CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
The degree provides students with a wide variety of possible career choices in the following areas:

Performing arts
arts administration
artist management
booking agent
Music business
retail, distribution
manufacturing
publishing
Arts & entertainment industry communications
publicity
public relations
advertising
reporting
writing educational materials
Media and technology management
radio/television producer
recording engineer
multi-media developer

INTERSHIPS & EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS
Intership relationships have been established and nurtured with local, regions, and national Music Industry sponsors including:
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Roanoke, VA
Salem Civic Center, Salem, VA
Opera American, Washington, DC
Rolling Stone Magazine, New York, NY
VH1, New York, NY
Sub Pop Records, Seattle, WA
Opera Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
FLat Five Recording & Press, Salem, VA
WPSK, 107.1 FM, Pulaski, VA (New River Radio Partners)
WVRU, 89.9 FM, Radford, VA
Sony Entertainment, Nashville, TN
Real 2 Reel Studios, BLacksburg, VA
Southwest Studios, Roanoke, VA
Marion Downtown Revitalization Association, Marion, VA
Young Americans of Virginia, Roanoke, VA
WTVR, Richmond, VA (Clear Channel Broadcasting)
Whisper Entertainment, Virginia Beach, VA
Separk Music, North Carolina
Capricorn Records, Nashville, TN
Mammoth Records, Chapel Hill, NC (owned by Walt Disney Co.)
EMI Records, New York, NY
Opera Company of Philadelphia, PA
Nederlander Concerts, Los Angeles, CA
Polygram Group Distribution, Greenbelt, MD
Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts, Vienna, VA
Music & Arts Center, Woddbridge, VA
Music Tech & company, Blacksburg, VA
Barry's Music, Radford, VA
New River Valley Arts Council, Blacksburg, VA
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
WXLK/WLYK, Roanoke, VA

Additional internship partnerships are currently being pursued and cultivated with the following organization:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Chamber Music at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
CBS, New York, NY
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL
Arts Counsel, Roanoke, VA
Walt Disney Company, Orlando, FL
Washington Performing Arts Society, Washington, DC