Musicians, singers and composers

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

Job Responsibilities

• 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
• Adapting or arranging music for particular instrumental or vocal groups, instruments or occasions
• Conducting instrumental or vocal groups
• Selecting music for performances and assigning instrumental parts to musicians
• Playing one or more musical instruments as a soloist or as a member of an orchestra or a musical group
• Singing as a soloist or as a member of a vocal group or other band
• Practising and rehearsing to maintain a high standard of performance