WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...
MUSIC
Possible Career Options
(some career areas require advanced education)
Architectural Acoustic Consultant
Artist & Repertoire (A&R) Staff
Arts Administrator/Manager
Cantor/Soloist/Choir Member
Church/Synagogue Musician
Composer/Arranger
Conductor
Copywriter/Clearance Administrator
Customer Service Representative
Disc Jockey
Editor
Film Music Editor
Journalist
Librarian
Music Copyist
Music Critic
Music Librarian
Music Minister
Music Promoter
Music Publishing Specialist
Music Software Programmer
Music Store Manager/Owner
Music Teacher
Music Therapist
Musical Booking Agent
Musical Instrument Repair
Orchestra Librarian
Organist
Performer
Professor
Public Relations Specialist
Publicist
Recording Technician
Royalties Broadcast Monitor
Sales Representative
Singer/Voice Teacher
Sound Engineer
Sound Technician
Stage Manager
Professional Associations
American Choral Directors Association
www.acda.org
American Guild of Organists
www.agohq.org
American Music Therapy Association
www.musictherapy.org
American Musicological Society
www.ams-net.org
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
www.ascap.org
American String Teachers Association
www.astaweb.com
College Band Directors National Association
www.cbdna.org
College Music Society
www.music.org
International Association of Schools of Jazz
www.iasj.com
Music Teachers National Association
www.mtna.org
National Association for Music Educators
www.menc.org
National Association of Composers
www.music-isa.org/nacusa
National Association of Teachers of Singing
www.nats.org
National Band Association
www.nationalbandassociation.org
The Conductor’s Guild
www.conductorsguild.org
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
100 East 8th Street | Holland, MI 49423
careers@hope.edu
616.395.7950
WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...
MUSIC
Hope Graduates in the Music World
Director of Jazz Studies......................................................................................Abilene Christian University
Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life.....................................................................................Alma College
Composer in Residence......................................................................................................................ART342
Music Therapist............................................................................................Bethel Nursing & Rehab Center
Band Director..........................................................................................................Bloomfield Hills Schools
Staff Accompanist...........................................................................................................Boston Conservatory
Teaching Assistant - Musicology...................................................................Bowling Green State University
Director......................................................................................... Christian International School of Prague
Avionics Technician................................................................................................................... ComAir, Inc.
Organist........................................................................................................ Cross of Life Lutheran Church
Fulbright Teaching Assistant............................................................................Education Ministry of Austria
Worship Director...........................................................................................................Evergreen Ministries
Director of Music Ministries......................................................................................First Reformed Church
Consultant - Church Organ Sales.................................................................................Florida Organ Works
Founding Director............................................................................................................... Holland Chorale
Director of High School Choirs............................................................................Holland Christian Schools
Professor of Music..................................................................................................................... Hope College
Assistant Director............................................................................................................Metropolitan Opera
French Hornist........................................................................................ New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano Instructor................................................................................................North Shelby Baptist Church
Pianist/Conductor............................................................................................................. Opernhaus Zurich
Voice Instructor..................................................................................................................... Scripps College
Ethnomusicologist Specialist..................................................................................................................... SIL
Audio Producer......................................................................................................................... Sound Advice
Music Curriculum Leader........................................................................................Troy City School District
Staff Accompanist........................................................................................ University of Texas-San Antonio
Education and Artistic Operations Assistant.............................................. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Minister of Music and Arts.......................................................................Westminster Presbyterian Church
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
100 East 8th Street | Holland, MI 49423
careers@hope.edu
616.395.7950