Music Director

The title Music Director is a general job title—as a Music Director you can find work in a number of different fields. You might be working as the Director of an orchestra, meaning you’ll be the lead Conductor and make most of the artistic decisions for the group. Or you could be a Radio Station Music Director, where you work with record companies to decide how much play time different groups get and when their songs will play.

You can also work in schools, musical theaters or churches. In a school you might lead one ensemble or an entire music department. As the Music Director of a theater you’d be in charge of all the music of a performance so you’d choose the songs, work with the Actors to make sure they know their musical cues and conduct the orchestra or pit crew. In a church your job would include choosing music for the upcoming sermon, auditioning soloists or leading the choir. In fact, you can work in most places that use music as a substantial aspect of their function.

Wherever you choose to use your skills, know that you will be in charge of every aspect of the music. You’ll audition new performers, arrange scores, organize rehearsals and keep on new music trends as they come out.

You won’t just be dealing with Musicians though; in this job you serve as the public face of the music group, so you’ll answer questions from the media as they come up and lead any of the groups fundraising and marketing efforts.