{"id":198,"date":"2026-06-17T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:10:54","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/music-ba\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-music-b-a\">Music, B.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu 3\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/music-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/music-ba\/capstone\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Capstone<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/music-ba\/ensembles-and-performance\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Ensembles and performance<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item 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class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clark-4-1-accelerated-masters\">Clark 4+1 Accelerated Masters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Music students frequently pursue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/accelerated-degrees\/accelerated-masters\/\">Clark&#8217;s 4+1 Accelerated Masters<\/a>, adding credentials in teaching, communications, or business in a fifth year \u2014 a practical advantage for students entering music education or arts administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-true-black-color has-light-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8974f5879a87b9cd69b61a951140dd02 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" 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