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
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
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
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.