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Career Guidance Skills communication, collaboration and creativity S1.13 - writing and composing S1.13.1 - composing music Develop musical ideas
Description
Explore and develop musical concepts based on sources such as imagination or environmental sounds.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Music directorMusic directors lead musical groups such as orchestras and bands during live performances or recording sessions. They organise the music and composition, coordinate the playing mus…
- Music arrangerA Music Arranger adapts existing musical compositions to different formats, ensembles, or styles. They rearrange and orchestrate pieces to suit specific needs, whether for a band, …
- ComposerA Composer is a professional who creates original music. They write and arrange musical scores for various forms of media, including orchestras, bands, films, television, video gam…
- Choirmaster/choirmistressA Choirmaster/Choirmistress is responsible for leading and directing a choir. This includes selecting the repertoire, conducting rehearsals, and ensuring that choir members perform…
Optional for
- MusicianA Musician is an artist skilled in performing, composing, and interpreting music. Musicians can work across various genres and styles, including classical, jazz, rock, pop, hip-hop…
Related skills
- Supervise music groups
- Read musical score
- Write musical scores
- Rewrite musical scores
- Musical theory
- Music literature
- Musical genres
- Evaluate musical ideas
- Organise compositions
- Orchestrate music
- Work out orchestral sketches
- Study music
Last updated on February 18, 2026
