Career Resources

DePaul Career Diversity Resources

Freelance Resources:

#blkcreatives - A Community built to help creatives access the resources they need to build the future they want for themselves and the next generation

Grants & Funding:

Chicago Artist Coalition Grants - SPARK Grants and Coney Family Fund for Visual Arts

The Chicago Community Trust

National Alliance for Audition Support 

The Joyce Foundation Grants Database 

The National Association of Latino Arts & Culture - Fund for the Arts

First Peoples Fund - One-Year Fellowships & Grants

EDI Research Fellowships - Association of Arts Administration Educators

Chicago Sinfonietta - Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowships

Arts Work Fund

Non-Profits:

Decolonizing the Music Room

MBC - Music By Black Composers

Sphinx Organization

Early Music America - Diversity in Early Music Repertoire

Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA)

Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy

National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts

Rachel Barton Pine Foundation

FilAm Music Foundation 

Ensembles & Collectives:

Hearing in Color - Founded by alumnus LaRob Payton, Hearing in Color is dedicated to exposing Chicago’s communities to emerging artists and shining light on cultural issues through the performance of music by composers of color. We believe in the power of music to comfort, embolden, and inspire in the face of subjugation and oppression.

Black Ensemble Theatre - Uptown, Chicago

D-Composed - The mission of D-Composed is to uplift and empower society by providing a platform for the music of Black composers.  To do this, they aim to increase access and exposure to Black creativity, Black culture, and Black life through thoughtful programming, events, and content.

5th Wave Collective - Cofounded by alumnae Ashley Ertz and Mika Allison, 5th Wave Collective is a Chicago-based classical music ensemble dedicated to the performance and promotion of music by womxn composers. Bringing together a diverse group of musicians, they advance their mission by including performers of all genders who support their cause. They seek to celebrate the legacy of womxn composers before us, and create a platform for those to come.

Radio: Ethnomusicology in Action

Music Articles/Blogs/Videos on Racism:

NPR - "Why is American Classical Music So White?" by Tom Huizenga

My People Tell Stories - "An Open Letter of Racism in Music Studies," by Danielle Brown

Live with Carnegie Hall - Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi lead through the music and history of minstrelsy.

Mental Health Resources:

The Okra Project

Mental Health America - BIPOC Mental Health

Psychology Degree Guide

The Foundation for Black Women's Wellness

Black Mental Health Alliance

This is What Black Burnout Feels Like, by Tiana Clark

Organizations:

Free Notation Products:

MuseScore
NoteFlight
ScoreCloud

Artist & Musician Resources

Freelance Artist Resource

COVID Artist Resource - Collected by Women in Music member Camila Conesa

Music Workers Accessing Govt. Support

National Performance Network Resources

CARES Act Financial Relief for Freelancers

MoneyGeek Financial Strategies for Freelancers and Gig Workers

Trupo Freelancers Mutual Aid Circle

Creative Capital Artist Resource List

Opera America Artist Resource Hub

Tonebender Resources for the Sound Community

Performing Arts Alliance

I Care If You Listen Resources

COVID-19 & Instrument Hygiene for Musicians

She Shreds: How to Disinfect Musical Instruments

Arts for Illinois Relief Fund (opens April 1st)

Chicago Federation of Musicians Relief Fund

EqualSound Corona Relief Fund

Jazz Foundation Musicians Emergency Fund

AGMA Relief Fund

Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund

Remote Learning Tips:

DePaul Online Learning Advice

Color in My Piano

Compose and Create - Temporary Online Piano Lesson Advice

Free Things:

Ivy League Online Classes

Adobe Acrobat Tools

The Berlin Phil

Vienna Opera from Home

NYT Online Performance List

TED Talks about Music

The Met

NPR Concerts from Home

Online Work Information:

Candor.com - Who's still hiring during covid-19

Hire DePaul - How to Job Search During a Pandemic

Remote Work Advice

Disclaimer:

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American Institute of Musical Studies, Austria

Amherst Early Music, CT

Apple Hill Center, NH

Aria International Summer Academy, MA

Aspen Music Festival, CO

Aston Magna Festival, MA

Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, MA

Banff Center for the Arts, Canada

Bard Music Festival, NY

Baroque Performance Institute, OH

Berklee Summer Music, NY

Berkshire Choral Festival, MA

Blossom Music Festival, OH

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, MI (many faculty and staff positions open each year)

