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A professional who conducts vocal music groups, such as choirs and glee clubs. Responsibilities include:
* Auditions and selects members of group.
* Selects music to suit performance requirements and accommodate talent and ability of group.
* Directs group at rehearsals and performance to achieve desired effects, such as tonal and harmonic balance, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, and shading, utilizing knowledge of conducting techniques and music theory.
* May schedule tours and performances and arrange for transportation and lodging.
* May transcribe musical compositions and melodic lines to adapt them to or create particular style for group (arranger).
* May conduct group with instrumental accompaniment (conductor, orchestra).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts instrumental music groups, such as orchestras and dance bands. Responsibilities include:
* Auditions and selects members of group.
* Selects music to accommodate talents and abilities of group and to suit type of performance to be given.
* Positions members within group to obtain balance among instrumental sections.
* Directs group at rehearsals and performances to achieve desired effects, such as tonal and harmonic balance, dynamics, rhythms, tempos, and shadings, utilizing knowledge of conducting techniques, music theory and harmony, range and characteristics of instruments, and talents of individual performers.
* May transcribe musical compositions and melodic lines to adapt them to or create particular style for group (arranger).
* May schedule tours and performances and arrange for transportation and lodging.
* May be designated according to specialization as Conductor, Dance Band; Conductor, Symphonic-Orchestra.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and directs activities of personnel in studio music department and conducts studio orchestra. Responsibilities include:
* Selects vocal, instrumental, and recorded music suitable to type of program or motion picture and to entertainers who are to render selections.
* Engages services of composer , as required, to write score for motion picture or television program.
* Issues assignments and reviews work of staff in such areas as scoring, arranging, and copying music, lyric writing, and vocal coaching.
* Auditions and selects vocal and instrumental talent for musical shows.
* Auditions and hires studio orchestra personnel.
* Conducts orchestra in recording or broadcast of music (conductor, orchestra ).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sings as soloist or member of vocal ensemble. Responsibilities include:
* Interprets music, using knowledge of harmony, melody, rhythm, and voice production, to present characterization or to achieve individual style of vocal delivery.
* Sings, following printed text and musical notation, or memorizes score.
* May sing a cappella or with musical accompaniment.
* May watch choral director or conductor, orchestra for directions and cues.
* May be known according to voice range as soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, or bass.
* May specialize in one type of music, such as opera, lieder, choral, gospel, folk, or country and western and be identified according to specialty.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who transcribes musical composition for orchestra, band, choral group, or individual to adapt composition to particular style for which it was not originally written. Responsibilities include:
* Determines voice, instrument, harmonic structure, rhythm, tempo, and tone balance to achieve desired effect.
* Writes score, utilizing knowledge of music theory and instrumental and vocal capabilities (orchestrator).
* May copy parts from score for individual performers within group (copyist).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who writes musical compositions. Responsibilities include:
* Creates musical ideas, using knowledge of harmonic, rhythmic, melodic, and tonal structure and other elements of music theory, such as instrumental and vocal capabilities.
* Creates original musical form or writes within circumscribed musical form, such as sonata, symphony, or opera.
* Transcribes ideas into musical notation.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who integrates prerecorded theme, background, and bridge music with story line and film sequence to arrange musical score for episode of television series, using knowledge of film scoring. Responsibilities include:
* Reads script of episode to become familiar with story line.
* Confers with director, television to coordinate interpretation of script, including mood to be conveyed or quality of character stressed.
* Listens to tape recording of theme, background, and bridge music to become familiar with them.
* Notes key of music, length of passage, and identification number.
* Selects passages which match story line of script to form tentative score.
* Views episode to align selections with action on screen.
* Gives directions to technical personnel during electronic recording of score from tapes, making changes as needed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who writes score for orchestra, band, choral group, or individual instrumentalist or vocalist. Responsibilities include:
* Transposes music from one voice or instrument to another to accommodate particular musician or musical group.
* Scores composition consistent with instrumental and vocal capabilities, such as range and key, using knowledge of music theory.
* May transcribe composition to adapt it to particular style (arranger).
* May copy parts from score for individual performers (copyist).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prompts performers in operatic productions. Responsibilities include:
* Marks copy of vocal score to note cues.
* Observes conductor, orchestra and follows vocal score to time cues accurately.
* Speaks or sings in language required by opera to prompt performers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and directs training and recommends acquisition or trade of players for professional athletic team. Responsibilities include:
* Directs conditioning of players to achieve maximum athletic performance.
* Assesses player's skills and assigns team positions.
* Evaluates own and opposition team capabilities to determine game strategy.
* Coaches or directs coach, professional athletes to instruct players in techniques of game.
* Participates in discussions with other clubs to sell or trade players.
* May participate on team managed and be designated Coach-Player; Player-Manager.
Industry:Professional careers
