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Music Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools
Clearly, the largest number of full-time music teaching positions exists in public and private schools. In preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, and day-care centers, the music teacher provides guidance for activities such as singing, listening, playing instruments, moving and dancing, composing, and experimenting with music patterns.
Teachers, supervisors, or directors of music in middle, junior high, and senior high schools provide direction for choral and instrumental organizations, small ensembles, and musical theater productions. Music instruction in the secondary school also includes courses in general music, theory, music history, literature, and the related arts. Music educators in the public schools may find opportunities for extra remuneration for service as conductors of church choirs, community music organizations, or recreational programs. In many communities, the music department of the public schools is the focal point of the community's musical life.
Music Therapist
With increased awareness of the rights of children and adults with disabilities, the importance of trained music therapists has increased. These highly
skilled individuals combine music, teaching, and therapy to help persons with disabilities improve their physical and mental health. Emotional stability and insight are essential for competent therapists.
Salaries and Requirements for Music Therapist
Music Therapist (approximate earnings $16,000-$70,000)
1. Hospitals: general, psychiatric
2. Schools
3. Outpatient clinics
4. Mental health centers
5. Nursing homes
6. Correctional facilities
7. Private practice
Additional Information
Personal Qualifications: Music talent and skill, Ability to work with disabled people, Human understanding and insight, Emotional stability.
Knowledge and Skills Required: Skilled and a versatile musician, Knowledge of behavioral and physical sciences, Facility on piano, guitar, or other instruments, Skilled in adapting music, Knowledge of instruments and voice.
Recommended Precollege Training: Completion of high school, Ability to read music, Some performance skill on one instrument or voice, Study of music in school or privately, Keyboard skill.
Minimum College Training Required: Bachelor's degree in music therapy, including six- month internship.
Performance
To many young people, music performance as a career means giving concerts. The glamour of becoming a concert artist attracts many people, but opportunities for a career in music performance are very limited, and great perseverance and stamina are required for success. In addition to solo performance careers, there are performance opportunities in chamber music, folk, rock, and pop music, as well as free-lance concert and studio opportunities. Performance careers differ widely and depend a great deal upon the instrument played and the performance medium. Most performers combine their activities with other careers in music. In general, concert performers pay their own travel and management fees.
Salaries and Requirements for Music Instrumentalist
1. Armed forces: bands, orchestras (approximate earnings: base pay)
2. Symphony orchestra (approximate earnings $300-$1,200 per week (22-52 weeks)
3. Dance band, nightclub (approximate earnings $350-$700 per week)
4. National TV (very limited) (approximate earnings $1,500-$2,500 per week)
5. Small ensemble (approximate earnings $50-$4,000 per concert)
6. Concert soloist (very limited) (approximate earnings $1,000 per concert)
7. Rock or jazz group (approximate earnings: great variance in income)
8. Clinician (approximate earnings $0-$1,000 per day)
Additional Information
Personal Qualifications: Musical talent and skill, Ability to work with people, Ambition to continually study and improve.
Knowledge and Skills Required: Specialized skill in one or more instruments, Fluency in sight-reading, transposing, improvising, Skill in ensemble playing, Knowledge of instrumental literature.
Recommended Precollege Training: Completion of high school, Ability to read music, Some performance skill on one instrument, Experience in high school orchestra, band, or small ensembles, Solo experience.
Minimum College Training Required: Degrees not always required but the equivalent training is usually necessary.
Salaries and Requirement for a Vocalist
1. Church choir soloist (approximate earnings $30-$500 per performance)
2. Community choral group (approximate earnings $200-$3,000 yearly )
3. Radio, TV shows (approximate earnings Local: $75 and up per show Network: $125 and up per show )
4. Dance band, nightclub (approximate earnings $225 and up per week)
5. Concert choral group (approximate earnings $80 and up per performance)
6. Opera chorus (professional) (approximate earnings $350-$750 per week)
7. Opera soloist (very limited) (approximate earnings $350-$8,000 per performance)
8. Concert soloist (very limited) (approximate earnings $350 open)
Additional Information
Personal Qualifications: Musical talent and skill, Ability to work with people, Ambition to continually study and improve, Excellent voice, Showmanship.
Knowledge and Skills Required: Specialized skill in singing and interpretation of songs, Knowledge of choral music techniques, Knowledge of foreign languages and vocal literature, Skill in sight singing and memorizing, Practical facility at the piano.
Recommended Precollege Training: Completion of high school, Ability to read music, Background in piano, Some performance skill in singing, Experience in singing groups.
Minimum College Training Required: Degrees not always required but the equivalent training is usually necessary.
Church/Temple Musician
A career as a church or temple music director or organist combines music performance and teaching. Most musicians for religious institutions are employed part-time, although large congregations may employ a full-time music director or minister of music. In addition to being competent
performers, church or temple musicians must understand music composition, transposition, and arranging, and must be familiar with the theology and liturgy of worship.
Salaries and Requirements of Church/Temple Musicians
1. Organist
2. Choir director
3. Minister of Music
4. Liturgist
5. Choir soloist
$7,800 to $44,500 part-time (less than 30 hours per week)
$27,500 -$59,300 full-time.
Additional Information
Personal Qualifications: Musical talent, Commitment to earning, playing and teaching religious music, Ability to work with and motivate people, Well-organized.
Knowledge and Skills Required: Organ performance, Conducting and voice pedagogy, Sight-reading and open score reading, Keyboard transposition and
improvisation, History of music and liturgy, Knowledge of languages, especially Latin and German.
Recommended Precollege Training: Completion of high school, Ability to read music, High-level keyboard skills (organists), Foreign language study.
Minimum College Training Required: Degrees in organ or sacred music not always required but equivalent training and professional certification necessary, Foreign language study, Choral and instrumental techniques.
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