"Alternative Careers in Music" by Kathryn B. Hull, lecture held at the 2010 CAPMT Conference
For those who like to be in the music field, but not on center stage, or who are thinking of developing one or several parallel income sources, here are some suggestions for a career that keeps one in touch with music.
LISTING OF ALTERNATIVE CAREERS IN MUSIC (in alphabetical order)
- Accompanist
- Armed Forces:
- Band performance
- Director
- Manager
- Librarian
- Business affairs:
- Advertising Executive
- Business Manager
- Licensing
- Agent/Manager
- Lawyer/Attorney for musicians
- Paralegal
- Artist/Concert promotion
- Theater production
- Administration
- Personal/Professional Manager
- Publicist
- Copyright
- Retail sales
- Merchandising/Distribution
- Cartage/Transportation
- Church Music:
- Organist/Pianist
- Director
- Arranger
- Secretary
- Hand Bell Director
- Cantor
- Communications: (good writing skills)
- Publicity
- Advertising
- Reporting
- Music Education Materials
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- Composer:(ASCAP, BMI - member associations)
- Arranger
- Songwriter
- Show music
- Stage musicals
- Film scores
- Dramatic music
- Music Education/ materials
- Professor
- Ethnomusicologist
- Children's music
- Serious music
- Computer Programmer:
- Designing and writing music theory programs
- Designing educational music games
- Programs for color sounds
- Digital Music/Computer
- Director:
- Choral
- Orchestra/Band
- Ensemble/Chamber Music
- Stage productions
- Films:
- Composer
- Arranger
- Editor
- Historian
- Singer, actor, dancer
- Instrumentalist
- Instrument service/repair/restoration
- Librarian:
- University music
- Orchestra/Band
- Specialized (music) library
- Management:
- Performing Artists
- Music School
- Orchestra
- Manufacturing:
- Design engineering
- Manual skills
- Business & office skills
- Personnel supervision
- Music Critic (need passion for music, drive to communicate, skill to make yourself understood, excellent writing skills)
- Music Engraver
- Music School:
- Director
- Support staff: plumber, janitor, clerical, instructors, financial, PR,
- Music Stations - Radio/TV
- Manager/Supervisor
- Librarian
- Technician/Engineer
- Announcer
- Secretarial/Clerical
- Public Relations/Advertising
- Maintenance
- Music Store - Retail
- Owner
- Clerk/Sales
- Bookkeeper
- Custodian
- Shipping Clerk
- Music Theater
- Arranger
- Composer
- Set designer
- Singer, actor, dancer
- Conductor
- Instrumentalist
- Costume designer
- Choreographer
- Maintenance
- Music Therapy:
- Activity/Recreation Director
- Child Development
- Dance Therapist
- Developmentally disabled specialist
- Geriatric
- Mental Health
- Movement teacher/therapist
- Occupational/Physical therapist
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- On Line Music Market
- Manager
- Shipping/Stock Clerk
- Cataloger
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- Orchestra:
- Performing instrumentalist
- Conductor
- Administration
- Public Relations
- Business Manager
- Librarian
- Musician Contractor
- Organ Tuner/Technician
- Performer:
- Accompanist
- Vocalist
- Instrumentalist
- Dancer
- Actor/actress
- Piano Tuner/Technician
- Publishing:
- Administration
- Historian
- Journalist
- Legal
- Editor
- Author
- Public Relations
- Distribution/Marketing
- Research
- Business Management
- Personnel Management
- Financial Management
- Radio/TV/Film:
- Announcer
- Station Management
- Market Research
- Programming
- Music editor
- Advertising
- Personnel Management
- Record/CD/DVD Industry:
- Market research/Marketing
- Administration
- Accounting
- General Office
- Personnel Management & Training
- Record/CD/DVD Production:
- Administration
- Artist and Repertoire person:
- Find new material
- Hire arrangers/copyists
- Work with engineers
- Arranger
- Copyist
- Lyricist
- Musician Contractor (Unions)
- Producer
- Recording Musician/Performing Artist
- Sound Engineer/Mixer
- Attorney
- Research:
- Artists/performers
- Literature (published and non-published)
- Music (printed, manuscripts, recordings)
- Performance (programs, flyers, brochures)
- Visual materials (posters, photographs, illustrations)
- Retailing/Wholesaling:
- Bookkeeper
- Sales clerk
- Stock clerk
- Shipping clerk
- Manager - instrument or sheet music departments
- Distributor
- Dealer/Merchant
- Jobber
- Supervisor
- Science/Technology:
- Acoustician
- Audiologist
- Equipment Designer
- Equipment Maintenance
- Studio Designer
- Sound Designer
- Performing Synthesist
- Concert Hall Architect
- Programmer
- Teacher in schools: Public, Private, College, University, Specialized
- Independent teacher: Instrumental, Vocal
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- Tours/Road Work:
- Road Manager
- Sound Technician
- Tour Coordinator
- Tour Publicist
- Unions: (ASCAP, BMI, SAG, AFTRA, Musicians Local, etc.)
- Agreements
- Contracts
- Arbitration
- Legal
- Clerical
- Volunteers:
- Symphony/opera Board members
- Officers/members in music organizations
Related Careers:
- Music Librarian
- Sound Engineer/Technician
- Music Cutter (Studio)
- Artist Manager/Agent/Booking Agent
- Personnel Director
- Stage Manager
- Road Manager
- Disc Jockey
- Concert Promoter
- Art/Graphics
- Journalist
- Fund raising
- Grantsmanship
- Copyist
- Acoustic Engineer
- Receptionist
- Architect
- Equipment maintenance
- Medical Doctor for musicians
- Computer technician
- Program notes writer
Compiled by: Kathryn B. Hull - 2010
www.kathrynhull.com
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