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By Area of Expertise
Instrumental
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- NEC Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge Username: JSoM | Password: Broccoli#4721
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals Job Board
- Chamber Music America
- das Orchester job board [international opportunities; site available in English & German]
- Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
- Harp Column [harp performance and teaching job openings]
- Job Postings — Jeffrey Barudin [percussion job postings]
- Last Row [brass auditions, news, links]
- League of American Orchestras Job Center
- Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA) [performance librarian opportunities]
- Music Answers [advocacy & resource site]
- Musical America
- Musical Chairs
- muvac [International music vacancies]
- OrchestraPLAN
Vocal
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- NEC Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge Username: JSoM | Password: Broccoli#4721
- American Choral Directors Assoc Career Center
- Association for Opera in Canada
- Backstage
- Classical Singer
- Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
- Musical America
- muvac [International vacancies]
- NATS Job Center [National Association of Teachers of Singing]
- Opera America
- OperaBase
- Opera Europa
- “Towards an Operatic Career in Europe” [information site]
- Wolf Trap Opera Audition Resources
- YAP Tracker
- Young Artists Corner [resources & tips]
Audio Engineering
Composition
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- American Composers Forum
- Careers at BMI [also professional resources]
- Music Answers [advocacy and resource site – ownership & rights]
- Music Theory/Composition Jobs Wiki
- Muvac [International postings]
- New Music USA [resource site]
- Society of Composers [professional association]
- The Composer’s Site
- The Portfolio Composer [resource site]
- WASBE [Professional assoc for symphonic bands and ensembles
- Additional resources are listed on the Composition Department webpage
Conducting
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- ACDA Career Center
- Association for Opera in Canada
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals
- CBDNA [College Band Directors National Association]
- das Orchester job board [international opportunities; site available in English & German]
- International Conductors Guild [professional assoc]
- League of American Orchestras Jobs Center
- List of conducting masterclasses, workshops, and competitions [includes job postings]
- Musical America
- Musical Chairs
- Muvac [international music vacancies]
- Opera America
- Opera Europa
- OrchestraPLAN
- WASBE [World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles]
Early Music
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- Chamber Music America [resource site]
- Early Music America
- Early Music Sources [resource site]
Jazz
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- All About Jazz [resource site]
- Jazz Foundation of America [advocacy & resource site]
- Jazz Education Network [professional association]
Music Education
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- ACDA Career Center
- ASTA: American String Teachers Association
- College Music Society [membership required for access to job board]
- Dalcroze Society of America job board
- El Sistema USA
- Indiana Music Education Association
- K12 Jobspot
- National Association for Music Education
- NATS Job Center [National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing]
- OrchKids [Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]
- Organization of American Kodály Educators job board
- Paige’s Music hosts a job board for opportunities in Indiana
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- WASBE [World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles]
Organ and Church Music
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- ACDA Career Center
- American Guild of Organists [membership required for access to job board]
- Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
- Catholic Jobs – Music Ministry
- Church jobs – United Kingdom
- Fellowship of Worship Artists [resource site + job listings]
- Musica Sacra Forum – Church Music Association of America
- National Association of Pastoral Musicians
- Presbyterian Association of Musicians
- RSCM America
- UCC Musicians Association
By Special Interest
Arts Administration
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- Americans for the Arts Job Bank
- Artist Communities Alliance Job Board
- ArtsAdminJobs.com
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals Job Bank
- Equitable Hiring Group
- Graduate Programs in Arts Administration
- IU O’Neill School – MAAA program
- Idealist
- League of American Orchestras Jobs Center
- Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA) [performance librarian opportunities]
- Muvac [International postings]
- Work in Culture [job & resource site – Canada based]
Higher Education
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- American Association of Community Colleges
- Academic Jobs Wiki [including Musicology & Ethnomusicology]
- Academic Jobs Wiki [Music Theory/Composition]
- American Musicological Society [professional assoc.]
- College Music Society [membership required for access to job board]
- College Orchestra Directors Assoc (CODA) [professional assoc]
- HigherEdJobs.com
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium [HERC]
- Inside Higher Ed
- National Association of Teachers of Singing [NATS]
- National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity [All IU faculty and students have a valid username and password for members’ area of the NFCDD. Email NFCDD help desk for yours]
- Society for Music Theory Job Board [professional assoc.]
Festivals | Competitions | Camps | General Resources
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- NEC Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge Username: JSoM | Password: Broccoli#4721
- Acceptd [gigs, festivals, competitions etc.]
- Alink-Argerich Foundation [piano competitions]
- Career Options in Music
- Musical America: 2025 Guide to Top Competitions
- Musical America: 2025 Guide to Summer Festivals
- Musical Chairs – competitions
- Twisted Spruce [Guitar & Composition]
- YAP Tracker
- US & International Choreography Competitions
- Wikipedia: List of Classical Music Festivals
- World Federation of International Music Competitions
Music Business | Entertainment
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- Assistants vs. Agents [early career jobs in entertainment business]
- BMG
- Careers.Broadway
- Celebrity Cruises [cruise ship performing]
- Disney Careers [keyword search: Performance]
- Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
- Landau Music [cruise ship performing]
- Lime Entertainment [cruise ship, resort, and theme park performing]
- Music Business Job Board
- MusicJobs US
- NBC Universal Careers
- Playbill [Broadway and off-Broadway opportunities]
- Proship Entertainment [cruise ship, resort, and theme park performing]
- RWS Entertainment [cruise ship, resort, and theme park performing]
- Sony Music
- Theme Park Audition Tips & Info
- Universal Music Group
- Universal Parks & Resorts
- Upwork – freelance site
Service Opportunities
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- Artist Year
- Community Musicworks Fellowships
- OrchKids [Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]
- Peace Corps [for IU Peace Corps click here]
Internships
Internships required as part of specific JSoM curricula [Audio Engineering, Music Education] are coordinated within those Departments. At this time, the Jacobs School of Music does not have a general internship course number. JSoM students seeking academic credit for internship experience should pursue available internship course opportunities in the College of Arts and Sciences or O’Neill School for Public & Environmental Affairs [for Arts Administration].
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- Handshake [a wide variety of music and arts internships are posted here – paid and for-credit options]
- Initiative of Empowerment and Economic Independence (IEEI) [This program assists students with physical disabilities to gain paid, internship experiences each summer.]
- Music Internships Abroad
- Parker Dewey Micro-Internships
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