Musicians
Musicians write, arrange, orchestrate, conduct and perform musical compositions.
£38,203
Median Salary
New workers start around £25,167. Normal pay is £38,203 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £62,601.
Daily Tasks
- Auditions and selects performers and rehearses and conducts them in the performance of the composition.
- Scores music for different combinations of voices and instruments to produce desired effect.
- Plays instrument as a soloist or as a member of a group or orchestra.
- Tunes instrument and studies and rehearses score.
- Conceives and writes original music.
Skills employers are asking for
- Learning Strategies
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Mathematics
- Science
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