Career Opportunities in Music
The WKU Department of Music has a strong reputation for training students to be successful performers, educators, and artists.
- K-12 School Teacher
- Youth Ensemble Director
- Coach
- Community Music Facilitator
- Private Studio Teacher
- Education Consultant
- University Faculty Member
- Orchestra Manager
- Collaborative Pianist
- Conductor
- Church Musician
- Touring Musician
- Concert Promoter
- Orchestra Musician
- Choreographer
- Opera Singer
- Studio Musician
- Songwritier
- Publicist
- Personal Manager
- Booking Agent
- Band Manager
- Digital Music Distributor
- Road Manager
- Music Producer
- Audio Engineer
- Concert Promoter
- Touring Musician
- Marketing Specialist
- Audio Engineer
- Music Producer
- Speciality Web Designer
- Sound Technician
- Musical Software Developer
- Studio Manager
- Acoustics Engineer
- Education Administrator
- Music Librarian
- Fundraiser
- Non-Profit Arts Professional
- Business Manager
- Concert Hall Manager
- Orchestra Manager
- Songwriter
- Orchestrator
- Arranger
- Concert Music Composer
- Copyist
- Video Game Composer
- Film Music Composer
- Music Editor
- Editor
- Music Analyst
- Music Historian
- Music Critic or Journalist
- Grant Writer
- Community Music Facilitator
The WKU Department of Music has a strong reputation for training students to be successful performers, educators, and artists. Graduates can be found teaching music throughout the state of Kentucky as well as across the country including Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas. Students have also gone on to highly acclaimed graduate schools and conservatories including the Cincinnati Conservatory, Indiana University, Louisiana State University, Michigan State University, the University of South Carolina, Baylor University, Northwestern University, and the University of North Texas. In addition, many graduates are performing as professional musicians in classical orchestras, service bands, opera companies, as soloists, in churches, and in popular media.
A professional music degree that leads to state public school teaching certification and prepares students for careers as educators, studio teachers, or continued study at the graduate level. Students who complete the Bachelor of Music (Music Education) generally pursue a teaching career as a school band, choir, or orchestra director as well as music specialists in Elementary, Jr. High, or High School.
Graduates can be found teaching throughout the state of Kentucky as well as across the country including Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.
A professional music degree that prepares students for careers in performance (as solo or ensemble artists), studio teaching, or continued study at the graduate level.
Many graduates are performing as professional musicians in classical orchestras, service bands, opera companies, as soloists, in churches, and in popular media.
A liberal arts education in music that can be combined with other fields of study such as: advertising, art, business, communications, English, foreign languages, history, journalism, marketing, philosophy, psychology, religion, and sciences. These combinations prepare musicians for a wide variety of careers in teaching, performance, business, the entertainment industry, advertising/marketing, church music, and research.
Western Kentucky University is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1948.
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