Career questions tagged music
Music can be produced, written, performed, and taught. Music degrees are offered at most colleges. Careers include music teacher, game designer, therapist, and a lot more. For more information, please read below. Read more Show less
What is the best field of management to major in when looking to pursue an individual music career; looking to self manage as an artist. I am looking to learn about how to manage money and a career artistically while minoring in music. ?
What is the best field of management to major in when looking to pursue an individual music career; looking to self manage as an artist. I am looking to learn about how to manage money and a career artistically while minoring in music.
Covington
How do I take the most possible advantage of my degree?
As a music student, I get told my degree is useless just about everyday. How do I break that mold?
Greensboro
How do I know that I'm going into the right career path?
I'm a high school senior going into music. I'm majoring in piano, minoring in violin, getting a master's in conducting, and a DMA to become a music professor. In such an uncertain and ever-changing field, how can I be sure that this is the right thing?
Highlands RanchI'm an aspiring singer/songwriter. I started a YouTube channel for my music and have been posting since 2018 with very little engagement. Should I stop hoping for something to happen with it? It's very hard not to get discouraged.
I'm an aspiring singer/songwriter.
Menifee
In the professional world, how possible is it to balance a career with musicianship? #Spring25
Hi! I'm a senior in high school who's set to go off to college in the fall for molecular biology/biochemistry. I am also a trumpet player who loves playing in local community settings. #Spring25
Londonderry
How to network as a musician in Graduate school?
This fall, I will be attending graduate school for musical performance. Fortunately, I will be a TA while learning, but I want to know how to network as a classical performer in school. I'd also love to teach private lessons while in school/after school. #spring25
TowsonWould it be necessary to double major, or are there other options?
My current career plan is this: my primary income comes from private piano/voice lessons. Then I also want to be a freelance opera singer, and freelance repetiteur, while also doing solo recitals. I probably want to do two operas a year at most (and I most likely wouldn't do two every year), and then when I don't have an opera gig, try to get a gig as a repetiteur. Obviously, those gigs are by auditions, opera especially, so if I didn't have either or didn't choose to have either at that time, then I would like to tour as a soloist for piano/voice or both. In any given year, one could have more emphasis than the other (one year i have one opera and one repetituer, the next I have one repetiteur and tour recitals). I hope that makes sense. Now, with all of that information, is it necessary to double major or dual emphasis in piano performance and voice performance? I would like to have equal emphasis in both, since I basically just want to do both almost equally. Is there another option? Could I cater my college schedule to just include emphasis in both? How could I do that? Can I have dual emphasis? Please explain! Thank you!
Sabetha
How do you thrive in a music career where you are demographically in the minority? #Spring25
I love creating music, and my passion is to become a music composer for movies and films. My confidence is strained, however, because I am deeply in the minority (demographically). How can I be confident and successful in the midst of my journey?
Atglen
How do I pay off student loans as a music major, emphasis on organ?
At the college I'm thinking of attending, I was awarded a music scholarship that requires me to major in music. I auditioned as a pianist and heard that organists make more than pianists. Any recommendations? I am also considering a different college where I would likely major in chemistry.
Seattle
Can you get choir private lessons?
Can you get music lessons in college as a no experience?. I want to join the choir, but I have no experience except for humming, due to my mom not allowing me to join the choir throughout school.
Beavercreek
How do I get a good job after college?
What is the best way to get a job in the right career field after college? I’m a music major and I’m scared on how to get a well paying job once I graduate. Any tips?
Flint
How to balance academics and the arts?
How do you balance an academic degree with an arts degree? Should it be a 50-50 balance, or should I be focusing more on one? I enjoy the arts more, but also want to make a stable living after college and don't want to invest too much in something that won't pay off.
Green Bay
Music Producers, what are some tips on becoming a music producer?
Preferably about/ Networking, experience building, professional development, and, lastly, work-life balance.
New Westminster
What is some advice music majors would provide?
As a high school sophomore, I am working on a career project and have decided to become a band teacher. What advice would teachers who have had their job for a while give to someone just starting with their career? What advice would music students/teachers give to younger people who want to start in this area?
AntwerpWhat are some challenges music majors face?
As a high school sophomore, I am working on a career project and have decided to become a band teacher. So, I was wondering, what are some challenges music majors/teachers face? How do you overcome them?
