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Music Director

Music Director
ANZSCO Code: 211212 / Group B

Music Director conducts choirs, orchestras, bands, ensembles, opera companies and musical performances.

Occupation description

Music Director conducts choirs, orchestras, bands, ensembles, opera companies and musical performances.

Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:

  • Band Leader 
  • Choral Director 
  • Orchestra Conductor
     

Music Director is a VETASSESS Group B occupation

This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher.

Applicants must have fulfilled at least one of the following four criteria (1–4):

Group B

* Additional qualifications in a highly relevant field of study include those comparable to the following levels:

  • AQF Diploma
  • AQF Advanced Diploma
  • AQF Associate Degree or
  • AQF Graduate Diploma

*** Bachelor degree or higher degree includes:

  • AQF Master Degree or
  • AQF Doctoral Degree

** Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week)

1–3 

minimum years of employment highly relevant to the nominated occupation, completed at an appropriate skill level in the five years before the date of application for a Skills Assessment.

minimum 6 years of relevant employment required – five years of relevant employment (can be outside the last 5-year period) in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying.

*If employment is prior to the completion of the qualification at the required level, an applicant must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining five years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years. A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.

Qualification & Employment Criteria

Qualification

Music is the study of the history, theory, creation and performance of music.

This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

 

Employment Criteria

Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to: 

  • Auditions and selects musicians and singers
  • Selects music for performances
  • Assigns instrumental parts to musicians
  • Positions musicians and singers to obtain balance of instruments and voices in accordance with musical score
  • Directs musical groups at rehearsals and performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance, rhythm and tempo
  • Arranges, adapts and orchestrates musical scores
  • May perform as well as direct musical performances
     

 

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