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Music director

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Band director Band master Conductor Music conductor Music leader Musical director Orchestra conductor Orchestra director

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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Creating melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures to express ideas and emotions in musical form;
(b) Translating ideas and concepts into standard musical signs and symbols for reproduction and performance;
(c) Adapting or arranging music for particular instrumental or vocal groups, instruments or occasions;
(d) Conducting instrumental or vocal groups;
(e) Selecting music for performances and assigning instrumental parts to musicians;
(f) Playing one or more musical instruments as a soloist or as a member of an orchestra or a musical group;
(g) Singing as soloists or members of vocal groups or other bands;
(h) Practising and rehearsing to maintain a high standard of performance.

Knowledge

  • Music and performing arts
  • Audio-visual techniques and media production

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Creating artistic designs or performances
  • Composing music
  • Supervising a team or group
  • Performing artistic or cultural activities

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Leading others
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Thinking creatively and innovatively

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Legal, social and cultural professionals

Creative and performing artists

Musicians, singers and composers

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Musicians, singers and composers

4.477

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

52,43%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

4,80% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

2,55%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,04%

Part-time contracts

3,20% Turnover index

240

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

4%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Legal, social and cultural professionals

41%

59%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Legal, social and cultural professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Creative and performing artists

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Musicians, singers and composers

No experience
6%
Less than 1 year
9%
Between 1 and 2 years
30%
Between 2 and 4 years
30%
Between 4 and 8 years
12%
More than 8 years
13%
Transportation and storage
25%
Manufacturing
14%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
14%
Information and communication
10%
Administrative and support service activities
9%
Others
28%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.