Music director

Musicians, singers and composers write, arrange, conduct and perform musical compositions.

• creating melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures to express ideas and emotions in musical form;
• translating ideas and concepts into standard musical notation and symbols for reproduction and performance;
• adapting or arranging music for particular instrumental or vocal groups, instruments or occasions;
• conducting vocal or instrumental groups;
• selecting music for performance and assigning instrumental parts to musicians;
• playing one or more musical instruments as soloists or as members of an orchestra or band;
• singing as soloists or as members of a vocal or other group;
• practising and rehearsing to maintain a high standard of performance.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Composer
• Conductor
• Musicologist
• Instrumentalist, soloist
• Orchestra musician
• Soloist, opera/operetta/musical
• Singer
• Folklorist
• Vocal teacher
• Répétiteur (accompanist)