Music – What’s In It For Me?

When you think of careers in music, which

jobs spring to mind?

TeacherMusician

Singer Song writer

What else?

Think… …about 3 other career paths you may find in the music industry.

Pair… …up with your partner and discuss your 3 chosen career paths

Share… …all your ideas for music careers with the class

There are many more careers within today’s popular music industry…

“Music is such a broad field - there is the music industry and music itself. So there are lots and lots of choices for a career within music. It's not just about being a pop star - we have music lawyers, admin support staff, sound engineering. It is a valid choice to make as a career.”

Jacqui McDonnell, Life Coach for Open Sesame BBC

Career Planning in the Music Industry…

MusicianTeacher

Sound EngineerSinger

ComposerConducting

AccompanistMusical Theatre

Cruise Line PerformerDance & Choreography

Choir Director

Music TherapyMilitary/Police Bands

Recording ArtistTheatre Sound Tech

Club & Radio DJMarketing

Artist ManagementAgents

Sound DesignerSong-writer

Session Musician

But does music benefit any other aspects of life?

Does it have an impact on academicachievement?

Can your success in other academic areas byinfluenced on whether you can play a musicalinstrument?

Music majors are the most likely group of college graduates to be admitted to medical school.

Lewis Thomas, Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994

A study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math.

The Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994

Students who were exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100% higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner.

Neurological Research, March 15, 1999

Music enhances the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attention, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are shown to be the driving forces behind all other learning.

Konrad, R.R., Empathy, Arts and Social Studies, 2000

Children who have received music instruction scored higher marks on tests of their spatial and arithmetic skills.

Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children's spatial temporal reasoning, 1997

Bernie Williams