Careers & Graduate Studies

The study of music can take you to the performance stage, the music classroom, behind the scenes ... or to other places you may not have even considered!

Here is a sampling of careers currently held by Gettysburg College music graduates:

Vocal Performer	Instrumental Performer

Opera Singer	Musicologist

Major Gifts Officer	Music Therapist

Marketing Associate for Orchestra	French Instructor

Composer	Conductor

Army Band Member	Computer Analyst

Vocal Coach	College Professor

Artistic Director for Choral Ensemble	Music Editor

Private Studio Teacher	Executive Director of Orchestra

Jazz Pianist	College Admissions Counselor

Music Librarian	Ethnomusicologist

Music Theorist	Executive in Artist Management

Development Associate for Orchestra	Public and Private School Music teacher (all levels - Pre-K through High School)

Alumni Profile: Walter Everett '76

Walter Everett

Current Position
Professor of Music in Music Theory
School of Music, Theatre and Dance
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Walter began piano lessons at the age of six. But it was upon seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964 that he knew he was going to be a musician. He considers himself lucky to have had good piano teachers throughout the years leading up to his enrollment at Gettysburg College, which is where he discovered his fascination with music scholarship. Read more

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