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The Job Market
Performing and teaching are the two most common careers in music, but those alone don't begin to cover what music majors/minors can pursue in the industry.
Many musicians typically combine performance with non-performance work to experience fulfilling careers. The sky's the limit!
This powerpoint presentation was assembled to help explain some of the many options for a career in music:
Examples of careers for the music major include the following:
- Accompanist
- Acoustician
- Adjudicator/Clinician
- Agent
- Arranger
- Arts, Entertainment and Contract Attorney
- Arts Journalist/Reviewer
- Arts/Personnel Manager
- Arts Marketing and Sales Consultant
- Audio Producer
- Composer
- Conductor
- Copyist/Transcriber
- Copyright Consultant
- Cruise Ship Entertainer
- Curator (Arts, Instruments and Manuscripts)
- Editor
- Film, T.V. Video Game Scorer
- Foley Artist
- Fundraiser/Grant Writer
- Instrument Designer and Builder
- Instrument Manufacturer
- Intellectual Property Rights Attorney
- Keyboard Technician/Piano Tuner
- Lyricist
- Music-Consultant
- Music Librarian
- Music Psychology
- Music Store Owner
- Music Theoretician
- Music Therapist
- Musical Theater/Pit Musician
- Musicologist
- Organ Builder/Tuner/Technician
- Part Preparer
- Performer
- Producer
- Proofreader
- Publisher
- Recording Session Musician
- Songwriter
- Sound and Stage Technician
- Sound Designer
- Sound Engineer
- Studio Owner
- Music Teacher
- Tour/Road Manager
For more information please contact:
Daniel Marschak
Music Department Coordinator
Office 4227
(925) 424-1116
dmarschak@laspositascollege.edu
Cindy Browne Rosefield
Director of Instrumental Music
Office 4229
(925) 424-1119
crosefield@laspositascollege.edu
Andreas Preponis
Director of Choral & Vocal Studies
Office 4236
(925) 424-1118
apreponis@laspositascollege.edu
Mertes Center for the Arts (Bldg 4000)
Las Positas College
3000 Campus Hills Drive
Livermore, CA 94551