Career Services

How can we help?

Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection

Want to find out about upcoming auditions? Grants, festivals, competitions, or teaching jobs? Login to Bridge. NEC’s online music opportunities database, Bridge is free for current students, alumni, faculty, and staff. For those not affiliated with NEC, Bridge is available by paid subscription. Want to post an opportunity on Bridge? It’s free! Simply email us a description.

Career Workshops

Interested in developing skills to advance your career while sharing knowledge with your colleagues? Our Career Workshop Series offers practical advice, contacts, and information for musicians. With expert panelists leading the discussions, workshops provide a forum for participation, networking, and peer learning. Topics include legal issues, web presence, publicity, fundraising, performance health, tax strategies, and more. All are welcome. Workshops are free for current NEC students, faculty, and staff; $5 for NEC alumni; and $10 for the general public. Click here to view our 2009 – 2010 Workshop calendar.

On-Campus Auditions

Looking to take local auditions? NEC is pleased to host festivals, local orchestras, and other organizations auditioning musicians, as space allows. Click here to view our calendar of upcoming auditions. Organizations interested in scheduling auditions at NEC should email us their preferred dates.

Individual Advising

Need help with your résumé, bio, web site, or promotional materials? Have a project in mind, but not sure how to realize it? Career Services Center staff are available to meet one-on-one with NEC students and alumni. We'll help explore your ideas and goals, and think through the steps you can take to move forward. We're available in-person, by email, or telephone. To schedule an appointment, email us.

Resources

Want practical, concise career advice and information? Check out our Music Career Handouts. The series, researched, compiled, and written by the Career Services Center staff, covers more than 100 topics. You may also want to browse our Resource Library, which contains over 400 of the current top music career-related books—NEC students alumni, faculty and staff may check out books for free. We've also assembled an extensive directory of online resources.

2009-08-06