How to Use This Guide: This guide includes print and electronic resources available at Pitt, and selected Internet resources. The Home page includes General Music Career Resources and resources on Marketing for Musicians, Music Publishing/Licensing, Artist Management, and Audio Engineering, Music Production and Music Technology. The rest of the resources are divided into Graduate Study and Job Searches, Careers in Performance, Careers in Music Education, Careers in Composition, and Music Business/Finances and Industry. All books listed in this guide are held in Pitt's Finney Music Library unless otherwise noted.
This Libguide was created by Jakilah Mason as part of her participation in the Association of Research Libraries/Music Library Association Diversity and Inclusion Initiative, and as a participant in the Pitt Partners program.
Preparing for Success by 
The Best Jobs in the Music Industry by 
Building a Successful 21st Century Music Career by 
Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor by 
Welcome to the Jungle by 
The Business of Audio Engineering by 
The Art of Music Production by 
Music Production by 
Beyond Sound: The College and Career Guide in Music Technology by 
Artist Management for the Music Business by The Theodore M. Finney Music Library contains a general music research collection as well as several collections of important musical materials. Collections include: Early American hymnals and tunebooks, volumes of sheet music with regional significance, seventeenth and eighteenth century prints of English sacred and secular works, and music belonging to the late William Steinberg and Fidelis Zitterbart. The library's holdings include approximately 65,000 music scores and books, 25,000 sound recordings, 1,500 microforms, and 150 journals..
Web Marketing for the Music Business by 
The Art of Music Publishing by 
The Musician's Guide to Licensing Music by You can request material through PittCat using Get It, even for material that we do not own. You must be signed in, then click on the item you need to see the full menu of options available.
Use 'Request' to receive print materials from a Pitt library or ULS - Thomas Blvd.
To make a request:
Additional questions? Please contact us so we can work with you to try and get the material you need.
You can request material through PittCat using Get It, even for material that we do not own. You must be signed in, then click on the item you need to see the full menu of options available.
Use 'Request' to receive a scanned book chapter or an article from print material.
To make a request:
Additional questions? Please contact us so we can work with you to try and get the material you need.
If you identify an item in PittCat that is not available through our collections, or if PittCat indicates that we have access to an item in error, you can request it through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.
ILL services are available to Pitt students, staff and faculty with a valid Pitt ID and Pitt computing account
Additional Questions? Please contact us so we can work with you to try and get the material you need.
