Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Performance artist to singer

A performance artist already meets 45% of what the singer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From performance artist
45 % overlap
Partial match
To singer
14 You already bring
7 Still to learn
43 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.3/ 100

1 How much of what a singer is expected to do is already part of a performance artist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the singer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A singer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a performance artist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • analyse own performance
  • attend rehearsals
  • follow time cues
  • interact with an audience
  • interact with fellow actors
  • manage feedback

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A singer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held participate in music studio recordings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform dances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interact with fellow actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform live communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse own performance management skills
  • already held sing communication, collaboration and creativity

All 14 carried skills, including the 11 the singer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 18 supplementary
  • still to learn engage the audience emotionally required
  • still to learn work independently as an artist required
  • still to learn practise singing required
  • optional, not held act for an audience optional
  • optional, not held compose music optional
  • optional, not held design a music show optional
  • optional, not held improvise music optional
  • optional, not held manage artistic career optional
  • optional, not held perform for young audiences optional
  • optional, not held perform music in ensemble optional
  • optional, not held perform music solo optional
  • optional, not held play musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held read musical score optional
  • optional, not held record music optional
  • optional, not held select music for performance optional
  • optional, not held specialise in a musical genre optional
  • optional, not held transpose music optional
  • optional, not held use declaiming techniques optional
  • optional, not held work with composers optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held follow directions of the artistic director optional
02 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn cope with stage fright required
  • still to learn organise a repertoire required
  • optional, not held supervise music groups optional
  • optional, not held work within communities optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn acting techniques required
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • still to learn legal environment in music required
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a singer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse own performance skill
  • already held attend rehearsals skill
  • already held follow time cues skill
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held interact with fellow actors skill
  • already held manage feedback skill
  • already held participate in music studio recordings skill
  • already held perform live skill
  • already held sing skill
  • already held study roles from scripts skill
  • already held work with an artistic team skill
  • already held manage artistic project skill
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • already held perform dances skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held act for an audience optional
  • optional, not held compose music optional
  • optional, not held design a music show optional
  • optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
  • optional, not held improvise music optional
  • optional, not held manage artistic career optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held perform for young audiences optional
  • optional, not held perform music in ensemble optional
  • optional, not held perform music solo optional
  • optional, not held play musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held read musical score optional
  • optional, not held record music optional
  • optional, not held select music for performance optional
  • optional, not held specialise in a musical genre optional
  • optional, not held supervise music groups optional
  • optional, not held transpose music optional
  • optional, not held use declaiming techniques optional
  • optional, not held work with composers optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held follow directions of the artistic director optional
  • optional, not held work within communities optional
27 held skills the singer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust the performance to different environments skill
  • not needed by the target role art history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
  • not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
  • not needed by the target role create an artistic performance skill
  • not needed by the target role create digital images skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
  • not needed by the target role discuss artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of exercise environment skill
  • not needed by the target role gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
  • not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor art scene developments skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor sociological trends skill
  • not needed by the target role perform costume changeovers skill
  • not needed by the target role plan art educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role self-promote skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn legal environment in music required
  • still to learn acting techniques required
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
Index

Other moves recorded from performance artist

Full index of moves from performance artist

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a performance artist become a singer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A performance artist already covers 45% of what a singer is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 11 of which the singer role treats as required.

What skills does a performance artist need to become a singer?

7 required skills are missing, plus 22 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is cope with stage fright.

How hard is the move from performance artist to singer?

Its learning distance is 60.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.