USF Community Music Project
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The USF Community Music Project supports our community’s children and adults of all ages and levels to experience and grow through music. We believe music is essential and transforms lives.
- We foster engagement with music and the arts through cultivating skills, understanding, and artistry
- We offer equitable and inclusive music making and learner-centered arts experiences
- We promote social and emotional connections between music creation, consumption, and the human condition
Through this program, USF Artist-Faculty and USF music majors offer private lessons, classes, workshops, and events for everyone interested in enjoying and creating music. These opportunities are available for students of nearly all ages (7 and higher) and all levels, ranging from complete beginners through very advanced. Our instructors specialize on the instruments they teach.
Some of Our Previous Gift to the Community Classes
USF Flute Lesson Scholarship, Fall 2023 with USF Flute Professor, Dr. Arnone: this opportunity is competitive, and available to a school-aged student who has not been able to take flute lessons, but has a strong interest in making music. Ten 30-minute lessons, beginning the week of September 11. Lessons will be at USF or online. A commitment to practicing and attending are required.
Fall Anime Piano Arranging Class: some piano experience, a good ear for listening (instrumentation, registration, form, harmonies, melodies, & rhythms); recommended: identify your preferred song/piece/soundtrack music from Anime/Japanese films (optional).
All-State Mock Audition Double Reed Day at USF: Sunday, August 27, 1-4 PM (Tuition: FREE). USF Professors Amy Collins (oboe) and Fernando Traba (bassoon) present an afternoon for those preparing oboe and bassoon All-State materials.
USF Flute Summer Fast-Track with Dr. Francesca Arnone: level-up your summer flute practicing, June 10, 9 AM - 4:30 PM (Tuition: FREE). Join us one-day intensive to carry you through your summer studies! Including breathing and centering, the summer warm-up, scale slam, hitting those money notes, FBA etude overview, understanding rhythms, and sight-reading. For high school flutists (with FBA Prep + more, those entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2023).
Summer Alla Breve Flutes Community Flute Ensemble with Dr. Francesca Arnone. Sundays in June: June 4, 11, 18, from 7-9 PM (Tuition: FREE). Open to flutists of all ages, who have played at least one year. We’ll play music with parts on a variety of levels to keep everyone comfortably engaged (distributed ahead of time), with an informal presentation on our final day! With support from Alry Music Publications
Shades of Broadway The Wiz with Prof. Allyssa Jones, Director of USF Vocal Ensembles: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 PM. 10 one and a half-hour classes. Each semester this course will focus on a show created by underrepresented composers on Broadway. Spring 2023 will be The Wiz; open to singers and instrumentalists of all ages and levels. Now accepting new students through February 1.
SOLD OUT FOR SPRING 2023! Beat Club for Music Production with Mr. Kenrick Wagner, Director of the USF Commercial Music Program (beat making with DAWs and Midi controllers): Wednesdays, 5-6 PM. 10 one-hour classes. High school to adult / ages 14+. Create your own hip-hop/EDM/video game beats using online sounds, digital audio workstations, and midi controllers. Learn about EQ, sequencing, and arranging sounds using industry standards. Explore how to create a business with your beats. Ten classes, beginning January 25.
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