music concerts and events.
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Opera at USC: Nov. 6-8
Step into an enchanted world with Opera at USC’s production of Handel’s Alcina. Written in 1735, this Baroque opera still rocks, with music that moves audiences and a story brought to life by USC’s student performers. Nov. 6-8, Drayton Hall Theatre.
Opera at USC tickets
Southern Exposure: Nov. 13
Southern Exposure New Music Series presents the acclaimed Palmetto Saxophone Quartet in a program by some of today’s most dynamic composers, including the SC premiere of David Kirkland Garner’s “Dark, too, blooms and sings.” Nov. 13 @ 7:30 p.m. Free.
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Musical Feast: Jan. 30
Jazz in one room, opera down the hall, percussion around the corner. Musical Feast turns the Koger Center for the Arts into seven live performance spaces featuring USC School of Music students, with delicious food and drinks at every turn.
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Freeman Parker Chamber Music Series
Our chamber music series brings together the artistry of our acclaimed faculty performers and internationally recognized guest artists in residence to present extraordinary programs that stir the soul and captivate audiences.
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Southern Exposure New Music
The Southern Exposure New Music Series is devoted to exploring the rich variety of contemporary classical and world music written in the past 30 years and masterworks of the 20th century.
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Ears Wide Open
Ears Wide Open is a student-conceived, student-administered and student-presented concert series at the University of South Carolina that presents adventurous, high-quality performances for USC students, by USC students.
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Southeastern Piano Festival
For one week every June, the Southeastern Piano Festival (SEPF) transforms the University of South Carolina School of Music and the city of Columbia into a major cultural destination.
