Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a music director can go next

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

Music directors lead musical groups such as orchestras and bands during live performances or recording sessions. They organise the music and composition, coordinate the playing musicians and record the performance. Music directors are professionals working in diverse places such as the film industry, music videos, radio stations, musical ensembles or schools.

Also known as musical director, orchestra conductor, music conductor, band master, orchestra director, band director, conductor, music leader.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: music arranger, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
music arranger 76% covered composer 55% covered lyricist 41% covered musical conductor 38% covered choirmaster/choirmistress 37% covered music director You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from music director, 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 music director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A music director needs 21 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
  • coordinate music with scenes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • guide analysis of a recorded performance management skills
  • coordinate music components of the work management skills
  • organise musical events management skills
  • position musicians management skills
  • strive for excellence in musical performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work out orchestral sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • attend music recording sessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate musical ideas communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage musical staff management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Music director 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 music director’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.