Creative Careers: Music Jobs Roundup

Whether you’re a musician yourself or someone with a love of song and keen administrative skills, you can find a job in the music field that suits your abilities. 

Although many people wish they had a musical ear or that they were a child musical prodigy, most of us don’t have the talents necessary to become a professional musician. That doesn’t mean we can’t work in a musical environment or find a satisfying job that allows us to contribute to the creation of music in other ways, however. There are plenty of positions available at musical organizations that require all kinds of skills and experience, such as sound engineering, production, teaching, marketing, and operations, just to name a few. If you’re someone who wants to apply your skills to fostering musical growth without playing an instrument, take a look at these listings (and find more on NYFA Classifieds).

Teaching Artists – Instrumental Music
Harmony Program
New York, NY

Music Director
The Dessoff Choirs
New York, NY

Operations Manager
Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen, CO

Associate Producer, Events – Music Programming
Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media
St. Paul, MN

Part-time Recording Engineer
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY

Artistic Operations Coordinator
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ

ISO Symphonic Band – Brass and Woodwind Coach (2 Positions Available)
The InterSchool Orchestras of New York
New York, NY

Violin Coach – 2 Positions Available
The InterSchool Orchestras of New York
New York, NY

Academic Advisor
Mannes School of Music, College of Performing Arts at The New School
New York, NY

Director of Development
Kaufman Music Center
New York, NY

Deputy Director
Make Music New York
New York, NY

Executive Director
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
New York, NY

Find more jobs in music on NYFA Classifieds.

– Michon Ashmore, Program Officer, Advertising

Image: Conrad Barclay (Fellow in Photography, ‘90)