AntwerpHow do I know that I'm making the right choice for my future?
I am a freshman music performance major, and though I can never imagine myself doing anything else, I often wonder whether or not I am making the right career choice for my future.
Edmond
How does one go about immersing themselves in the music industry?
I am 19 and in college finishing my AA. I want to do something involving film music. How do I start this dream? I am thinking more of sound designer or something related to this. I am not a musician. I don't have any experience. I need to find a job to get my hands dirty but I am finding it hard to find one.
SeattleAs a music major, where should I go to college?
I plan to major in music. For my bachelor's degree, is it smarter to go to an in-state school to try to save some money, or is it worth it to try to get into the best conservatory I can? For context, if I go to an in-state school I would be considering the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and Wichita State University.
Sabetha
How do I get involved with a marching band or a drum corps when my high school doesn’t have one?
I am a trumpet player going into high school next fall. I have been playing for three years and I love it. I’ve heard and looked forward to marching and preforming, and I’ve seen other high schools march before and that excites me. However, my high school doesn’t have one and our entire band has maybe 20 people. How do I get involved and learn to march?
Escalon
How could studying abroad enhance my education as a music major?
Where are some good places to study abroad for music? I am interested in performance and education. I also have an interest in early music and oratorio.
OrlandoShould I pursue musical theatre?
I've been a musician my entire life. I started violin when I was 5 and learned many more instruments along the way as well as absolutely loving singing. I live in a small town so there's very few opportunities for music, but spring of my freshman year, I went to a nearby town and saw a community theatre. I absolutely fell in love and started going to school there so I could do it. Since then I've been a part of every single production and lately I've been having a bit of a crisis. I really want to try and pursue musical theatre professionally. My original plan had been to go into audio technology and run a recording studio but I'm starting to wonder if I could truly make it. I love it so much, and I think I'm a very good musician and a pretty decent actor (I got second in speech and drama at state) but I also don't have much dance experience or opportunities to get into it. I'm also worried that because I got into this so late, that I might not have enough experience under my belt or suddenly not like it anymore. Realistically, would I be able to make a living in musical theatre? I don't need to be famous or rich, I just wish I could spend all day doing what I love and be able to support. I was also thinking as a back up getting a minor in education so I could work with education in a community theatre if nothing else. Anyone have advice for what I can do to prepare, or if it's not worth it and I should just stick with my original plan?
WilsallWhat is the best way to get my foot in the music industry?
I am an aspiring singer and songwriter and I want to be prominent in the industry. I post on social media everyday but I feel that I should be doing more, I just don't know what. Who should I contact? What spaces should I join? Someone please help me. This is my dream and I refuse to give up on it so easily. By the way, if you want to check out my music I go by the name JAMERRA on all streaming platforms!
GaryWhat aspect of your job do you find most fulfilling, and how does it reaffirm your decision to pursue this career?
What aspect of your job do you find most fulfilling, and how does it reaffirm your decision to pursue this career?
LittletonHow do I balance playing music in college while pursuing a degree in equine medicine/therapy?
I have heard countless stories of doctors or individuals pursuing a degree in medicine giving up playing music in school in order to continue with their degree. I love horses but I am also passionate about music. I would hate to give up the violin even though I want to pursue a degree in equine medicine/therapy.
San AntonioOpera Singer?
How exactly does being a freelance opera singer work? How do you get jobs? How many hours a day does an opera singer work during a performance season? Is being an opera singer possible as somewhat of a part-time or a "every once in a while" kind of job? I am also thinking about repetiteur work, private teaching, and solo performing, etc. if that helps answer how well these could work together...
Sabetha
How am I supposed to use a degree in music in order to make an impact on people without getting my major in music-education??
How am I supposed to use a degree in music in order to make an impact on people without getting my major in music-education? I plan to major in music in college and graduate in 2029.#Spring25
Marquette
How do others in the musical performance industry get started on a career in their field ( #Spring25 ) ?
I'm pursuing a BM in Musical Performance at TCU as a freshman, specializing in the clarinet.
Dallas
Is it possible to be a successful musician these days without using social media ?
Is it possible to be a successful musician these days without using social media?
Miami
When should I start auditioning for professional opera roles and how do you book roles with no experience?
I am just about to enter my first year of college at Boston Conservatory of Music at Berklee, and I'm wondering when (and how) I should get my professional career going.
Buford