See also Auditioning and Business of Music
YouTube Symphony Orchestra - A chance to audition for "the world's first collaborative online orchestra".
New England Conservatory Career Services Center - "offers professional development resources for all musicians." Available to non-NEC students and institutions for an annual subscription fee. Their service Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection "provides 24-hr online access to a wide variety of opportunities in music." Director of the CSC Angela Myles Beeching has written a terrific book on developing a career as a musician, entitled "Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music" - run, don't walk, to get your copy.
Careers in Music - descriptions of music-related careers of all kinds: composing, arranging, film scoring, management, music ed, recording, music therapy, performance, and more. Also links to career resources and music-related associations.
Considering a Career in Music? - A series of articles on the subject by The Elison Institute
Navigating Music Careers (Rice University) - a series of brief video "lessons" on music career topics, such as teaching, freelancing, chamber music, orchestra, opera, auditioning, mental training, recording, staying healthy/preventing injuries.
College Music Society - The CMS maintains the MVL (Music Vacancy List), the top source of teaching jobs in higher education in North America. You must be a member of CMS to access the MVL.
HigherEd Jobs - "Now listing 12,708 jobs at 1,696 Institutions" - listings of all kinds of college teaching and administrative jobs.
Academic Keys - like HigherEd Jobs; listings of all kinds of jobs in higher education institutions
Chronicle of Higher Education Careers - listings in many areas, including music
Music Jobs - Listings (links) by the William and Gayle Cook Music Library of Indiana University. Needs updating.
Find a Gig - lots of links of various types.
IHS Job Listings - The International Horn Society also maintains listings of orchestra jobs for horn.
Jobline - IHS posting of graduate assistantships and teaching positions.
Current U.S. Horn Auditions - "Information from AFM.org" - maintained by Julia Rose.
Musical Chairs
Online information on current classical music jobs for all instruments: symphony and opera auditions (worldwide), plus competitions, instruments, masterclasses, conservatoires (i.e. schools of music).
MusData - directory for symphony orchestras (currently 125 of them in the database) and musicians
Music Placement - Jobs - Indiana University - information on open positions for all music specialities
Music Career Development Network - Resources
Go Tour - resources for music tours
Orchestra News - links to orchestras worldwide with site URLs and current concert programs.
How to Pursue a Career in Orchestral Music - article by BSO trombonist Doug Yeo. See also his "Pros and Cons to a Career in Orchestral Music"
Five Essentials of a Music Career Success - article by Peter Spellman
Artists House Music - "Helping musicians and musicians create sustainable careers"
Oceanbound Entertainment - cruise ship gigs. See also Proship Entertainment
The Chicago Reading Orchestra - a professional development orchestra. Learn orchestral repertoire in a supportive environment.
IWBC - The International Women's Brass Conference web site has an Employment page.
Faculty recruitment - web site of a faculty recruitment firm
New Auditions - orchestral vacancies in The Netherlands. You can sign up for a free newsletter. Links to all the orchestras, chamber groups, wind bands, ballet orchestras, and more.
My Auditions - a very useful site with content related to employment; you have to register, however, to receive the information (free; donations accepted). You can set up job alerts for orchestral jobs and teaching jobs, and there is a free monthly newsletter.
Playing Horn in the Big Apple - Article on Osmun's web site by Jeffrey Lang on freelancing in New York City.
Classical Music Home Page - CMH offers international job listings, music web reference (Grove Online, Naxos music library, et al.), "diary service", tickets, self-publishing, musician's organizer, and news and events. Coming: CMH musician's directory, personal homepage, store, classified.
"Musicians add second careers to their repertoires," article in the L.A. Times.
The Career Encouragement Blog - "Daily encouragement for your career journey"