Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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music director
ESCO occupation · 21 essential, 14 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
coordinate music with scenes
organise compositions
position musicians
organise musical events
orchestrate music
rewrite musical scores
guide analysis of a recorded performance
read musical score
plan musical performances
transcribe ideas into musical notation
evaluate musical ideas
manage musical staff
strive for excellence in musical performance
work out orchestral sketches
develop musical ideas
musical genres
supervise musicians
attend music recording sessions
musical instruments
supervise music groups
musical theory
Optional & specialised skills
Other matches: musical conductor · video and motion picture editor · choirmaster/choirmistress · producer · dramaturge
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.