[SixStrings]

What the title says.

So far all I can think of is:
Session musician
Teacher (which I think I would enjoy)
Be in an orchestra (though for me it's not really applicable as my first instrument is electric guitar)

Please if anyone knows of others then please say.

[GeoTom]

Oh no, electric guitar may lead you down a miserable path. Or you could become the next Eddie Van Halen....
There are some jobs in the recording/producing industry, and all sorts of media jobs musicians go into.
I'd get a second instrument though, orchestral preferably.

[SixStrings]

Originally Posted by TomQMU

Oh no, electric guitar may lead you down a miserable path. Or you could become the next Eddie Van Halen....
There are some jobs in the recording/producing industry, and all sorts of media jobs musicians go into.
I'd get a second instrument though, orchestral preferably.

I also play Piano, probably the most useful instrument there is.
And how could electric guitar lead me down a miserable path?

[GeoTom]

Originally Posted by SixStrings

I also play Piano, probably the most useful instrument there is.
And how could electric guitar lead me down a miserable path?

I'm just speaking from experience, all of my friends that played electric guitar in music degrees have not kept going with it. Not to say you can't. I was being a bit melodramatic, which is fair enough since I've just finished "A long way down" by Nick Hornby!
Piano, pah, viola is much more useful
Of course most music degrees in universities are more academic than performance based, so it doesn't really matter what you play.

[jessmain87]

Music Therapy
Conductor
Arts Administration

Just a few. To be honest, I'm scratching my head over this question! Personally, I want to go into singing opera, so performing would encompass that.

[jessmain87]

Originally Posted by TomQMU

Of course most music degrees in universities are more academic than performance based, so it doesn't really matter what you play.

But Piano, Flute, Violin and Singers are always overly popular here at York!

We need Oboists

[GeoTom]

Originally Posted by jessmain87

But Piano, Flute, Violin and Singers are always overly popular here at York!

We need Oboists

Most unis are like that as they are the most popular instruments. You mean you need one more oboist (are you one) and maybe a cor? Sure I've got some lying around!

[one2three_abc]

Originally Posted by TomQMU

Piano, pah, viola is much more useful

What's the definition of a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison.

How is lightning like a violist's fingers?
Neither one strikes in the same place twice.

If you're lost in the desert, what do you aim for? A good viola player, a bad viola player or an oasis?
The bad viola player. The other two are only figments of your imagination.

Why shouldn't you drive off a cliff in a mini with three violas in it?
You could fit in at least one more.

Why do people tremble with fear when someone comes into a bank carrying a violin case?
They think he's carrying a machine gun and might be about to use it.
Why do people tremble with fear when someone comes into a bank carrying a viola case?
They think he's carrying a viola and might be about to use it.

What's another name for viola auditions?
Scratch lottery.

Did you hear about the violist who played in tune?
Neither did I.





Anyway, you could do a few things with a music degree...

Music performance; instrumental teaching; music industry superstructure; events management, probably a few more.

[Excalibur]

Teacher and performer are probably the most obvious ones (although the latter would probably be much more of a bottleneck career than the latter). There are also composers (from the huge names to the ones that compose the theme tunes for TV programmes), and working in the popular music industry, perhaps?

Someone I know who did Music decided to go down the academic path and do a PhD in Musicology. I don't know what she's doing after though...

And of course there are all the general careers that require no specific degree, or those jobs where you won't directly use your degree but it may be useful (e.g. an arts correspondent for a newspaper).

[prospectivEEconomist]

join a band?

[jessmain87]

Yes of course - if only singing in the music business was not so competitive.

I am a secret Oboist! I don't play as much nowadays, what with concentrating on the singing side. But we only have another Oboist in the department - it would be good to have more - and a harpist, come to think of it - the girl we had just graduated.

[GeoTom]

Originally Posted by jessmain87

I am a secret Oboist!.

I knew it.

I don't know if singing is as competitive as bitch singers make it out to be!! I'm a singer myself but tend to stick with choirs.

[jessmain87]

Originally Posted by TomQMU

I knew it.

I don't know if singing is as competitive as bitch singers make it out to be!! I'm a singer myself but tend to stick with choirs.

It is indeed - especially for Sopranos

I sing in most of the choirs at York, and love it. Good camaraderie!

I feel bad for hijacking this thread..

[The_Lonely_Goatherd]

Performing (orchestras, pitbands, session musicians, etc.)
Instrumental teaching/vocal coaching
Academia
Teaching (primary, secondary, university levels)
Law (via the law conversion), accounting and other non-music-related things
Arts Admin
Busking
Journalism/criticism

Seriously though, if we believe what they tell us ("it all about the transferable skills!&quot, you could end up doing pretty much anything

[prospectivEEconomist]

Originally Posted by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Performing (orchestras, pitbands, session musicians, etc.)
Instrumental teaching/vocal coaching
Academia
Teaching (primary, secondary, university levels)
Law (via the law conversion), accounting and other non-music-related things
Arts Admin
Busking
Journalism/criticism

Seriously though, if we believe what they tell us ("it all about the transferable skills!&quot, you could end up doing pretty much anything

whoa the exit options seem monumental after a music degree..or at least you make it out to be.

[SixStrings]

Originally Posted by TomQMU

I'm just speaking from experience, all of my friends that played electric guitar in music degrees have not kept going with it. Not to say you can't. I was being a bit melodramatic, which is fair enough since I've just finished "A long way down" by Nick Hornby!
Piano, pah, viola is much more useful
Of course most music degrees in universities are more academic than performance based, so it doesn't really matter what you play.

Oh right, I thought you were gonna be one of those people that assumes every guitar player to be someone who just strums some powerchords to look cool, but you're not so tis all good.

And you say academic which makes me think of writing essays. Now, essays are where I come undone. Writing in great detail about things is not a pleasure of mine nor is it a great strength.
Does anyone know if there's music degrees that are more practical based? I'm much better at performance and composition than writing in detail about stuff.

[GeoTom]

Originally Posted by SixStrings

I thought you were gonna be one of those people that assumes every guitar player to be someone who just strums some powerchords to look cool

[joke]**Cough**[/joke]

[jessmain87]

Originally Posted by SixStrings

Oh right, I thought you were gonna be one of those people that assumes every guitar player to be someone who just strums some powerchords to look cool, but you're not so tis all good.

And you say academic which makes me think of writing essays. Now, essays are where I come undone. Writing in great detail about things is not a pleasure of mine nor is it a great strength.
Does anyone know if there's music degrees that are more practical based? I'm much better at performance and composition than writing in detail about stuff.

I chose York Uni, as I've never enjoyed writing essays (although not terrible at it) and also you get a choice of modules (practical/composition/academic based) each term which you take your pick from. I want to be a performer, so with all the opportunities to perform at York Uni for the course AND in departmental ensembles, I'm more than happy here.

For module examples, this year I will be taking:
Autumn: Practical Project - Performing in St John's Passion and 3,500 W Essay
Spring: Choral Music 1500-1750 - 30 Minutes performance
Summer: Solo Project (my dissertation).

A few more examples of what the course modules offered are: Jazz Composition; Musical Analysis; Aspects of Opera; Church Music; Ethnomusicology; Music in the Community; Conducting.. etc etc

There are loads of things happening in the dep ensemble-wise.

Does any of this help?

[The_Lonely_Goatherd]

Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist

whoa the exit options seem monumental after a music degree..or at least you make it out to be.

I'm only repeating what I know to be true and reliable info that I've been told. Why, what did you think the options are after a Music degree?

[prospectivEEconomist]

I don't really know tbh..maybe playing instruments in a band or something