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15. Careers for music graduates

15. Careers for music graduates

Employment opportunities for music graduates range from professional or semi-professional solo and ensemble performances to music journalism, classroom and studio teaching to music administration. Graduates contemplating a career in music will find it useful to study the changing scene: the advent of MP3 and similar technology has adversely affected the music recording industry, for example.

A career as a performer is a fickle one, and openings in orchestras or on the solo platform are hotly contested. Increasingly, graduates interested in performance form their own chamber ensembles and seek to find their own work. But there are many alternatives to performance for music graduates. Other careers from a Bachelor of Music degree include music administrator, concert agent, music wholesaler or retailer, music teacher in private or secondary school, music therapist, music researcher, accompanist, music tutor/lecturer, studio teacher, concert manager, producer/assistant, and music critic/reviewer.

Qualified music teachers are in demand in both government and private schools to teach general class music and to organise and teach in instrumental music programs. Appropriately qualified instrumental teachers have little trouble building a practice, especially those using new technology to assist in aural/theory training and creative music-making.

Music therapy is a small field in which graduates have gained secure employment working with the mentally and physically handicapped and with the aged, in hospitals and other institutions. Composers and music researchers generally have limited opportunities but some find employment in tertiary institutions. Most supplement their income by teaching or acting as critics or journalists for the media.

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