Music Career Project

Name:Haley Rudnick
Checklist to Complete Assignment
Read
the article
Complete
From the Source
Section #1

Complete
In Your Own Words
Section #2
Complete
Your Final Job Description
Section #3
Complete
Best Fact to Share
Section #4
Complete
Think About It
Section #5

Complete the
Career Jump Activity
Section #6
Is my work
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t, in
complete sentences
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each
section is completed
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Period:
6A5h

Music Career Jump Grading

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Individual Participation During Project
40-50 on task, involved all the time
30-39 on task, involved most of the time
20-29 off task, wasting time, teacher reminders
to work needed
0-19 not on task, ignores teacher reminders

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Completed Project
40-50 all tasks complete, in detail, neat, and
thoughtful
30-39 all tasks complete, satisfactory answers,
and legible
20-29 most tasks complete, answers are brief
and not detailed, work is sloppy
0-19 few tasks complete, answers are
incomplete, and little effort is shown

Fill out this information based on the information on the M

usic Careers Website.Dont use other sources!

#1 From the Source

#2 In Your Own Words

Job Title:
Music therapist

Job Title: Music Therapist

Career Overview:
A Music Therapist
works with clients to improve any
issues with their emotional, physical,
cognitive and social wellbeing through
the use of music lessons, sing-a-longs,
etc.

Career Overview:
Someone who helps with peoples
problems with music.

About this Music Career

(Career
Description)

About this Music Career

(Career
Description)

1. They use musical performance,

lessons, songwriting and music listening
as part of an integrative course of
therapy to improve the individual
clients social, emotional, physical,
and/or cognitive abilities.

1. They use musical type

performances to help cope
through their problems

2. Music Therapists can work in a range 2. They can work with people for any of
of settings, from addiction recovery
their problems
centers to hospices to adult schools to
special education programs.

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3. They partner with Nurses, Doctors,
Counselors, Physical Therapists,
Speech Therapists, and Client Service
Directors to help the client reach their
goals.

3. They can work with people that help

our doctors, doctors and counselors,
physical therapists, client service
directors to help them accomplish
their goal, and speech therapists.

4.Music Therapists work with everyone

from children to elderly Alzheimers
patients

4.They work with older people and

little children.

5., as well as clients with substance

5. They can help with personal
abuse problems, brain injuries, physical problems happening in their life
disabilities, mental health problems and
developmental disabilities.
Salary
1. Earning: Most Music Therapists
receive a salary through the
organization that employs them.
Private practice Music Therapists
can charge an hourly rate.

Salary
1. A lot of the therapists get money
depending on where they work or
they can charge for each session.

2. Salary: Depends on the practice

2. It can be different for each

practice.

Employment

Employment

1.Employment can be obtained as a

result of an internship, responding to
job postings or through calling care
facilities and checking in with Client
Services Directors.

1. People can be interns, or they can

be a regular one.

2. The demand for Music Therapists is

growing, while at the same time, the
budgets of many health care facilities
are also shrinking.

2. It depends on if its growing or not

or if its slowing down

Advancement

Advancement

1. Advancement occurs through

experience and further
education.
2. Music Therapists can also move into

1. It depends on the education you

have and how smart you are and if
you have a degree or not.
2. They can become different rolls

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supervisory positions or university
teaching and research roles.

involving music theripy.

Education and Training

Education and Training

1.Even the most basic education

requirements to become a Music
Therapist are hardcore. Aspiring Music
Therapists take courses in music,
biology, psychology, physiology, social
and behavioral sciences.

1. They have to know the main

subjects in school because they
can use the tool they know from
that into their work and helping
people.

2. In the final two years of study,

students are required to complete
1200 hours of fieldwork as an intern in
a health or education-related setting.

2. In their latest 2 years of working on

it, the students are supposed to have
1200 hours of working on a field in
education or health or an intern

Experience, Skills, and Personality

Experience, Skills, and Personality

1. Job shadowing and internship

experience are essential for
anyone hoping to get a job as a
Music Therapist.

1. They can copy or base of someone

elses work

2. A deep knowledge of several musical

instruments is vital, of course.

2. They have to know the instruments

or they can play one

3. Music Therapists have a firm

knowledge of instruments like guitar,
piano, and ukulele, and that they work
on developing technical skills in
drumming and a strong vocal presence.

3. They have to know some stuff about

the instruments and vocalness

Unions and Associations

Unions and Associations

1.The
American Music Therapy
Association
is the nations largest
professional association, with over
5,000 Music Therapists in its ranks.

1. The American Music Therapy

Association is a profession
association which is one of the
largest ones and over 5,000 music
theripists.

2. The
AMTA
determines training
standards for the industry.

2. The AMTA is standard training that

determines on it for their inustry.

Suggestions for Getting Started

Suggestions for Getting Started

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1.Work on your musical skills, Kalani
says. You must be nimble, you must be
able to play in a different meter or
different key.

1.People suggest to work on your music

skills and practice a lot.

2.Check out videos on YouTube and do

2. Look online and videos to help
research. Kalani recommends videos of improve your music skills.
former Arizona state senator Gabby
Giffords working with her Music
Therapist.

#3 Your Final Job Description:

Convince someone this is the best job in the music

industry! Write in complete thoughts and sentences IYOW). When you read this out loud, it
should be about 30 seconds.
Being a music therapist is a very fun job. You dont just get to help people, but you do it
through music! Music is very helpful in all different situations. You can sing with people,
play an instrument or even help people who sing music! The salary is very good. You can get
paid lots of money for helping people. You also have to have experience in the feild with
music.

#4 Best Fact to Share:

Write one sentence summarizing and highlighting the best part
about this job.
The best part of the job has to be music. You get to play music, sing it or even help people
with it.

#5 Think About It
-List 3 school subjects that would be useful to know to perform this job.
1. Social worker
2. Music Teacher
3. Principal
-Would this job be a good fit for you? Why or why not? Support your opinion in complete
sentences.
I think this would be a great job for me because I have really good advice. I can also help
people with their problems. I used to play instruments so I can help people through that.

(THIS SECTION IS AN IN-CLASS ACTIVITY! DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THIS YET!)

#6 Career Jump Activity:
Quickly write down the job title and one interesting thing

about each job as you rotate through the career jump.

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Julia-DJ: It is self tought

Erin- Tour manager: Handle finances and budgets and travel
Haley-Personal manager: You get to work with artists
Zoey- Choreographer: You get to come up with dance moves
Colleen-Music critic: Gets to go to concerts and write your opinions
Sydney-Music producer: You get to meet new artists
Isabella- voice therapist: help singer with problems of the voice
Lucio-Security guard:Gets to carry a gun
Andrew- tour bus driver:You get to drive artist around
Charlie: Advanced person: You get to go to the concerts earlie
Noah-Record producer: You get to make music
Evan:Radio dj: They get to play music and talk about it
Ina:Piano tuner: Tune peoples instruments
Max- Singer: makes lots of money
Michael-Rock star: gets lots of money each concert
Rhone:Night club manager: Gets to go to nightclubs every night
Austin: Tour publicist: Makes money
Thomas: Personal manager: Gets 20% of the artists earnings

Best Job:

Worst Job: