Career Services
The Career Services department provides professional career support, services and resources to Boston Conservatory students and alumni.
Our office provides individual counseling and workshops throughout the school year. We encourage students to take advantage of our various office resources including periodicals, reference books, and career handouts located in the Student Affairs Resource Center. The Resource Center offers fliers and binders with career information for all divisions and beyond the arts. In addition, we oversee all student employment on campus including work-study and Conservatory employment which offers real life professional experience.
Services Offered
- Individual counseling for resume and cover letter writing
- Membership and access to career websites
- Interview preparation assistance
- Class presentations and workshops
- An extensive Career Library
- Conservatory Gig Office
Handouts
Stop by and pick up one or many, or check out the links below.
- Auditioning tips for Music, Dance and Theater
- Performance Resumes
- Standard Cover Letter Writing
- Standard Resume Writing
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Interviewing
- Job Searching Websites
- Guide to Writing Effective Bios
- Copyrights in the Arts
- Headshots/Photographs for Musicians
- How to Set Up a Website
- Local Performing Organizations and Resources for Vocal Performers
- Unions for Music, Dance and Theater
- Graduate School for Music Students
- Debt Consolidation for Students
- Alternative Career Opportunities in the Arts
- More added regularly!
Magazines
Found in the magazine rack in the Student Center
- Dance Magazine
- Classical Singer
- Backstage: East
- Opera America
Career Library
The books are available in the Student Affairs Resource Center in 24 the Fenway. We can make photocopies and in some cases allow the book to be checked out.
Books Include:
- Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts
- How to be a Working Actor: The Insider Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, & Television
- The Music Business (Explained in Plain English): What Every Artist and Songwriter Should Know to Avoid Getting Ripped Off!
- Knock ‘em Dead 2008: The Ultimate Job Search Guide
- Great Jobs for Music Majors
- How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul
- Career Opportunities in the Music Industry
- Resumes for Performing Arts Careers
- Poor Dancers Almanac
- The Everything After College Book
- Chamber Music Traditions Meets Technology
- Career Guide for Singers
- Opera America Membership Directory
- Stage Directions Guide to Auditions
- Next: Auditioning for the Musical Theatre
- 100 Best Careers in Entertainment
- How to Audition
- Opportunities in Performing Arts Careers
- Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building a Successful Personal Brand and Fighting to Keep it
- Broke: a College Student’s Guide to Getting by on Less
- Careers for Music Lovers & Other Tuneful Types
- Artists Communities
- Resumes from Hell
- Dancing for a Living
- The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke
- Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook
- Music is Your Business
Workshops
Career Services holds several career related workshops throughout the year both in academic classes and in open workshops for the entire current student body and alumni. Sessions have focused on contracts and negotiating for artists, interview skills, and taxes for performing artists. The Artist Toolbox Series, started in 2008, is a week of interactive workshops in which specialists come together to speak to graduating seniors, current students and alumni about taxes, health insurance, resumes, career resources, and other forms of insurance all geared toward their lives as performing artists.
Staff
Christopher Reade
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
24 the Fenway
(617) 912-9165
creade@bostonconservatory.edu
