Music Career Project

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Checklist to Complete Assignment Music Career Jump Grading

Read​ the article
Complete ​From the Source​ ​Section #1
Complete ​In Your Own Words​ Section #2
Complete ​Your Final Job Description​ Section #3
Complete ​Best Fact to Share​ Section #4
Complete ​Think About It​ ​Section #5
Complete the ​Career Jump Activity ​Section #6
Is my work ​nea​t, in ​complete sentences​, and ​each
section is completed​.
_____​Individual Participation During Project
❏ 3 on task, involved all the time
❏ 2 on task, involved most of the time
❏ 1 off task, wasting time, teacher reminders to
work needed/not on task, ignores teacher
reminders
_____​Completed Project
❏ 3 all tasks complete, in detail, neat, and
thoughtful
❏ 2 all tasks complete, satisfactory answers,
and legible, most tasks complete, answers are
brief and not detailed, work is sloppy
❏ 1 few tasks complete, answers are incomplete,
and little effort is shown

Fill out this information based on the information on the ​Music Careers Website​. Don’t use other sources!

#1 From the Source #2 In Your Own Words

Job Title: Choreographer Job Title: Choreographer

Career Overview:​ Choreographers create and teach Career Overview: Choreographers do many
dances to dancers to perform on stage during different things with teaching dance, gigs for tv,
concert tours, theatrical performances, or film/TV films, video, projects, games, etc.
projects.

About this Music Career ​(Career Description) About this Music Career ​(Career Description)

1. ​Choreographers create original dances that tell a 1. Choreographers choose what to choreograph about
story through movement.

2. Things can change at any given time

2. ​ things change hourly, minutely.
3. Location can change at any given time
Things change from the dance
3. ​
studio to set.
4. Once someone practices for a while you have to
they’ve been rehearsing for eight
4.​
practice for a while to.
hours a day, for eight days straight,
now you have to reverse it.
5. You can work with many different people when
Depending on the project, a
5.​
you are a choreographer.
choreographer will work with
Dancers, Agents, Casting
Directors, production teams.
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Salary Salary

1. Average annual earnings $38,120 1. Normally can get $38,120 per project

2. General earning’s range $20,000-$81,000 2. The range of money they could earn per project is
in between $20,000-$81,000

Employment Employment

1. If you ever get a chance to assist somebody

if you can ever get to assist
1.​
you should do it
anybody.
2. Second opinion
2.​ You’re their second eye.
Advancement Advancement

1. If you want to be a choreographer, be a

A Choreographer almost always
1. ​
dancer for a little bit to.
starts his or her career as a
Dancer.
2. Te choreographer teaches you the dance and then
the Choreographer teaches you,
2.​
you teach the other dancers
you then teach the Dancers..
Education and Training Education and Training

1. You will most likely learn how to dance in a

While dance is a major at many
1.​
studio, not in a college
colleges and universities, the
majority of Dancers learn in the
studio;.
2. You can dance at college
Choreography is available as a
2.​
major at some colleges.
Experience, Skills, and Personality Experience, Skills, and Personality

1. It is important to have dance as a talent to

Dance experience and teaching
1.​
become a choreographer
experience are essential.
2. To be selfless sometimes
the ability to teach and be able to
2.​
work well with others.
3. Be creative to be a choreographer
type of person who makes a great
3.​
Choreographer as “creative.
Unions and Associations Unions and Associations
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1. Is a choreographer to help others
exists to help theatrical
1.​
Choreographers.
2.there is no working together
choreographers who work on
2. ​
concert tours or film/TV, no union
exists..
Suggestions for Getting Started Suggestions for Getting Started

1. teach
1. Start teaching. It gets your
name out there.
2. Take what you get
Choreograph whatever you can
2. ​
get your hands on.

#3 Your Final Job Description:​ ​Convince someone this is the best job in the music
industry! Write in complete thoughts and sentences IYOW. When you read this out loud, it
should be about 30 seconds.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
This is the best job cause you could meet celebs, like usher, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, and
other dancing choreographers, that’s why it is the best job EVAH. Also you are able to make
good monay and meet people.

#4 Best Fact to Share: ​Write one sentence summarizing and highlighting the best part
about this job.
The best part ​of this job is to have fun with your choreography. And meet new people with different dancing
cultures.

#5 Think About It
-List 3 school subjects that would be useful to know to perform this job.
1. Dance class
2. music
3. Acting
-Would this job be a good fit for you? Why or why not? Support your opinion in complete
sentences. Ya, because I like to dance, this also fits for me because i’ve been dancing for 8
years!
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(THIS SECTION IS AN IN-CLASS ACTIVITY! DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THIS YET!)

#6 Career Jump Activity:​ ​Quickly write down the job title and one interesting thing
about each job as you rotate through the career jump.
1. Annika Song Writer use ur creative ideas and make dough, Annika 2 Rock star can be a
trendsetter
2. Matt Lyricist writes cools song
3. Alex Nightclub Manager higher people to sing t the club
4. Max Luke personal manager meets cool people
5. Ethan Kaufman Music Producer make a cool song
6. Jake Brodsky DJ perform at nightclubs
7. Music Photographer take dope pictures
8. Tia song maker learn new music
9. Tyler Sound technician control soundboard
10. Jake Dj perform in front of people
11. Devin video jockey be creative and make videos
12. Ethan personnel director hiring interesting people
13. Asher Radio Dj Dj’s the radio
Best Job: Choreographer Worst Job: nightclub manager