After Graduation

By growing as a musician, you will prepare yourself for any job that requires creativity, discipline, critical thinking and teamwork.

So... What Can you do with a music degree?

Our answer: Just about anything. 

At Hope, we offer a robust, student-focused music curriculum in the context of a liberal arts program of recognized excellence. We believe that a well-rounded educational experience equips you to live in a global society wherever you are called. Graduates from the music department are prepared to be critical thinkers and problem solvers — on the stage and off.

Our alumni perform with orchestras and opera companies; teach music at all levels, from early childhood to university; run their own recording studios; work in arts administration; lead worship. They have also gone on to medical school, law school, seminary, the Peace Corps, careers in business and occupational therapy. By growing as a musician, you will prepare yourself for any job that requires creativity, discipline, critical thinking and teamwork.

Here at Hope, we will help you discover your passion, fine-tune your skills and prepare you to contribute to a world that needs music!

Alumni

You can find our alumni all over the world doing all sorts of things:

• Performing with Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Touring with Barrage 8
• Serving in churches across the nation as organists, choir directors, pastors and administrators
• Working at law firms
• Deputy Director at the International Opera Studio, Switzerland
• Teaching in public and private schools internationally and across the U.S.
• Director for Stage Technologies
• Performing in the symphony