Music Career Resources : Career Centers
A guide to books, websites, and more for musicians of all categories!
Career Services @ Music Schools
Below are links to some resources offered by career services centers on other campuses that cater specifically to music students.
- Music Career Handouts (New England Conservatory)"The Career Services Center's Music Career Informational Handouts are jam-packed with practical, concise career advice and referral information. The series, researched, compiled, and written by the Career Services Center staff, covers more than 100 topics."
- Online Resources (New England Conservatory)1. Advice on Music Careers
2. Competitions
3. Festivals
4. Finances
5. Funding
6. Insurance Issues
7. Job / Audition Listings
8. Legal Issues
9. New Music
10. Orchestral Opportunities
11. Performance Health
12. Presenter Information / Booking Performances
13. Publicity / Marketing Issues
14. Singers
15. Stage Presence / Performance Issues
16. Teaching
17. Unions - Eastman School of Music: Job LinksThe Office of Careers and Professional Development at Eastman has compiled a list of links for both employment and other higher education opportunities.
UW-Madison L&S Career Services
Letters and Science Career Services provides general career guidance to students in a broad array of disciplines. Check out the links below for a selection of their services!
1305 Linden Dr. Suite 205
Madison, WI 53706
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Tel. (608) 262-3921
Fax: (608) 262-3922
Email: careers@lssaa.wisc.edu
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: open until 6:00 p.m. during fall and spring semesters
when classes are in session!
- Resume and Cover Letter Critique Service"No appointment necessary! Just drop off your resume and/or cover letter at our office anytime during business hours (M-F, 8:00AM - 4:30PM). You can pick up your materials two business days later, and an advisor will have included written suggestions on format, content, and more."
- Graduate and Professional School"Consider making an appointment with one of our career advisors to discuss future graduate school plans. Every October our office holds a graduate school fair where you can interact with representatives from numerous graduate schools. We also offer Interfolio, an online reference letter center where you can request and send out letters of recommendation."
Professional Music Career Services
- College Music Society (CMS) Career ServicesThe CMS Career Services Committee offers its services to paying members of the organization. "At this time, the work of the Career Services Initiative is broadly defined and organized around four major topics:
* essential employment-seeking skills
* thriving in a music career
* working as an independent musician
* life in higher education (an area that we are calling 'academic citizenship')" - Polyphonic.org: The Orchestra Musician ForumA free online forum that advertises itself as a "career learning center." Educates musicians about the orchestra industry and how to develop an orchestral career. Contains articles, interviews, forums, discussion panels, blogs, and more!
