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Career Details :: Musicians, Instrumental

Description

Play one or more musical instruments in recital, in accompaniment, or as members of an orchestra, band, or other musical group.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

• Plays musical instrument as soloist or as member of musical group, such as orchestra or band, to entertain audience.
• Transposes music to play in alternate key or to fit individual style or purposes.
• Teaches music for specific instruments.
• Composes new musical scores.
• Directs band/orchestra.
• Memorizes musical scores.
• Plays from memory or by following score.
• Studies and rehearses music to learn and interpret score.
• Practices performance on musical instrument to maintain and improve skills.
• Improvises music during performance.

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• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Music Arrangers and Orchestrators
  
• Music Directors
  
• Professional Photographers
  
• Stringed Instrument Repairers and Tuners
  

Important Abilities

• Hearing Sensitivity
• Auditory Attention
• Memorization
• Wrist-Finger Speed
• Originality

General Work Activities

• Thinking Creatively
• Performing for/Working With Public
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Developing and Building Teams
• Coordinating Work & Activities of Others

Important Skills

• Coordination
  
• Active Learning
  
• Monitoring
  
• Visioning
  
• Learning Strategies
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Indoors

Related Majors

Major	Add to XapPack
Accompaniment	[ add ]
Accompanying	[ add ]
Accompanying/Chamber Music	[ add ]
Applied Music	[ add ]
Applied Music/Instrumental	[ add ]
Applied Music/Piano	[ add ]
Bassoon	[ add ]
Brass	[ add ]
Cello	[ add ]
Christian Education/Church Music	[ add ]
Church Music	[ add ]
Church Music/Youth Ministries	[ add ]
Clarinet	[ add ]
Classical Guitar	[ add ]
Contemporary Christian Music	[ add ]
Contemporary Improvisation	[ add ]
Dance Accompanying	[ add ]
Double Bass	[ add ]
Euphonium	[ add ]
Flute	[ add ]
French Horn	[ add ]
General Music	[ add ]
Guitar	[ add ]
Harp	[ add ]
Harpsichord	[ add ]
Historical Performance	[ add ]
Instrumental Music	[ add ]
Instrumental Performance	[ add ]
Instruments	[ add ]
Jazz Performance	[ add ]
Jazz Studies	[ add ]
Jazz/Commercial Music	[ add ]
Keyboard Instruments	[ add ]
Keyboard/Orchestral Instruments	[ add ]
Liturgical Music	[ add ]
Music	[ add ]
Music Performance	[ add ]
Music Performance/Pedagogy	[ add ]
Music Performance/Voice/Piano/Organ	[ add ]
Music Synthesis	[ add ]
Music Technology	[ add ]
Music Theatre	[ add ]
Music/Applied Music Education	[ add ]
Music/Business	[ add ]
Music/Elective Studies in Business	[ add ]
Music/Instrumental	[ add ]
Music/Keyboard	[ add ]
Music/Language	[ add ]
Music/Sound Recording	[ add ]
Music/Technology	[ add ]
Music/Theatre	[ add ]
Music/Voice	[ add ]
Musical Arts	[ add ]
Musical Instruments	[ add ]
Musical Studies	[ add ]
Musical Theatre	[ add ]
Oboe	[ add ]
Orchestral Music	[ add ]
Orchestral Performance	[ add ]
Orchestral/Band Instruments	[ add ]
Organ	[ add ]
Organ Performance	[ add ]
Parish Music	[ add ]
Percussion	[ add ]
Performance	[ add ]
Performance/Music Education	[ add ]
Piano	[ add ]
Piano Accompanying	[ add ]
Piano Pedagogy/Performance	[ add ]
Piano Performance	[ add ]
Professional Music	[ add ]
Recorder	[ add ]
Religious Music	[ add ]
Sacred Music	[ add ]
Saxophone	[ add ]
String Instruments	[ add ]
Strings	[ add ]
Suzuki Pedagogy	[ add ]
Theatre/Music	[ add ]
Trombone	[ add ]
Trumpet	[ add ]
Tuba	[ add ]
Viola	[ add ]
Violin	[ add ]
Wind Instruments	[ add ]
Woodwind	[ add ]
Woodwinds	[ add ]

Institutions Offering Related Majors

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