Music Professionals

Key Tasks

• •Creating melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures to express ideas and emotions in musical form
• •Translating ideas and concepts into standard musical signs and symbols for reproduction and performance
• •Undertaking research and liaising with clients when composing musical backing for television commercials, popular recordings, and radio, television and film productions
• •Auditioning and selecting musicians and singers
• •Selecting music for performances and assigning instrumental parts to musicians
• •Directing musical groups at rehearsals and performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance, rhythm and tempo
• •Studying and rehearsing repertoire and musical scores prior to performances
• •Playing music in recital, as an accompanist, or as a member of an orchestra, band or other musical group, from score and by memory
• •Performing music and songs according to interpretation, direction and style of presentation, using highly developed aural skills to reproduce music

Employment Projections to 2035