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Theater, Music & Performing Arts

Welcome to the Theater, Music & Performing Arts Career Community! Find resources and opportunities to launch your career in Theater, Music & Performing Arts and learn about the many different areas students can pursue in the field. Browse this Community for career advice blogs, available career opportunities, and explore the resources to help you build your career and beyond.

Wesleyan Summer Grants: Funding for Fine Arts, Music & Journalism/Digital Media Opportunities

Wesleyan Summer Grants are awarded through the Gordon Career Center to support students who are pursuing no- or low-pay career-related experiences over the summer. Applications open annually at the start of the spring semester and funds are awarded up to …

By Sarah McNamara
Sarah McNamara Associate Director for Employer Relations
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How to Create an Online Portfolio (Even When You Don’t Have Work Experience)

You don’t need professional work experience to have a great online portfolio. If you’ve written articles for the school newspaper, conducted research for a class, developed a video game in an extracurricular, or did some graphic design on your own …

By Zoe Kaplan - Forage
Forage
Showcase your skills. Find your career fit.
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This is a resource to help young theatre professionals find internships, apprenticeships, and fellowships with the crucial information all in …

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Firsthand Industry Guides

Vault Guide to Performing Arts Jobs

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Guide to Media and Entertainment Jobs

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Guide to Dance Jobs

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Guide to Theater Jobs

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Guide to Recording Industry Jobs

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Guide to Animation Jobs

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Featured Courses

CCIV 327 /THEA 327 – Dangerous Acts: Theater, Transgression, and Social Justice, Ancient and Modern

The first plays in the history of theater feature transgressive acts: murder, illicit sex, violence, and torture. Action-packed, gory, and…

DANC 379 – Dance as Activism

How does art effect change? Why does the phrase “social movements,” include the action word – movement? In what ways…

DANC 105 – Dance Tech Lab

This class includes the practicum and experimentation of lighting design and production with use of projection, video-screen technology, stage management,…

DANC 108 – Live Performance: Video and Documentation

This course is designed to introduce and develop a broad range of skills integral to capturing a live performance across…

DANC 448 – Video and Sound

This course is designed to help students gain fundamental video production skills, as they independently develop live performance projects. The…

THEA 360 / DANC 264 – Media for Performance

This course examines the use of media and technology as it relates to dramaturgy and design for performance. Class time…

MUSC 249 – Music Journalism and Public Musicology

As listening modes have transformed over recent decades, so too have the ways audiences read and write about music. This…

ARST 286 – Intro to Time-Based Media

This course will serve as a comprehensive introduction to time-based media in the expanded field. We will explore the ways…

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