Music Careers Assignment

There is an unlimited amount of professions in the music industry. Choose one profession
from the list provided on this link and answer the following questions in a PowerPoint, or
Keynote presentation.

Music Careers;
Music Education (Teacher) Worship
Elementary (K-6) Organ Player
Secondary (7-12) Instrumentalist
Professor (College) Choir Director
Ethnomusicologist Handbell Director
Music Supervisor/Administrator Cantor/Hazan
Librarian

Performance (performer) Music Production

Instrumental, Pop/Rock/Jazz Producer
Vocalist/Instrumentalist, Classical Music Manager
Vocalist, Pop/Rock/Jazz
Conducting Music Publishing
Band Critic
Composer Publisher
Accompanist Arranger

Music Business Musical Theatre

Music Attorney, Music Business; Music Actor/Singer
Copyright Sound Engineer
Instrument Sales Representative Music Director
Retail Music Sales Theater Composer
Booking Agent
Personal/Professional Manager Instrument Making and
Business Manager Repair/Restoration
Instrument Designer
Healthcare Instrument Repair/Restoration
Music Therapist Disc Jockey (D.J)
Speech Pathologist Music Supervisor
Voice Therapist
Here are some websites that will help get you started:

Music Jobs

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the name of the music job that you chose to research?

2. What part of the music industry is it in (Performer, Production, Business) ?

3. Give a brief history of the career that you chose. Answer the question “Why does the job
you chose exist?”

4. What is a description of the job (what does this person do)?

5. Where would a person who does this job work? (building, studio, concert hall)

6. In what city in the country are these jobs available (Where is the best place to work in
this job)?

7. How much does this job pay?

8. How does this job help the over all music industry?

9. Provide examples of who does this job?

10. Please choose 4 more topics about this job to present to the class in your presentation.
(if you chose a performing artist you can tell us about that person.) (If you chose a job of a
producer you could tell us about that famous producer)

Once you have answered these questions please take that information and place it into a
PowerPoint presentation. You may add pictures of the job, people doing the job, examples of
people who do the job, etc.