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Job Boards

By Area of Expertise

Instrumental
  • NEC Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
    Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge
    Username: JSoM | Password: KNomi52
  • Musical Chairs
  • Musical America
  • das Orchester job board [international opportunities; site available in English & German]
  • Chamber Music America
  • League of American Orchestras Job Center
  • Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
  • Music Answers [advocacy & resource site]
  • Percussion: Job Postings — Jeffrey Barudin
Vocal
  • NEC Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
    Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge
    Username: JSoM | Password: KNomi52
  • YAP Tracker
  • OperaBase
  • Musical America
  • American Choral Directors Assoc Career Center
  • ChoralNet
  • Opera America
  • Classical Singer
  • Backstage
  • Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
  • “Towards an Operatic Career in Europe” [information site]
  • Velvet Singer [resource site]
  • Wolf Trap Opera Audition Resources
  • Young Artists Corner  [resources & tips]
Audio Engineering
  • Audio Engineering Society
  • ZipRecruiter – Music Business
  • Media Match
  • ProductionHUB
  • SoundBetter
Composition
  • American Composers Forum
  • The Composer’s Site
  • Society of Composers  [professional association]
  • The Portfolio Composer  [resource site]
  • New Music USA
  • Music Theory/Composition Jobs Wiki
  • WASBE [Professional assoc for symphonic bands and ensembles]
  • Music Answers [advocacy and resource site – ownership & rights]
  • Additional resources are listed on the Composition Dept. webpage
Conducting
  • List of conducting masterclasses, workshops, and competitions [includes job postings]
  • International Conductors Guild  [professional assoc]
  • League of American Orchestras Job Center
  • ACDA Career Center
  • Musical America
  • das Orchester job board [international opportunities; site available in English & German]
  • CBDNA [College Band Directors National Association]
  • WASBE [World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles]
Dance
  • Dance USA
  • Dance Plug
  • DO [Dancing Opportunities]
  • Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
  • American Dance Abroad
  • NDEO [National Dance Education Organization]
  • Backstage
Early Music
  • Early Music America
  • Chamber Music America
Jazz
  • Jazz Foundation of America [advocacy & resource site]
  • Jazz Education Network  [professional association]
  • All About Jazz  [resource site]
Music Education
  • NATS Job Center
  • National Association for Music Education
  • ASTA: American String Teachers Association
  • College Music Society [membership required for access to job board]
  • Dalcroze Society of America job board
  • Organization of American Kodály Educators job board
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Indiana Music Education Association
  • K12 Jobspot
  • ACDA Career Center
  • ZipRecruiter – Music
  • Paige’s Music hosts a job board for opportunities in Indiana
Organ and Church Music
  • American Guild of Organists
  • ACDA Career Center
  • ZipRecruiter – Music
  • National Association of Pastoral Musicians
  • Presbyterian Association of Musicians
  • RSCM America
  • Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
  • Fellowship of United Methodists in Music & Worship Arts
  • Musica Sacra Forum – Church Music Association of America
  • UCC Musicians Association
  • Catholic Jobs – Music Ministry

By Special Interest

Arts Administration
  • Americans for the Arts Job Bank
  • Graduate Programs in Arts Administration
  • League of American Orchestras Jobs Center
  • ArtsAdminJobs.com
  • ZipRecruiter – Music Business
Careers in Academia [including Musicology & Music Theory sites]
  • HigherEdJobs.com
  • College Music Society  [membership required for access to job board]
  • Higher Education Recruitment Consortium [HERC]
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • College Orchestra Directors Assoc (CODA) [professional assoc]
  • National Association of Teachers of Singing [NATS]
  • Academic Jobs Wiki [including Musicology & Ethnomusicology]
  • Academic Jobs Wiki [Music Theory/Composition]
  • American Musicological Society
  • Cheeky Scientist (PhD resource site)
  • The Professor is In resource site and blog
  • 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]
Festivals, Competitions, Camps, and General Resources
  • NEC Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
    Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge
    Username: JSoM | Password: Pressler21
  • Peabody’s List of Summer Music Festivals
  • World Federation of International Music Competitions
  • Musical America: 2022 Guide to Top Competitions
  • Musical Chairs – competitions
  • YAP Tracker
  • US & International Choreography Competitions
  • Everfest
  • Career Options in Music
  • Alink-Argerich Foundation
Military Bands
  • Air Force Bands
  • US Army Music
  • US Coast Guard Band
  • Marine Corps Music Program
  • US Navy Bands
Cruise Ships & Entertainment
  • Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
  • Landau Music
  • Proship Entertainment
  • Lime Entertainment
  • Celebrity Cruises [contact OECD for intro to Music Programming Lead & audition info]
  • NBC Universal Careers
  • Universal Parks & Resorts
  • Disney Careers  [keyword search: Performance]
  • Theme Park Audition Tips & Info
Service Opportunities
  • Artist Year
  • Peace Corps
  • OrchKids [Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]
  • Community Musicworks Fellowships
Internships

Internships required as part of 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 SPEA [for Arts Administration].

  • Handshake  [a wide variety of music and arts internships are posted here – paid and for-credit options]
  • Eastman Internship List
  • internships.com [Music]
  • ZipRecruiter – Music Business
  • Music Internships Abroad
  • Initiative of Empowerment and Economic Independence (IEEI)
    • This program assists students with physical disabilities to gain paid, internship experiences each summer.

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