Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a choirmaster/choirmistress can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a choirmaster/choirmistress already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Choirmasters/choirmistresses manage various aspects of the vocal, and sometimes instrumental, performances of musical groups, such as choirs, ensembles, or glee clubs.

Also known as choir leader, choir director, choral director, choirmaster, choirmistress.

Professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: musical conductor, 54%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
musical conductor 54% covered music arranger 37% covered music director 34% covered lyricist 27% covered musician 15% covered choirmaster/choirmistress You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from choirmaster/choirmistress, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a choirmaster/choirmistress already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A choirmaster/choirmistress needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • select vocalists management skills
  • communicate performance aspects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct guest soloists assisting and caring
  • work with soloists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • coordinate performance tours management skills
  • engage composers management skills
  • position musicians management skills
  • strive for excellence in musical performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage musical staff management skills
  • select musical performers management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a choirmaster/choirmistress does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Choirmaster/choirmistress is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a choirmaster/choirmistress’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.