Music degrees provide an excellent foundation for future skills. They develop important life skills that are transferrable to non-musical careers. The most obvious music career options are classroom music teacher, private music teacher, or performer. The actual careers options are endless. Skills learned in a Music Education degree are the same skills needed to train new coworkers, break down concepts, and write manuals. Organizational skills like year plans for music teachers become yearly planning in business. Research coursework in Ethnomusicology degrees transfer to any research position. Students in performance degrees learn how to refine a piece of music just like constant revisions in any office position, and how to present their work. Singers earn how to speak into a microphone for future presentations, or speeches at weddings and funerals. Musicians are also taught to think creatively. How else could we play this? How else can we achieve this goal? All companies want people with the skills to think creatively about a project. That’s when the best products, services, and experiences are made.