The Department of Music offers students a wide range of co-op and global learning opportunities, with positions ranging from major record labels, music management companies, and media outlets to classical music organizations and music software companies.
Our practice-oriented education model blends the strengths of a rigorous college-level music curriculum and critical thinking skills with an emphasis on real-word professional experience—an integration of the theoretical and the practical that is unique among college music programs. From music industry co-ops in New York and Los Angeles to study abroad opportunities in ethnomusicology and music technology and a Dialogue of Civilization exploring music festivals in England, these immersive experiences allow students to pursue and define their interests while developing firsthand insights and invaluable connections in the music profession.






























- 360 Public Relations
- A&M Octone Records
- ABC-TV/Disney
- Actor’s Shakespeare Project
- Adobe
- Aircraft Music Library
- Alta Planning + Design
- Amazon
- AMC Networks Inc.
- America’s Test Kitchen
- American Conservatory Theatre
- American Repertory Theatre
- Ann Beha Architects
- Apple
- Arnold Worldwide
- Arts Boston
- Arts Boston
- Bangor Daily News
- Bangor Daily News
- Bare Tree Media
- Bay State Banner
- Bergmeyer Associates Inc
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Bevspot
- Bishop Land Design
- Bishop Land Design
- Black Math Studio
- Blue Note Entertainment
- BMF Media Group
- BOS/UA
- Bose
- Boston Ballet
- Boston Bar Association
- Boston Bruins
- Boston Casting
- Boston Center for the Arts
- Boston Children’s Theatre
- Boston City TV
- Boston Globe
- Boston Harbor Association
- Boston Harbor Now
- Boston Lyric Opera
- Boston Planning and Development Agency
- Boston Public Market
- Boston Public Works
- Boston Red Sox
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Boston University Space Planning
- Boston.com
- Brickyard VFX
- Bridge Repertory Theater
- Brunner / Cott
- CBS Television
- Center for the Arts at the Armory
- Center stage
- Central Square Theatre
- Christian Science Monitor
- Citi Center for the Performing Arts
- City of Boston TV
- Civic Moxie
- Classic Stage Company
- Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
- Company One
- Congresswoman Nensi Pelosi
- Constant Contact
- Continuum
- Costume Works
- Creative License
- Cummings Properties LLC
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Demiurge Studios
- Design Studio for Social Intervention
- Design Trust for Public Space
- Design Trust for Public Space
- Digitas
- Disney ABC Television Group
- Dixon Place
- Donna Karan International
- Donna Morgan
- Dorchester Reporter
- Eaton Vance Management
- Elkus Manfredi Architects
- ESPN
- Foundation Medicine
- Gate Theatre (Dublin)
- Gensler
- Goodman Theatre (Chicago)
- Governor Charlie Baker
- Greenbrier Games
- Ground Inc.
- Hacin + Associates
- Handel Architects, LLP
- Hanover Theatre
- Hargreaves Associates
- Harmonix
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard University
- Hasbro
- Havard University
- Havas Media
- HGTV
- Homestead Artists
- Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
- Hubspot
- Huntington Theatre Company
- IBM
- Independent Film Channel (IFC)
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Inter-fluve
- Inter-Fluve
- Island Record
- Island Records
- Izotope
- J McLaughlin
- Jamspot
- John Hancock
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington DC)
- KIND Healthy Snacks
- KIND LLC
- Krupp Group
- Landing studio
- Lantana Games
- LevelUp
- Liberty Mutual
- Lincoln Center
- Live Nation
- LoyalT
- Lyric Stage Company
- MA Governor’s Office
- Mad Pow
- Maggy London
- Malka Media
- Manhattan Theatre Club
- Maryann Thompson Architects
- Mass Design
- MASS design group
- Massachusetts Attorney General
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Massachusetts Digital Games Institute
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Massport
- Miami Theater Center
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Studios
- Mikyoung Kim Design
- MIT Center for Civic Media
- MIT Design Lab
- MIT facilities
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- MIT Mobile Experience Lab
- MIT Senseable City Lab
- mtheory
- MTV Networks
- Museum of Fine Arts
- NARS Cosmetics
- National Geographic Learning
- Nautica
- NBC Universal Television
- Nettwerk
- New Balance
- New Repertory Theatre
- New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
- New York Times
- OBO Global
- Oudens Ello Architecture
- PAN Communications
- Pandora
- Paramount Theatre
- Payette
- Pentaction Espectáculos (Madrid)
- Perception Studio
- Philips Research (HealthTech and Lighting)
- Primary Stages
- Puma
- Putnam Investments
- PVH (formerly Phillips-Van Heusen)
- R/GA
- RDK Engineers
- Reebok
- Reed Exhibition
- Reed Hilderbrand
- Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects
- Republic Records
- Riptide
- Rolling Stone
- Ronik
- Rose Brand
- Roundabout Theatre Company
- RueLaLa
- Safdie Architects
- SAIC
- Salem Theatre Company
- Sametz Blackstone Associates
- Sasaki
- SCAPE Studios
- Second Stage Theatre
- Small Design Firm, Inc.
- Sonos
- Sony Music
- Southwest Airlines
- Speakeasy Stage
- Splash Damage Games
- Spotify
- StageSource
- Stantec
- State House News Service
- Stephen Stimson Associates
- Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago)
- Stoneham Theatre
- Stoss
- Strong Women Strong Girls
- Studio 2112 Landscape Architecture
- Studio V Architecture
- Superfly
- T. Rowe Price
- TechTarget
- The Boston Beer Company
- The Boston Marathon
- The Broad Institute
- The Broadway League
- The Center for Urban Pedagogy
- The Chew Productions
- The Cultural Landscape Foundation
- The Emerald Necklace Conservancy
- The Food Network
- The Globe Theatre (London)
- The Martha Stewart Show
- The Patriot Ledger
- The Red Sox Foundation/ The Red Sox International
- The Washington Post
- Theatre Communications Group
- Theatre Offensive
- Thompson Reuters
- Thomson Reuters
- TJMaxx and HomeGoods
- Tom Leader Studio
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Tony Awards
- Topotek 1
- Travel and Leisure Magazine
- Trip Advisor
- Turbine Inc.
- Under Armour
- Utile
- Version 2.0 Communications
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Viacom
- Vineyard Theatre
- Walt Disney Company
- Walt Disney World
- Wayfair
- WCVB-TV
- WGBH
- William Rawn Associates
- WilmerHale
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- World Music/CRASHarts
- Zeitgeist Stage
- Zero VFX
- Zipcar
- Zynga
FAQ
Co-op students are assigned to a specific Co-op Faculty Coordinator. Coordinators work with students from their first year through their graduation year as a bridge between classroom studies and career goals, collaborating with faculty and co-op employers to match interests, talents and objectives to the most appropriate co-op positions.
By participating in the co-op program, organizations join the thousands of companies and institutions, nationally and internationally, who have become Music majors partners in education.
Learn everything there is to know about co-ops on our Frequently Asked Questions page.