Center for Career Development
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance Career Center is currently under development. The Office of Admissions and Student Services has compiled this list of online career resources.
The University's Career Center is a valuable resource for all University students. While they do not specialize in the performing arts, there are many basic skills and processes with which they can help you, including self-assessment, resume writing, and interview skills.
U-M Career Services, Alumni Association
U-M Graduate Student Career Services
Getting Started
An organization run by students from the Ross School of Business and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Events include the Beyond Talent workshops, Music 101 (in partnership with UMS), and the New York Career Forum. Contact AE or pick up a schedule of workshops at the SMTD Office of Admissions and Student Services.
http://careerservices.colorado.edu/
A comprehensive career services site with resume/letter writing guides, links to job search sites, and general information on networking and career assessment.
Online Resources
Competitions, Auditions, Management
Outreach & Community Engagement
Funding Sources & Support Organizations
Note: These links represent a fraction of the professional organizations and resources that are out there. Your best source for information directly related to your specific field is your department faculty.
Music / Theatre & Musical Theatre / Dance
American Federation of Musicians
A web based archive of brief lessons on important music career topics; curriculum resource of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
A not-for-profit site designed to help musicians navigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities available to them within the music industry
A not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities. There is also good information here regarding health insurance, travel with instruments, and facts related to international touring.
The Academy--A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill
Designed to develop the skills and values leading to careers that combine musical excellence with education and community outreach.
Brass
International Trombone Association
International Tuba Euphonium Association
Membership provides access to special rates on instrument insurance, health benefits, and professional development seminars
The Orchestra Musician Forum
Composition & Theory
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Represents the licensing rights of songwriters, music publishers and composers
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music
Conducting
American Bandmasters Association
American Choral Directors Association
American Symphony Orchestra League
College Band Directors National Association
The Orchestra Musician Forum
Keyboard
American Guild of Organists
Music Teachers National Association
Michigan Music Teachers Assocation (MTNA Affiliate)
The Piano Page (Piano Technicians Guild)
Membership provides access to special rates on instrument insurance, health benefits, and professional development seminars
Student subscriptions available to The Instrumentalist, Flute Talk, and Clavier magazines
Music Education
Music Educators National Conference (MENC)
Resource site for string teachers and those considering the field
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
Suzuki Association of the Americas
Student subscriptions available to The Instrumentalist, Flute Talk, and Clavier magazines
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
Professional organization of music and dance teachers
OAKE.org - Organization of American Kodály Educators
International Society for Music Education
Promotes music education world-wide with members in over 60 countries
American Educational Research Association
ISIM -International Society of Improvised Music
The Academy--A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill
Designed to develop the skills and values leading to careers that combine musical excellence with education and community outreach.
Music Library
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
International Association of Music Libraries (IAML)
U-M Music Library Online Resources
Instrument Making
American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers
The American Musical Instrument Society
Musicology/Ethnomusicology
American Musicological Society
Chinese Music Society of North America
Society for Seventeeth Century Music
Percussion
Membership provides access to special rates on instrument insurance, health benefits, and professional development seminars
The Orchestra Musician Forum
Performing Arts Technology (also see Composition listings)
Strings
American String Teachers Association
International Society of Bassists
Membership provides access to special rates on instrument insurance, health benefits, and professional development seminars
The Orchestra Musician Forum
Voice
National Association of Teachers of Singing
American Guild of Musical Artists
Woodwinds
International Double Reed Society
International Clarinet Association
Student subscriptions available to The Instrumentalist, Flute Talk, and Clavier magazines
Membership provides access to special rates on instrument insurance, health benefits, and professional development seminars
The Orchestra Musician Forum
Membership required
Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers
American Guild of Musical Artists
International Allegiance of Theatrical Stage Employees
United States Institute of Theatre Technology
United Scenic Artists - Local 829
National Dance Educators Organization
Society of Dance History Scholars
International Council of Kinetography Laban/Labanotation
The Congress on Research in Dance
International for Dance Medicine & Science
American College Dance Festival Association
American Guild of Musical Artists
Competitions, Auditions, Management
American Federation of Musicians
Membership provides access to International Musician and the most comprehensive orchestra/ensemble job listings
Classical music job postings
Listings of agents, artists, venues, competitions, festivals, media…; Access is provided for members of the U-M community via the Music Library's institutional membership
Search for jobs in performance, education, or arts administration; registration required, no fee
Competition for placement on roster and useful printed materials for the rest of us, most notably: Making Music in Looking Glass Land by Ellen Highstein
Competition and representation for emerging concert artists
Artist services for emerging artists
(Listing of music competitions in the US)
Search for faculty and administrative positions in higher education.
Site i ncludes music vacancy list; requires membership
New England Conservatory job site
Membership required
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Theatre Communications Group: ArtSearch
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Site includes job listings in the arts with an email alert option
New England Conservatory job site
Membership required
Companion site to Elliot McGucken's Arts Entrepreneurship & Technology 101 class at Pepperdine University.
Entrepreneurship Center for Music
A resource of the University of Colorado
http://www.readyplanning.com/how_to_plan/feasibility_how_to.htm
Ready to write a business plan for your entrepreneurial music career? Many experts suggest starting with a feasibility analysis. This site provides an overview.
Create an artist page and explore the intersection between social networking and ecommerce.
A new IRS website that enables new organizations to apply for 501.c.3 status without having to hire a lawyer
Intern and employment opportunities in the nonprofit sector including, but not limited to, arts organizations
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Site includes job listings in the arts with an email alert option
Kennedy Center Arts Management Internships
University of Michigan Career Center
Listing of job and internship opportunities, including arts and entertainment positions
Membership required; listings of internships and jobs in the music industry
Ann Arbor-based resource for nonprofit organizations; workshops available on issues related to starting and running a nonprofit organization
Arts advocacy, professional development, job bank...
Membership required
Opportunities for employment, internships, volunteering...
Opportunities for employment and internships with ASCAP
Outreach & Community Engagement
The Academy--A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill
Designed to develop the skills and values leading to careers that combine musical excellence with education and community outreach.
Association of Teaching Artists (ATA)
Advocacy and professional development for artists who teach in schools and the community
The Philadelphia Music Project
Outreach in the Performing Arts at the University of Michigan
Organizes performances by student musicians at schools, hospitals, and retirement centers. the program encourages education through community outreach.
Funding Sources & Support Organizations
National Endowment for the Arts
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
Arts advocacy and awareness; emphasing visual arts, but including all of the arts
(Resources for grant seekers)
Ann Arbor-based resource for nonprofit organizations; workshops available on issues related to starting and running a nonprofit organization
Links to arts funding resources
A not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities.
Springboard for the Arts’ mission is to cultivate a vibrant arts community by connecting artists with the skills, contacts, information and services they need to make a living and a life.
A non-profit organization that provides services and support to artists and arts organizations.
Articles, a blog (and now a book) by the music critic of the New Yorker
Greg Sandow on the Future of Classical Music
Greg Sandow is a critic, composer, and consultant
Blog on the arts in NYC (covering theatre & classical music)
Arts-related news articles from around the world and host to Sandow's blog
Angela Myles Beeching, Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music
Jeri Goldstein, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent: THE Musician's and Performing Artist's Guide to Successful Touring
Ellen Highstein, Making Music in Looking Glass Land
