57-790 Graduate Community Engagement
1 units, Carnegie Mellon University
All graduate Master of Music students in the School of Music are required to participate in at least one Community Engagement project to complete their degree. Graduate Community Engagement is defined as any event where a graduate student uses their artistry and musical skills in a way that offers some impact in the community, specifically valuing and centering underserved communities. "Engagement" is central to the requirement. All graduate students are to consider the many ways that they might share in thoughtful interaction with communities outside of our School of Music. This can be through teaching, coaching, group participation, collective music-making, leading, sharing, mentoring, etc. in the Community Engagement project, students are charged with bringing their artistry off of the concert stage and out of the practice room, and into classrooms, arts centers, community centers, and up-close settings where the attendees have opportunities to interact with the graduate students. We ask the participating students to consider how their studies, skills, and artistry might impact, give voice to, and support issues of social justice, inequality, sustainability, and community development. As the traditional recital is regularly a one-way venue where the performer presents predetermined works, here we consider how one can foster a two-way engagement, valuing the collaborating community and their own gifts, skills, and life experiences . Success in this engagement is sharing the stage with the community and for the community in co-creation.
Prerequisites: none listed
Offered: Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
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