Off The Stage
In Our Community
Healing Harmonies
The SC Phil’s Healing Harmonies program reaches medical patients of all ages, the unhoused, the elderly, and veterans by bringing small ensembles to present an hour-long performance at medical and assisted living facilities, shelters, and the VA. This season, the SCP reached 3,000 beneficiaries over 21 visits and began collaborating with music therapists in group therapy and bedside initiatives.
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Arts Capacity Prison Project
The Arts Capacity Prison Program brings the SC Philharmonic into the Camille Griffin Graham Women’s Correctional Institute with the goal of reducing recidivism. This program is proven to build connection and rehabilitate incarcerated people living in challenging conditions through therapeutic creativity. This season, SCP artists collaborated with both the choir and the dance team to create and share original work, benefiting over 400 women with three live performances.
This program is supported by grants from the SC Humanities, Richland County, Berkshire Hathaway/Carolina Gas Transmission, and the Looking Out Foundation.
Learn More >Music In My Neighborhood
With “Music in My Neighborhood,” the SCP makes music free and accessible for thousands of residents in selected neighborhoods. By traveling into communities to partner with schools, public and private businesses and community centers, the SCP eliminated geographic and financial barriers to provide education programs, lunch and learns, Chamber Crawls, Healing Harmonies, and Conduct the Phil pop-up style interactive performances!
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Symphony for All
The SC Phil has expanded the sensory-friendly concert into Special Education classrooms in public schools to enrich their arts-based education. The SCP began this program with visits to Meadow Glen Middle School and Deerfield Elementary School, reaching 45 students.
Choose Harmony
In June 2025, the SCP started “Choose Harmony”, a song-writing program for at-risk young people aimed at reducing violent crime in collaboration with board-certified music therapists, the City of Columbia’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, Benedict College’s Music Industry Department, and the Richland District 1 Office of Drop-Out Prevention. So far, 15 students at risk of drop-out have benefited from personalized coaching with professional composers and musicians.
Conduct the Phil
Conduct the Phil takes the orchestra out of the concert hall and into the community so everyone can experience music-making first hand.
Learn More >Special Events
Help support the SC Phil education and outreach programs by attending events like Golfing with the Phil, Tasting Notes, or our 5k!
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