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.
School of Music website
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.
Jobs to Consider
- Arts Administrator/Manager
- Band Director
- Choir Director
- Composer/Arranger
- Concert Soloist
- Conductor
- Cruise Director
- Disc Jockey/Announcer
- Film Music Editor
- Instrument Service Specialist
- Music Promoter
- Music Software Programmer
- Music Store Manager
- Musician
- Organist
- Private Music Teacher
- Public Relations Specialist
- Publicist/Promoter
- Recording Sound Engineer/Mixer
- Recreation Director
- Sales Representative
- School Music Teacher
- Section Leader/Section Member
- Studio Musician
- Tour Manager/Coordinator
- Voice Coach
Places to Seek Employment
- 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
Explore More Career Resources
American Musicological Society - professional organization that provides music related career 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
Musical Chairs - search for international performance, teaching, and administration jobs in classical music
Music Job - search for music jobs in the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and the United States​
Show Biz Jobs - job search function for finding a job in the entertainment business