Where Music Can Take You

An honest map of music careers — playing and singing, writing and making, teaching and leading, and roles around the music — with what each job involves and what to do next.

What's inside

• Playing and singing roles, from orchestral player to session work and defence force bands
• Writing and making roles, from composer and screen/game composer to producer and songwriter
• Teaching and leading roles, from instrumental teacher to conductor and music therapist
• Roles around the music — sound engineer, management, librarian, instrument trade, broadcast and writing
• What transfers from music study, how to go further, and an honest note that most professionals hold several roles at once