Bowdoin International Music Festival, ME

Brevard Music Festival, NC 

Britten-Pears School, England

Canada's National Arts Centre Summer Music Institute, ON

Castleton Festival, VA

Centrum Summer Workshops, WA

Chautauqua Institution, NY

Colorado College Summer Music Festival, CO

Colorado Music Festival, CO

Conductor's Institute, SC

Curtis Summerfest, PA

Domaine Forget, Quebec

Eastern Music Festival, NC

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, AK

France Festivals (in French)

Franz-Schubert-Institut

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, VT

Heifetz International Music Institute, VA

Icicle Creek Music Festival, WA

InterHarmony International Music Festival

InterPlay Jazz Camp, NH

Interlochen Arts Festival, MI

International Music Institute and Festival, MD

Jazz in July, MA

JazzWorks Canada, Alberta, CA

Keith Hall Summer Drum Intensive, MI

Killington Music Festival, VT

KoSA Jazz Music Workshops

Kyoto Jazz Guitar Experience, Japan

Lafayette Summer Jazz Workshop, WA

Lake George Music Festival, NY

Lake Placid Institute, NY

Langnau Jazz Nights, Switzerland

Litchfield Jazz Camp, CT

Living Jazz, CA

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, LA

Madison Early Music Festival, WI

Manchester Music Festival, VT

Mannes Summer Programs, NY

Moravian College Summer Jazz, PA

Marrowstone Music Festival, WA

Meadowmount School of Music, NY

Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria

Music Academy of the West, CA

Music at Menlo, CA

National Jazz Workshop, VA

National Orchestral Institute, MD

National Youth Orchestra of the USA

New Hampshire Music Festival, NH

New York Jazz Workshop, NY

New York Voices Vocal Jazz Camp, MI

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, CT

Northwoods Jazz Camp, WI

Opera in the Ozarks, AR

Pacific Music Festival, Japan

Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy, Canada

Philadelphia International Music Festival, PA

Pierre Monteux School, ME

Pine Mountain Music Festival, MI

Ravinia Festival, IL

Rocky Ridge Music Center, CO

Round Top Internation Festival-Institute, TX

Samba Meets Jazz

Sarasota Music Festival, FL

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Germany

Second Line Heart Sanaa Workshop, LA

Sewanee Summer Music Festival,TN

Shell Lake Arts Center Jazz, WI

Sitka Summer Music Festival, AK

Skidmore Jazz Institute, NY

Spoleto,USA

Stanford Jazz Festival, CA

Summit Music Festival, NY

Teagarden Jazz Camp, CA

Tanglewood Music Center, MA

Taos School of Music, NM

Texas Music Festival, TX

Tritone Jazz Camps, WI, NY

Tuckamore Festival, Canada

University of Louisville Summer Jazz Workshop, KY

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, NC

University of North Texas Summer Jazz Workshops, TX

Vail Jazz Workshop, CO

Vermont Jazz Center, VT

Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat, NH

Wintergreen Summer Music Academy, VA

Yellow Barn Music School and Festival, VT

Yosemite Guitar & Bass Jazz Workshop, CA

Get Covered - Illinois State Health Insurance
Future of Music Coalition - Health Care Issues

Some organizations offer their members insurance rates:
American Federation of Musicians
Early Music America
Music Teachers National Association
Percussive Arts Society

American Viola Society
Guitar Foundation of America
Historical Brass Society
International Clarinet Association
International Double Reed Society
International Horn Society
International Society of Bassists
International Trombone Association
International Trumpet Guild
Internet Cello Society
National Association of Teachers of Singing
National Flute Association
Percussive Arts Society
The Violin Society of America
American Pianist Association

Theatre Musicians of America - Chicago Chapter (Resource List)

Even MORE Instrument-Specific Resources

Institutes & Organizations: 
Jazz Institute of Chicago
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Jazz Foundation of America
Europe Jazz Network
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
South Arts
Jazz Academy - Essentially Ellington

Resources & Publications:
Jazziz Magazine
NAfME Council for Jazz Education
The David W. Niven Collection of Early Jazz Legends, 1921-1991

Museums:
National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Jazz
National Museum of African American Music
New Orleans Jazz Museum

Associations:
Jazz Journalists Association
International Bluegrass Music Association
International Association for Jazz Educators
International Association for Jazz Record Collectors
Jazz Composers Collective
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

Clubs & Venues:

Jazz Showcase*
The Green Mill*
Andy's Jazz Club*
Constellation*

*Chicago, IL

Yoshi's, CA
Blue's Alley, DC
Preservation Hall, LA
Deer Head Inn, PA
Blue Note, NY
Jazz at Lincoln Center, NY
Village Vanguard, NY
Rudy's Jazz Room, TN

