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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 197-216Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0255761417714606
Keywords
career identity; employability; higher education; jazz singer; contemporary singer; music
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- Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre
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Over the past two decades the topic of graduate outcomes has increasingly informed the discourse on the changing nature of universities. For conservatoires and university music departments the global shift in audience demand away from western classical music and jazz styles (traditionally the cornerstone tertiary music programs) to contemporary commercial music (CCM) has added an extra dimension to the graduate outcomes discussion with respect to vocation preparation and musicians' portfolio careers. Few studies have tracked the career paths of music graduates across time with none focused on jazz/contemporary singers. This report discusses the findings from a snapshot study of Jazz/Contemporary Voice graduates (2001 to 2012) of one Australian conservatoire. The purpose of this research was to better describe this population of graduates in terms of employment outcomes, the dynamics of their employment activities, employment-seeking strategies and the relevance of university coursework to their employability. Their responses have implications for tertiary music training programs.
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