Benefits of a Music Degree

• Students majoring in music business find they have a wide range of fields from which to choose. They are able to choose employment offers with recording companies, radio stations, concert venues and marketing and public relations firms that specialize in working in the music industry, according to the ULinks website. Students with a passion for music and education are able to blend their interests into a career as a music education supervisor or school music supervisor. Students who have earned a music business degree are typically able to look for employment in larger metropolitan areas such as Chicago, New York, Los Angeles or Nashville, where recording artists record their music.
  
  

Music Supervisor Responsibilities

• The music education supervisor accepts responsibility for directing the activities of music educators in the school district or in a specific school. The music education supervisor oversees both vocal and instrumental music education programs and teach a music class. In addition to overseeing educational activities of faculty music teachers, she may administer musical programs and plan and develop the music education curriculum.
  
  

Courses Needed

• Music supervisors should earn at least a bachelor's degree in music. For those intending to work at the college level, a doctoral degree (or the equivalent in training) is necessary, according to St. Cloud State University. A music supervisor should be able to read music and play several musical instruments. He should have taken college courses that offer an introduction to the music business and publishing, music industry entrepreneurship and web design for musicians, according to the ULink website. Other coursework may include business communications, music technology, taxation in the music business, media creative promotion, music and law, music management and concerts and tour promotion.
  
  

Range of Music Supervisor Roles

• Music supervisors may work as music directors in the middle/junior high and high schools, supervise and direct instrumental organizations such as a school orchestra, marching band, jazz band or choral organization. A music supervisor in a teaching role at the secondary level should expect to teach a broad range of music courses, including general music, music theory and history, music literature and related arts, according to St. Cloud State University. In addition, the music supervisor may be able to find additional opportunities by conducting community music groups, church choirs or community recreational programs.