Worldwide Directory of Jazz Clubs

U.S. Copyright Office - Learn about copyright laws

Wage Claim - Instructions for wage claim & minimum wage complaint

Chicago Noise Ordinance

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Ensembles:

5th House Ensemble

Chicago Children's Choir

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

Chicago Philharmonic

Chicago Sinfonietta

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

D'Composed

Ensemble Dal Niente

The Grant Park Orchestra & Chorus

Organizations:

Chicago Artist Coalition

Chicago Fringe Opera

Chicago Opera Theatre

Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative

Chicago Recording Company

Chicago Theater Musicians Association

Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago

Ear Taxi Festival

Grant Park Music Festival

Haymarket Opera Company

Hearing in Color

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Opera Festival of Chicago

Ravinia Festival

Thompson Street Opera Company

WFMT

Schools:

Chicago Center for Music Education

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras

Hyde Park Suzuki Institute

Merit School of Music

Midwest Young Artist Conservatory

Music Institute of Chicago

Musical Arts Institute

New Music School (Chicago)

Old Town School of Folk Music

The People's Music School

Venues:

Andy's Jazz Club & Restaurant

Auditorium Theatre

Constellation

Harris Theater for Music & Dance

Jay Pritzker Pavillion

Jazz Showcase

Kingston Mines

Metro

Park West

The Green Mill

The Hideout

The Vic Theatre

Theaters:

Auditorium Theatre

Broadway in Chicago

Broadway Playhouse

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The Chicago Theater

Drury Lane Theatre

Goodman Theatre

Marriott Theatre

Paramount Theatre

Theatre at the Center

Army
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Coast Guard

Music Careers:

Artlook - data platform that helps cities across the U.S. track access to the arts for students in their schools. Real-time insights help support equity in arts staffing, programs and funding for all students.

Resources:

The College Music Society
Jazz Ed Net
Illinois Arts Learning Standards
Chicago Public Schools Department of Human Resources
Amazing Educational Resources
reThinkELA
Jazz Day Education Resources
NAfME Council for Jazz Education 
Edutopia - Preparing for Cultural Diversity:Resources for Teachers

Job Opportunities:
Jobs in Higher Education 
Illinois Education Job Bank
Southern Teachers Agency
National Association of Independent Schools
HigherEdJobs.com
HigherEd360.com

Local Boards of Education:

Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools
Illinois State Board of Education
McHenry County Regional Office of Education
DuPage Regional Office of Education
DeKalb County Regional Office of Education

Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education
Kane County Regional Office of Education

Lake County Illinois Regional Office of Education
Will County Regional Office of Education 

Articles:

The Chronicle of Higher Education - "Teaching the Students We Have, Not the Students We Wish We Had", by Sara Goldrick-Rab and Jesse Stommel

At Home Teaching/Practicing:

Practicing in your Apartment

Your Right to Practice at Home

Set Up for Teaching Online Lessons

Practicalities of Online Learning

The Art of Breathing

Bill Placke - A blog about efficient practice

Body Intelligence - Alexander Technique

The Daily Ease - Alexander Technique

The Healthy Musicians: Taking Care of Your Mind and Body

Knowing the Score - Professor Malcolm Bilson advises on how to see the score

Mind Over Finger - a Blog and Podcast by Chicago Violinist Renee-Paule Gauthier

Music Body Mind - Yoga for Musicians by a trombonist and yoga teacher, Amelia

Nutrition Tips for Musicians - A video by registered dietitian Jane Reagan

Silence the Shame - empowering and educating communities on mental health

Yoga with Adriene for Musicians

Bjorklund Reedworks - All about reeds with Professor Keith Bjorklund

The Brass Junkies - interviews with brass players

Contrabass Conversations - features interviews of leaders in the Double Bass

Crushing Classical - All about music careers

Double Reed Dish - A podcast for oboists, bassonists and the people who love them

Everything Saxophone

Flute 360

Flute Unscripted

The Great Composers Podcast - Learn about composers from Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, to Clara Schumann to Lygeti!

Inside Opera - The Cincinnati Opera Podcast

Jazz Inspired

Mind Over Finger - For Violinists to learn to pracice mindfully, perform optimally and create a purposeful musical career

Scapi Radio

Stand Partners for Life - by LA violinists Nathan Cole and Akiko Tarumoto

DePaul School of Music Recording Services

Local Recording Studios:
Fullerton Recording
Music Garage
Chicago Recording Company

Online Music Distribution:
Bandcamp - sells digital downloads from a personalized website
CD Baby - sell your CD online and distribute your music to iTunes, Amazon, etc.
Disc Makers - press and package your CD
IndieBible - directory of resources for independent musicians
ReverbNation - digital distribution and other tools