Music Careers & Outcomes
Our goal is to prepare you for a successful career in music with unmatched confidence. With award-winning professors and a plethora of learning opportunities, you’ll graduate feeling confident about your future. Whether you’re interested in composing or playing music, your MSUM degree will bring you one stop closer to your dream job.
Music Performance College to Career Map
What can I do with a Music degree?
- Accompanist
- Composer/arranger
- Conductor
- Copyist
- Disc jockey
- Film music editor
- Instrument repair specialist
- Instrument sales representative
- Instrumental teacher
- Instrumentalist
- Lyricist
- Music journalist/critic
- Music librarian
- Music store manager
- Music teacher
- Music therapist
- Music publishing specialist
- Private instrument teacher
- Record producer
- Recording engineer
- Singer
- Studio musician
- Voice teacher
Related Links
- American Guild of Music
- American Guild of Musical Artists
- National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
- American Music Therapy Association
- Music Library Association
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National Music Publishers Association
- Songwriters’ Guild of America
- Society of Composers and Lyricists
- American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
- National Association Of Music Merchants (NAMM)
- Jazz Education Network
- Recording Academy Grammy Awards