Links about Music Careers

Careers in Music: Start your career on the right note!
http://www.menc.org/information/infoserv/careersinmusic.htm

“Information to help you explore the possibilities and get started on a career in recording, publishing, managing, and many others in the music industry.” Has information plus links to other helpful sites and suggestions for books to buy from MENC, the National Association for Music Education. The special sections are:

• How do I become a music teacher?
• I need to talk!
• What’s the “Music Industry?”
• I’d like to know more about “music careers!”
• I need financial aid. . .
• How can I continue my education?
• I should be on stage!

From MENC the National Association for Music Education

Careers in Music
http://www.berklee.edu/careers/default.html

lists main categories and related occupations with links to simple descriptions of related occupations:

• Performance
• Songwriting
• Music Production & Engineering
• Film Scoring
• Contemporary Writing and Production/Jazz Composition/Composition
• Music Education
• Music Therapy
• Professional Music & Music Business/Management
• Business
• Tours/Road Work
• Record Companies

From Berklee College

Music Career Opportunities
http://fwww.uwrf.edu/music/careers.html

Has a more detailed list of careers under:

• Music Industry
• Television and Radio Industry

From the University of Wisconsin at River Falls

Music School Address Book
http://www.music.ua.edu/resources/addresses.html

“The University of Alabama School of Music maintains an address book listing more than nine hundred college music schools in the United States. [You can] select a state name for a list of school addresses, phone numbers, and web links. Clicking on a school’s web link will open a new page in your browser.”

Schools and Department of Music by Country
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/som.html

has links by country to the listed schools. Also provides links to “more comprehensive listings” from:

• The Royal Holloway College, University of London
• The Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S. and Canada from the College Music Society
• Addresses of Music Schools from the University of Alabama School of Music

From the University of Indiana