
In this section, we offer different resources from around the world, with a focus on North America, that highlight interesting musical pathways. Ranging from articles to web hubs to research centres, we hope you explore and enjoy!
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Type | Name | Scope | Good-fors | Country of Origin | Resource affiliation |
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Article | Sound Stories: Interview with Geoff Martin, Tonmaster | Sound Engineering | People curious about stereos | Denmark | Bang & Olufsen |
Article | Top 10 careers in the music business (and how much money you can make) | Career advice | Article with educational links, salary information, considerations for training and ‘breaking in’ | USA | Berklee |
Book | One Person/Multiple Careers by Marci Alboher | Career advice | A study of “how slash careers integrate and fully express the multiple passions, talents, and interests that a single career often cannot accommodate.” | USA | |
Community | Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music | Interdisciplinary community of practice | International forum for researchers and musicians working in trans-disciplinary fields of music, math, and technology; official journal, The Journal of Mathematics and Music | USA | Based out of Georgia State University |
Community | World Alliance for Arts Education | Community of practice | WAAE is an international alliance of four organizations for advocacy, research, and networking | EU | International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA), International Society for Education through Art (InSEA), International Society for Music Education (ISME) and World Dance Alliance (WDA) |
Community | The Arts in Society Research Network | Community of practice | Exploring innovative theories, practices, and critical analyses of the arts; The International Journal of Arts Education | EU | International research partners and institutions |
Community | Society for Music Cognition and Perception (SMPC) | Research organization | Scholarly organization dedicated to the study of music cognition | USA | |
Community | Flying Musicians | Professional organization | An organization for pilots who are also musicians; provides mentoring, performance opportunities, programs, training, scholarships | USA | Not-for-profit organization |
Community Centre | The Age Exchange | Interdisciplinary community arts space | An organization dedicated to reminiscence and intergenerational arts. Focused on well-being throughout the lifespan, esp individuals with disabilities, and dementia care. | UK | Located in Blackheath, London; not-for-profit organization |
Community hub | Fairbeats | Newcomer-focused music program | A music charity working with young refugees, asylum seekers, newly-arrived migrants and families. “They’re playing my song” video diary feature | UK | London-based not-for-profit organization, working alongside other organizations in UK. |
Courses | Soundfly | Courses | Courses, resources (some free, some paid), mentoring – all for music industry professionals, esp in production | USA | Sponsored by many organizations (i.e., Mused Lab at NYU, Carnegie Hall, D’Addario, etc.) |
Job Board | musiccareers | Industry job site | Built for professionals by professionals seeking employment broadly in careers connected to music | USA | |
Library | Joe’s Music Mill | Instrument Library, music program hub | Offering diverse instruments for loan, supportive partnerships for music education opportunities, community events | Ontario | Located in Kingston, Ont. Many partners, including Kiwanis, Ontario Trillium Foundation. |
Library | Toronto Public Library – Sun Life Musical Instrument Lending Library | Instrument library | A large collection of instruments that can be borrowed with a TPL card. Vids from TSO players to support getting started. | Toronto | Parkdale, York Woods, Downsview locations only |
Map | Music Cognition Map | Resource | Map of music and cognition labs | USA-based | The Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) |
Podcast | Art + Music + Technology | Music production | Interviews with industry leaders | USA | Last podcast: Jan 2022 |
Podcast | Learning to Become: Exploring Careers in Music | Career paths | A short podcast series (5 episodes) on music-related careers | USA | |
Research Centre | Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media & Technology | Interdisciplinary Research | Promoting innovation and collaboration researchers, creators, and industry | Canada | McGill University |
Research Centre | BRAMS – International Institute for Brain, Music, and Sound Research | Interdisciplinary Research | International centre devoted to the study of music and auditory cognition with a focus on neuroscience | Canada | Université de Montréal, McGill University, Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (McGill) |
Research Centre | CRBLM – Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music | Interdisciplinary Research | Strategic research group with a unique focus on language, music, and their intersection | Canada | McGill University, Faculty of Medicine |
Research Centre | CRiSP: Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice | Sound research | A research centre dedicated to the exploration of the rich complexities of sound as an artistic practice | UK | University of the Arts, London |
Research Lab | LAMA Lab – Language, Acquisition, Music and Audition Lab | Interdisciplinary research | Studying how children and adults think about language, music, and speech. | Mississauga | UTM |
Web Hub | Careers in Music | Resources, training, career paths | Career finder, industry info, training videos, links to educational institutions and scholarship info, articles, industry insights, equipment info and ratings, etc. | USA | Career Finder tool serves as a recruitment mechanism – sends your info to schools for enrolment info |
Web Hub | ADVANCE: Canada’s Black Music Collective | Industry job site | Driven by Black industry professionals and musicians, ADVANCE supports connection across Canada. Providing advocacy, mentorship, outreach, job board, connections | Ontario | |
Web Hub | Music Business Worldwide | Business | Gathering point for articles on music business, music news, industry analysis, jobs, with an international focus. Music Business podcast. | USA | |
