How do they match: Music Directors and Composers

  • Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical artists or groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs; or create original works of music.

  • Apply elements of music theory to create musical and tonal structures, including harmonies and melodies.
  • Assign and review staff work in such areas as scoring, arranging, and copying music, and vocal coaching.
  • Determine voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos, and tone balances required to achieve the effects desired in a musical composition.