Flexible jobs combined with performing career

soozievt
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:09:55 +0000

I think if you can work for yourself, you have flexibility that can work around going to auditions and so forth. I am pretty sure what my kid will be doing when she graduates to earn money while hitting the audition circuit because she already does this kind of work for pay and is turning a bunch of it down as she can’t fit it into her current life as a student. In her case, she can earn money by accompanying (on piano) either for voice classes or MT auditions or in recording studios, can write arrangements for composers or performers who want them, can teach youth MT theater classes, entertain at Broadway themed parties, record (as a singer) on cast recordings, play singer/songwriter gigs in NYC venues, play piano and sing in bands to entertain at functions, teach private piano and voice lessons to youth, record accompaniment tapes for singers, perform in cabarets, and musically direct shows. She has done all of these things already for pay before graduating. I think she will continue to do these things. She may turn down musically directing shows initially because these involve a commitment that could put her out of contention in auditions/casting for shows as a performer, whereas the other jobs are more flexible and she can take as many or as little as she wants and still audition as a performer and hopefully get jobs as a performer. These jobs have all paid well, too. So, that’s one MT kid’s plan. :D