Performance
The KU School of Music offers a BA, BM, and BFA in several academic disciplines, including brass and percussion, jazz, music theory and composition, musicology, organ, piano, strings, theatre and voice, voice, woodwinds, and music business, as well as a MM, MME, DMA, and PhD.
Sample of Related Skills
- Hear, identify, and work with musical elements: rhythm, pitch, harmony, structure, timbre, texture
- Read and realize musical notation fluently
- Recognize and articulate an understanding of compositional process and musical style with reference to artists, technologies, events, and cultural forces through the major periods of music history
- Use research tools and analysis independently to develop, defend, and write musical judgments
- Demonstrate technical, musical, and interpretive skill in solo and ensemble performance, in a variety of formal and informal settings
- Develop familiarity with an appropriately representative body of solo and ensemble music literature, and an awareness of applicable performance practices
- Perform capably as a soloist and within an ensemble
- Organize the sounds of music through basic composition
Popular Career Paths
Performance: Involves conducting, playing an instrument, and/or singing.
Business: Includes managing artists, negotiating contracts, and arranging events/performances for musicians.
Education: Could involve private instruction and/or teaching music in a school setting.
Explore More Career Paths
- American Musicological Society - professional organization that provides music related career information
Jobs to Consider
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Recording Sound Engineer/Mixer
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Places to Seek Employment
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Amusement Parks Armed Forces Bands and Orchestras Ballet Productions Church Choirs Clubs and Restaurants Community Choral Groups |
Cruise Lines Dancebands Musical Theaters Opera Companies Orchestras Radio, Television, and Motion Picture Industries |
Recording Industries Rock or Jazz Groups Self-Employed/Small Business Owner Small Ensembles Public/Private Schools
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View specific employers by state.
Job and Internship Search Resources
- Acoustical Society of America - society dedicated to increasing knowledge of acoustics and its applications. Offers a job search function, as well as graduate school information.
- American Federation of Musicians Career Corner - association representing professional musicians. Offers a comprehensive career information for emerging musicians, as well as other scholarship information
- Chorus America - non-profit organization for choral music. Promotes professional, volunteer, and youth choruses. Provides a listing of choral industry job openings
- Entertainment Careers.net - search for jobs and internships at studios, networks, production companies, record companies, TV and radio stations, VFX, animation, and broadcasting
- League of American Orchestras - search for internships in the music performance field
- Media Web Source - search for music jobs and other related careers
- Musical Chairs - search for performance, teaching, and administration jobs in classical music
- Music Job - search for music jobs in the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and the United States
- Music Resources on the Internet - provides a list of links to music related careers such as classical, commercial, folk, and jazz resources
- MusicianWages.com - search for job vacancies such as pianists, guitarists, drummers, bassists, bands, music teacher, horns, and more. Also provides information on musician resumes, business cards, and how to obtain a job on a cruise ship
- MyMusicJob.com - search for jobs in music across the United States
- Orchestral Jobs - search for orchestral jobs around the world
- ShowBizJobs.com - job search function for finding a job in the entertainment business
The quick link for this page is career.ku.edu/performance.
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