What kinds of jobs and where in the country.....? SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE!!!!?

Question

What kinds of jobs could I get with a degree in music with a voice concentration and what cities would I have to go to in order to find a job with that degree?

I am seriously considering changing my major, BUT before I do for sure I want to know waht jobs I could get with taht type of degree?

Answer 1

Not to be too discouraging, but making one's living from performing EXCLUSIVELY is very difficult, and usually possible in only the largest cities.

That being said, what is very possible is to "patchwork" an income from singing, teaching, and other part-time work. I know lots of people who do this and seem to be quite content. I know a singer in my area who runs her own catering business. She has a good clientele, including lots of musicians who know that she understands what their needs are. (Like not clanking dishes together during a performance!)

Also, just because you have a degree in music doesn't mean you can't do something else, too! The skills you learn as a musician will stand you in good stead in whatever line of work you wind up in.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Hate to say it but that's a very difficult field. Nowadays if it's not an MBA or PHd or you're not a real computer guru they don't want to know you. I used to be a professional musician - wrote, had bands, went to the SF Conservatory, arranged, have a friend with a salsa band - even became an expert on French Classical music at the fin du siecle. The most I ever made in any year in any of this was about $25,000, which is why I ultimately worked for the government until my retirement and now am opening a business that has nothing to do with music whatsoever.

I know this is not what you wanted to hear but I am in my fifties and wish I had gotten that degree in chemistry that I was so close to getting when I rebelled to do what I loved.

You should always keep music as your first love and realize that our society does not dive a damn for real art - at least not enough to support those of us with such a God-given talent - not, that is, unless we are a deviant like Madonna, or unless we sleep with the director (as was profferred to my mother, whose soprano voice was the best I have ever heard anywhere - she turned him down - this at the Metropolitan Opera, no less).

Best of luck.

Answer 3

Have you considered trying out for choir orchestras? I do security at an artsy-fartsy theatre in Toronto, and we have loads of choir shows on a weekly basis. It's a small-time gig, but it puts food in your stomach, right?

Answer 4

Well it is very difficult to get coz lots r there.
But i m listing som links that i m familiar.
Hope u get good job.
Best of Luck.