Music Directors and Composers
Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical artists or groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs; or create original works of music.
Sample of reported job titles:
Choir Director, Composer, Conductor, Film Composer, Liturgical Music Director, Music Composer, Music Director, Music Producer, Orchestra Director, Songwriter
Occupation-Specific Information
Tasks
- Use gestures to shape the music being played, communicating desired tempo, phrasing, tone, color, pitch, volume, and other performance aspects.
- Direct groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
- Study scores to learn the music in detail, and to develop interpretations.
- Apply elements of music theory to create musical and tonal structures, including harmonies and melodies.
- Consider such factors as ensemble size and abilities, availability of scores, and the need for musical variety, to select music to be performed.
Technology Skills
- Data base user interface and query software:Music Director Pro
- Desktop publishing software:Microsoft Publisher
- Electronic mail software:Microsoft Outlook
- Music or sound editing software:Anvil Studio,Apple MainStage,Arobas Music Guitar Pro,Arpege Music Pizzicato,Audacity,Audio Chaos Soundscape Generator,Audiveris,Avid Pro Tools,Avid Technology Sibelius,Azemus FS,Basic Music Composer,Cakewalk SONAR,Canorus,ChordWizard Software Soundtrix Gold,Click MusicalKEYS,Curto Drum,D'accord Music Software iChords,Denemo,Desktop Piano and Drums,DigiPiano,Dream Computer Piano,Easy Music Composer Free,Epinoisis Software Digital Ear,FlexiMusic Composer,GenieSoft Overture,HS Virtual Piano,IK Multimedia GrooveMaker,Image-Line FL Studio,Impro-Visor,Jackbeat,Javamin Composer,Korg EM-1 Editor,Lauriso Software Music Publisher,Little Piano,MadTracker,Maestro Music Software MagicScore,MAGIX Music Maker,MakeMusic Finale,Making Waves Audio Making Waves,MIDI Maestro,MIDI Score Creator,MidiSwing,Mozart Music Software Mozart,MuseScore,Musical Palette,MusicDevelopments RapidComposer,MusicGraph,Musilogic HarmonyBuilder,Myriad Software Harmony Assistant,Notation Software Notation Composer,NoteWorthy Software NoteWorthy Composer,Open Song Composer,PianoFX STUDIO,PianoRollComposer,Power Tab Editor,Proxima Controller,Renoise,Rhythm Rascal,Sonoma Wire Works RiffWorks,Storm Music Studio,SVArTracker,SwarMala,TabIt,TablEdit,Tonality Systems Symoblic Composer,Truepianos,TuxGuitar,Twelve Tone Matrix Calculator,Twelve Tone Row Analyzer,Underware Design DTAB,VBRhapsody,Visiv SharpEye,Widisoft WIDI Recognition System,Wusik Wusikstation VSTi,Xitona Software Voice Composer,XT Software energyXT,ZynAddSubFX
- Office suite software:Microsoft Office
Occupational Requirements
Work Activities
- Thinking Creatively:Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Getting Information:Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Scheduling Work and Activities:Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Detailed Work Activities
- Audition or interview potential performers or staff members.
- Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions.
- Collaborate with others to prepare or perform artistic productions.
- Coordinate artistic activities.
- Coordinate logistics for productions or events.
Worker Requirements
Skills
- Active Listening:Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking:Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making:Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Speaking:Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Coordination:Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Knowledge
- Fine Arts:Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- English Language:Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Computers and Electronics:Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Customer and Personal Service:Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Education and Training:Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Worker Characteristics
Abilities
- Hearing Sensitivity:The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Originality:The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Oral Comprehension:The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression:The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Fluency of Ideas:The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Interests
- Artistic:Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Enterprising:Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
- Social:Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Work Values
- Achievement:Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Recognition:Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Work Styles
- Dependability:Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Attention to Detail:Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Cooperation:Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Integrity:Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Innovation:Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
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