Venue programmer to choirmaster/choirmistress
A venue programmer already meets 15% of what the choirmaster/choirmistress role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
83.9/ 100
1 How much of what a choirmaster/choirmistress is expected to do is already part of a venue programmer’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 choirmaster/choirmistress role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A choirmaster/choirmistress role treats 3 of its required skills as things a venue programmer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- collaborate with music librarians
- musical genres
- plan musical performances
What stands in the way is 19 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A choirmaster/choirmistress role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a venue programmer background worth leading with.
- already held collaborate with music librarians communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan musical performances management skills
- already held art-historical values arts and humanities
- already held musical genres arts and humanities
- already held business management principles business, administration and law
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the choirmaster/choirmistress role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- still to learn select vocalists required
- still to learn coordinate performance tours required
- still to learn engage composers required
- still to learn manage musical staff required
- still to learn position musicians required
- still to learn select musical performers required
- still to learn supervise music groups required
- still to learn manage fundraising activities required
- optional, not held organise cultural events optional
- optional, not held develop cultural activities optional
- still to learn communicate performance aspects required
- still to learn develop musical ideas required
- still to learn read musical score required
- still to learn strive for excellence in musical performance required
- still to learn work with composers required
- still to learn work with soloists required
- optional, not held collaborate with choreographers optional
- optional, not held participate as a performer in the creative process optional
- still to learn music literature required
- still to learn musical theory required
- still to learn conduct guest soloists required
- still to learn subject of music coaching required
- still to learn study musical scores required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a choirmaster/choirmistress role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 select vocalists practise this
- 02 communicate performance aspects practise this
- 03 conduct guest soloists practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held collaborate with music librarians skill
- already held musical genres knowledge
- already held plan musical performances skill
- already held art-historical values knowledge
- already held business management principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held cultural projects optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collaborate with choreographers optional
- optional, not held cultural projects optional
- optional, not held organise cultural events optional
- optional, not held participate as a performer in the creative process optional
- optional, not held develop cultural activities optional
24 held skills the choirmaster/choirmistress role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
- not needed by the target role assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role determine context to present the work skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic network skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
- not needed by the target role draw up artistic programming policy skill
- not needed by the target role engage artistic staff skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
- not needed by the target role manage venue programme skill
- not needed by the target role monitor programming finances skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate artistic productions skill
- not needed by the target role plan presence at professional events skill
- not needed by the target role program artistic productions skill
- not needed by the target role promote event skill
- not needed by the target role select artistic productions skill
- not needed by the target role set sales promotions skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role study music skill
- not needed by the target role supervise sales activities skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn music literature required
- still to learn musical theory required
- still to learn subject of music coaching required
- optional, not held cultural projects optional
Other moves recorded from venue programmer
Common questions about this move
Can a venue programmer become a choirmaster/choirmistress?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A venue programmer already covers 15% of what a choirmaster/choirmistress is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 3 of which the choirmaster/choirmistress role treats as required.
What skills does a venue programmer need to become a choirmaster/choirmistress?
19 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is select vocalists.
How hard is the move from venue programmer to choirmaster/choirmistress?
Its learning distance is 83.9 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.