Web Kit | MajoringInMusic.com – and check out What Can you Do with a Music Degree? | Wide | Learning about multiple trajectories, programs of study, industries related to music | USA | Sponsored by many major US music organizations (i.e., NAfME, NATS, etc.) |
Web Kit | Math Science Music | Tri-disciplinary | Toolkit: cross-curricular resources for interdisciplinary discovery | USA | The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz; MusEd Lab at NYU |
Web Kit | Learning Synths | Production | Toolkit/Playground for production and programming | USA | Ableton |
Web Kit | Music & Math | Resources | Collection of articles, podcasts, videos on math and music | USA | American Mathematical Society |
Web Kit | Teach Music’s Careers in Music | Career paths | Categories of music-related occupations for exploration. Features descriptions of different jobs in music, includes educational pathway information, and salary data (US) | USA | NAMM foundation, Arts Advocacy |
Website | Music on Prescription | Therapy/ Support | Free emotional self-serve resources for social-emotional support through music | UK/ Scotland | National Health Service |
Website | The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning | Interdisciplinary arts | Resources, workshops, learning about organizations | Canada | (Mapping) |
Website | System Sounds | Resource and playground | A sci-art outreach project translating the rhythms and harmonies of the cosmos into sound. | Toronto | Many partners and supporters, including NASA, Ontario Science Centre, CBC, etc. |
Website | Careers in Music | Career paths | Outlines a few different career options in music. Provides starting points for discussions for students, guidance counsellors, teachers, parents. Downloadable Careers in Music brochure for use. | USA | NAMM foundation |
Website | Music Education Careers | Resources | Featuring a job board, resume kit, info on The Profession Initiative, certification information, and more. Geared towards music education. | USA | NAfME |
Website | York University’s Career Centre | Resource | What to do with a music degree? Information on career paths, transferable skills, and (limited) professional associations | Toronto | York University |
Website | TI:ME: Technology in Music Education | Professional development for music educators | Developing and implementing professional development in consultation with state music education associations | USA | Not-for-profit |
Website | SESAC Music Group | Business | Home for publishers, artists, writers, record labels, and creators: from licensing to sonic branding to performance rights and beyond. | USA-based; Global offices | Tagline: Everywhere in music. |
Website | Downtown Music | Global Music Company | Helping millions of creators, rights holders and their partners to manage their music as a business and get paid fairly for their work. | USA-based, global | |
Website | NMPA – National Music Publishers Association | Trade Association | The trade association representing all American music publishers and their songwriting partners. Its mission is to protect, promote, and advance the interests of music’s creators. | USA | Not-for-profit |
Website | SOCAN – Society for Canadian Artists | Member-based association | Music rights management, licensing, advocacy, royalties. Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame; Foundation; Words & Music newsletter. | Canada | |
Website | Careers in the Recording Industry; | Resource | Linked to other “Career Centre” pages on the Berklee site. Information about interconnected career paths in and through music, technology, the arts broadly | USA | Berklee |
Website; resource hub | Audio Engineering Society | Professional association | AES is an international organization that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and disseminating new knowledge and research. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. | USA-based | Not-for-profit organization |
Website: Resource | Cultural Human Resources Council | Organization | Created in 1995 to strengthen the Canadian cultural workforce, CHRC is a unique national service organization whose membership and collaborations reflect the diversity of our nation’s arts and cultural disciplines and industries. CHRC has a rich history of providing leadership, research, training, innovative solutions, and resources to the Canadian cultural industries in Live Performing Arts; Writing and Publishing; Visuals Arts and Crafts; Film and Television; Digital Media; Music and Sound Recording; and Heritage. Working in both official languages, CHRC also works on cross-sector issues such as Cultural Management, Career Management and Export Marketing, and strives to be at the center of vision and forward thinking in cultural human resources development. | Canada | Organization |
Website: Video resource | Careers Through Music: Grammy Museum | Museum resources | These 15 videos correspond with the the 15 lesson plans in the critically acclaimed book “Careers Through Music” by GRAMMY Camp and USC Thornton School of Music faculty Chris Sampson. Each lesson concentrates on a workforce development skill taught in ensemble music classes. These skills contribute to making students career and college ready and are also beneficial in non-music courses. | USA | |
Website: Video resource | Career Day Sessions: Grammy Museum | Museum resources | GRAMMY Career Day ONLINE presented by the GRAMMY Museum provides students with a behind-the-scenes look into the many careers available in music. It also provides insight into how a K-12 music education teaches skills that are beneficial in any career and, contributes to making students college and career ready. Members of the Recording Academy, other music industry professionals and GRAMMY In The Schools staff will speak with students in an interactive Question & Answer format via Zoom. | USA | |
Career Resource | Prospects: Music | Organisation funded by higher education and research facilities | Working at the heart of the higher education (HE) sector for more than 40 years, we provide a market-leading portfolio of graduate career and postgraduate study recruitment options and work in close partnership with HE and further education (FE) professional bodies and government to deliver unique services that benefit the sector as a whole. We use our unique insight into what graduates do, where they go and what their motivations are to guide and inspire career choices throughout the student journey. | UK |