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Music with Concentration in Music Industry, BS

The B.S. in Music Industry, the first such undergraduate program offered in Boston, is designed for students with an interest in fields such as artist management, the music products industry, the recording industry, arts administration, contracting and legal issues, and broadcast, mobile and on-line media technologies.

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Career Opportunities

  • Artist Development Representative
  • Advertising Manager
  • Artist & Repertoire Manager
  • Artist Manager
  • Attorney
  • Audio Engineer
  • Booking Agent
  • Business Manager
  • Consumer Researcher
  • Data Analyst
  • Entrepreneur
  • Graphic Artist
  • Marketing Coordinator/Manager
  • Merchandiser
  • Music Licensing Agent
  • Music Producer
  • Music Promoter
  • Music Publisher
  • Music Supervisor
  • Promotions Manager
  • Public Relations Manager
  • Publicist
  • Sales Manager
  • Social Media Specialist
  • Talent Representative
  • Talent Scout

Multidisciplinary Skills

  • Artist management
  • Audio Production
  • Booking
  • Collaboration
  • Developing business models
  • Ethical implementation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Event production
  • Leadership
  • Marketing
  • Music licensing
  • Production
  • Promotion
  • Recording
  • Researching
  • Selecting artists and repertoire
  • Social media proficiency
  • Talent buying
  • Talent scouting
  • Understanding and negotiating agreements
  • Understanding Copyright

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Students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Music with concentration in Music Industry are expected to have acquired the following competencies:

Program Outcomes

  1. Cultural Knowledge: Identify and describe musical styles, their aesthetic values, social contexts and functions, the lives and creative processes of musicians, and technological developments that have affected musical production in different historical periods and parts of the world.
  2. Expertise: Examine and assess music industries’ organizational structures, practices, participants, and technologies of music industries.
  3. Collaborate: Collaborate on creative and business projects in the music industries.
  4. Leadership: Lead in discourse and action to transform the music industries, rooted in research, analysis, and critical assessment of challenges and opportunities.

Co-op Opportunities

  • 9802 Management
  • Adaptive Realms
  • Apple Music
  • ATO Records
  • Beijing Erwuyi Music and Media
  • Blue Note Entertainment Group
  • Blue Space Records
  • BMG
  • Bose Corporation
  • Boston Arts Academy
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Bowery Presents
  • B-Reel
  • Calling All Crows
  • Catch Buzz
  • Clio Entertainment Awards
  • Collective Entertainment
  • Columbia Records
  • Cybersound Recordings
  • Danny Wimmer Presents
  • Drive Music Agency
  • Epic Records
  • Good Harbor
  • HALSUG
  • House of Blues – Boston
  • House of Possibilities
  • Kendall Booking LLC
  • Lionfish Music LLC
  • Live Nation – Leader Bank Pavilion
  • Live Nation – Xfinity Center
  • Marie Claire – China
  • Mick Management
  • MusicDish – China
  • NBC Universal – Seth Myers Show
  • Oakland Arena & Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
  • Paramount – The Late Show with Steve Colbert
  • Phoenix Down Recording
  • Powderfinger Promotions
  • Q Division Studios
  • Red Light Management
  • Rivet
  • Run For Cover Records
  • Seitrack US
  • Shore Fire Media
  • Sony Music Entertainment
  • Team Slavin/ Yeah Drones
  • Terrorbird Media and Publishing
  • Thanks For the Luck
  • Too Hot To Stop
  • Universal Music Publishing
  • VizzTone Label Group
  • VNUE / DiscLive
  • WorldBoston
  • You’re With Us

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