Music director jobs in Finland
Music directors lead musical groups such as orchestras and bands during live performances or recording sessions. They organise the music and composition, coordinate the playing musicians and record the performance. Music directors are professionals working in diverse places such as the film industry, music videos, radio stations, musical ensembles or schools.
Music director - Which skills are essential?
Assign and manage staff tasks in areas such as scoring, arranging, copying music and vocal coaching.
Explore and develop musical concepts based on sources such as imagination or environmental sounds.
The different musical instruments, their ranges, timbre, and possible combinations.
Direct music groups, individual musicians or complete orchestras at rehearsals and during live or studio performances, in order to improve the overall tonal and harmonic balance, dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
Schedule rehearsals and music performances, arrange details such as locations, select accompanists and instrumentalists.
Rewrite original musical scores in different musical genres and styles; change rhythm, harmony tempo or instrumentation.
Analyse a preformance video recording by using experts as a model.
Different musical styles and genres such as blues, jazz, reggae, rock, or indie.
Arrange and adapt existing musical compositions, add variations to existing melodies or compositions manually or with the use of computer software. Redistribute instrumental parts.
Assign lines of music to different musical instruments and/or voices to be played together.
Make up and work out details for orchestral sketches, such as adding extra vocal parts to scores.
Guide musicians during rehearsals, live performances or studio recording sessions.
Position qualified musicians within musical groups, orchestras or ensembles, to obtain a correct balance among instrumental or vocal sections.
Transcribe/translate musical ideas into musical notation, using instruments, pen and paper, or computers.
Coordinate the selection of music and sounds so they match the mood of the scene.
Attend recording sessions in order to make changes or adaptations to the musical score.
Set the date, the agenda, gather the required resources, and coordinate events around music such as concerts, competitions or exams.
The body of interrelated concepts that constitutes the theoretical background of music.
Read the musical score during rehearsal and live performance.
Experiment with different sound sources, use synthesizers and computer software, permanently explore and evaluate musical ideas and concepts.
Continually commit to perfecting your instrumental or vocal performance.
Music director - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Improvise music during live performances.
Study original pieces of music to get well acquainted with music theory and history.
Create original musical forms, or write within existing musical formats like operas or symphonies.
The various development stages of making a film, such as scriptwriting, financing, shooting, editing, and distribution.
The systems used to visually represent music through the use of written symbols, including ancient or modern musical symbols.
Understand how film music can create desired effects or moods.
Promote music and participate in media interviews and other promotional activities.
Connect fragments of or whole songs together in a smooth manner.
Write musical scores for orchestras, ensembles or individual instrumentalists using knowledge of music theory and history. Apply instrumental and vocal capabilities.
Lead the way in melodic, vocal or instrument sequences.
Compose original pieces music such as songs, symphonies or sonatas.
Record a sound or musical performance in a studio or live environment. Use the appropriate equipment and your professional judgment to capture the sounds with optimal fidelity.
Take part in recording sessions in music studios.
Set up a basic stereo audio recording system.