Music or medicine - are you thinking you have to make a choice? If you are passionate about music but also feel like medicine is your calling, take heart: you’re not alone.
Music as a Career
3 Myths about Careers in Music
Are music majors determined to have successful careers in music deluding themselves? Here are 3 myths about careers in music with some facts to help dispel them.
El Sistema: Transforming Lives through Music Education
El Sistema is a global approach using music education to transform lives and bring about social change. In El Sistema-inspired programs, children as young as age 2 and living in impoverished and sometimes dangerous situations are offered intensive music training.
Guidelines for Navigating the Professional Music World
The professional music world can be a difficult place to navigate, with every gig and job presenting its own set of challenges.
Becoming a Music Therapist
Becoming a music therapist is not as simple as majoring in music and minoring in psychology or vice-versa.
If You Want to Major in Jazz…
If you want to major in jazz, you need an understanding and appreciation of the unique aspects of this genre.
Playing Music on Cruise Ships: Know Before You Go
Thinking about playing music on cruise ships? Our first article on this topic, Performing Music on a Cruise Ship: Is This Your Dream?, prompted many additional questions.
Teaching Music Abroad: Adventure, Culture and More
Insights from a couple who've been teaching music abroad for several years. Are you seeking a similar sense of adventure? A yearning to experience different cultures, to meet new people, and to see a different side of nature?
Finding Your First Music Teaching Job
Overcoming the challenges of finding your first music teaching job requires patience, knowledge, and support. Some of the biggest hurdles include:
Touring with a Pit Orchestra
Touring with a pit orchestra is a career option for young musicians who opt for gaining travel and experience before settling down. Large national and international tours bring musical theatre to local audiences around the world. The pit orchestra is a key part of it all, along with the vocals, choreography, acting, extravagant set designs, and fantastic musical scores.
Music Industry Tips for Aspiring Musicians
What are some of the best music industry tips leaders have to offer students aspiring to work in their field?
A Career in Instrumental Conducting: 7 Key Issues
Are you thinking about a career in instrumental conducting? We talked with several professional conductors to provide this list of 7 key issues you should be thinking about.
Crafting Your Personal Brand as a Musician
Crafting and managing your personal brand as a musician can seem complex. Technology continues to play a major shaping force in the evolution of music careers.
What Can You Do with a Music Degree?
What can you do with a music degree? Teaching and performing are just the tip of the iceberg. The following is a list of some of the many jobs and career areas that music majors can pursue after graduation.
Tips for Success as a Freelance Musician
Have you thought about what it takes to find success as a freelance musician? If you’re fortunate to have gone to school in an area with a strong arts scene, you may be able to launch this aspect of your career right where you are.
Music Therapy for Children with Autism:
A Rewarding Career Path
Providing music therapy for children with autism can be a rewarding career. it's a way to reach in to the essence of a child and engage them in music together.
Does a Music Therapy Degree Make Sense for You?
The field of music therapy has grown significantly as a result of its positive impact with depression, substance abuse, and many other life challenges.
Music Industry Internships: Best Tips
Current music industry students and recent grads have been learning that internships are essential for success in their field. Music industry Internships offer the connections and on-the-job training that can't be found in the classroom.
Music Education: A Balancing Act
Being a teacher can easily seem incompatible with being an artist. If you're considering music education as a career, here are some thoughts and tips to help you live more abundantly in both worlds.
A Career in Choral Conducting
Choral conducting is an exciting and deeply rewarding field. As a career, it offers the chance to serve others, a respectable salary range, and an opportunity for lifelong involvement and learning.