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: Jennifer Myers '05

Jennifer Myers

Current Positions
PhD Candidate in Musicology
Teacher of Undergraduate Non-Major Music History Courses
Northwestern University

For most of her childhood, Jennifer had imagined herself becoming a doctor. But while pursuing a Biology major with a focus on pre-med, she realized that she much preferred practicing her instrument to working in the laboratory. And so, halfway through her sophomore year, Jennifer declared her music major in order to study music in a more formal manner. Read more

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