- Whether you make a decision that you want to be
in an orchestra or have a full time teaching job
or you wanna become a freelance musician,
whether it's classical or jazz or other style of music.
If you make that decision you really have to realize
that how important it is to network.
A lot of the people you're gonna be going to school with
at this point will be people
that you will probably stay friends with and connected with
and it's like any other kind of jobs search,
it's who you know,
and what kind of connections and how they see you
and if you stay in touch with them
so that if something comes up, they think of you.
There are many ways of doing that
aside from the personal relationship that you make.
For example, there are several different societies
that you can join.
There's Chamber Music America.
If you're interested in jazz,
there's the International Association for Jazz Educators
that have a convention every year
where a lot of the jazz promoters and festival people
and record labels and schools go every year
and it's a really great place to make connections
and hand out your resume.
You know, obviously, going to clubs
or going to different kinds of concerts
or finding, you know, having subscriptions
to the many different periodicals
like Down Beat or Jazz Times.
Oftentimes they'll advertise different kinds of grants
or different kinds of opportunities in those magazines.
So it's really important to stay connected
and see what's going on.
For example, there's a wonderful program
called the Jazz Ambassador Touring Program
which I've been a part of
and its through extensive audition process.
However, I found out about it
through Down Beat Jazz Magazine
and I probably would not known about it,
although maybe I would have heard about it
through the grapevine.
But there are many, many opportunities
that you can find out about
and try to apply for to expand your different connections
and working possibilities.