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: Robert Loughran '81

Current Positions
Director of Orchestras
Princeton High School
Program consisting of 3 ensembles
Princeton, New Jersey

Music Director
Youth Orchestra of Bucks County
Program consisting of 10 ensembles and 6 conductors
Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Robert Loughran started at Gettysburg College as a pre-med major. But by sophomore year, realizing that his expressive side was not being satisfied, he made the move to the music department to study performing arts. He credits his days at Gettysburg as the time during which he really caught the "conducting bug." Read more

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