What Can You Do With a Music Degree?
With a music degree, you can teach, perform, compose and much more.

Traditional Music Careers

• Performer
• School Music Teacher
• Private Music Instructor
• Church Musician
• Composer
• Professor of Music (following graduate school)

Other Career Choices

There are many other career paths you might choose with a music degree, including:

• Combine teaching with performing
• Work at a retail music store
• Advise or consult for musical organizations
• Combine with a business or marketing degree and find a job in the business side of music
• Go on to get a master's degree in Music Therapy
• Start your own community choir/band/orchestra
• Start your own music school for the community
• Start a music school in another country
• Be a corporate music advisor—Some large corporations have been hiring music majors to create artist concert series at their company to create a vibrant cultural atmosphere at work
• Teach elementary school—At Meredith, Music majors can get K–6 licensure and teach classroom elementary school.
• Work in business—Anyone with teaching licensure is welcomed into the business professions because of their education as leaders and trainers. Musicians are often hired because of their highly developed creative/critical thinking skills.