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Skills and Abilities
  • Analyzing needs and wants of an audience
  • Communicate ideas and emotions creatively
  • Concentrating intensely for long periods of time
  • Working well with a variety of people
  • Working well under pressure
  • Following directions
  • Directing/instructing others
  • Understanding social and cultural history of music
  • Understanding the business side of the music industry
  • Performing in front of groups of people
Potential Career Paths
Career Area
Sample Employment Settings
Sample Employers & Internship Sites
PERFORMANCE
Vocal Performing organizations Empire Center at The Egg

Albany Pro Musica

UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Instrumental Symphony orchestras

Clubs & restaurants
Albany Symphony Orchestra

Valentine's Music Hall
Session Musician Artists & bands Various
Stage Manager Any performer Various
Sound Technician/Engineer Various Various
EDUCATION
Teaching Elementary & secondary schools

Colleges
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Conservatories
Teach for America


Any college w/ music program

Berklee College of Music
Choir Director School, church, or community choir Any choir
Music Therapist Hospitals
Special education facilities
Nursing homes
Mental health centers
Various
Lessons Studios, music stores, & private instruction Mars Music
Music Librarian Colleges & universities
Conservatories
Radio & TV stations
Public libraries
Various
COMPOSING/ARRANGING/CONDUCTING
Composing
Arranging
Symphonies Albany Symphony Orchestra
Jingle Writing TV/radio commercial producers Echelon Productions
Songwriting Publishers
Record companies
Music publishers
Film studios
Various
Conducting Orchestras
Choirs
Concordia Orchestra (NYC)
MUSIC PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Producing & Recording Recording studio, film, TV, & radio Cottonhill Studios
Engineering Radio stations & recording studios Blue Sky Music Studios
Promotions/Media Relations Radio stations

Record companies
FLY 92

Bar/None Records
MUSIC BUSINESS
Concert Hall Director Concert halls Radio City Music Hall
Booking Agent

Concert Promoter
Entertainment promoters

Any performer
SFX Entertainment Inc.


Columbia Artists Management, Inc.
Music Publisher Music publishing companies G. Schirmer, Inc.
Management Artists & bands Various
Sales

Management
Musical instrument manufacturers Yamaha

Pearl
TOURS/ROAD WORK
Road Manager Artists & bands Any artist or band
Sound Technician
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Tour Coordinator
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Tour Publicist
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RECORD COMPANIES
A&R Administrator Record companies Capitol Records
A&R Coordinator
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SONY
Publicist
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A&M Records
RADIO/TV/ENTERTAINMENT
Music Director
Program Director
Radio stations Various
On-air performance Radio or TV stations MTV
VH1
BET
Advertising Sales Radio stations WHRL
Nightclub DJ Nightclubs Various
Music editing, production, & composing

Sound mixingVoice overs
Radio stations

Advertising agencies
Various

Eric Mower & Associates
Tourist services Museums Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Museum of Television & Radio
PUBLISHING/JOURNALISM
Sales Publishing companies

Newspapers/magazines
Delmar Publishers

Metroland
Writing

Editing
Music/entertainment publications
Newspapers/magazines
Rolling Stone Magazine

Metroland

Spin Magazine
SERVICE
Service/Volunteerism Government programs American Foreign Service
Association


Americorps


Peace Corps
University Student Services Admissions Offices
Alumni Offices
International Student Services
Multicultural Offices
Study Abroad Offices
Any college or university, including community colleges
Community Outreach Community Centers / Agencies

Youth Programs
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood

YMCA/YWCA
Case Management Community agencies Occupations, Inc.
Advocacy Non-profit or state agencies Hunger Action Network of NYS

US Department of Housing & Urban Development
Research Health care centers

Social policy research centers
Albany Medical Center

MDRC
Human Resources & Affirmative Action/Recruiting Universities Any college or university, including community colleges
Companies Chase Manhattan Bank
Training & Development Corporations M&T Bank
Computer training firms New Horizons
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Media Liaison Public relations firms
Corporate PR depts.
Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Makovsky & Co.
Special Events Planning Hotels/Conference Ctrs.
Radio Stations
Entertainment Facilities
Marriott

WQBK-FM

Times Union Center (Pepsi Arena)
Media Buyer Public relations firms

Corporations
Sawchuk, Brown Assoc.

CDPHP
Web design Web design firms Spiral Design Studio
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