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Classical Musician Careers

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Work Environment:

Classical musicians sing classical music or play a musical instrument for recordings used for CDs, radios, film or TV, or in live recitals/concerts. Being a classical musician, you may give solo performance as freelance musician, or as member of a musical band or orchestra.

In addition to performing for recordings/audiences, you'd also employ much of time:

  • tuning and setting up your musical-instrument before a show
  • practicing
  • attending and getting ready for auditions

  • learning and practicing new compositions
  • approaching agents and finding out work, if working on freelance basis
  • taking care of your instrument/voice
In few cases, you may conduct ensembles/orchestras, or compose your compositions.

You'd often merge playing-music with teaching, or functioning within associated field such as arts management or community-arts.

Qualification, Education and Experience:

You'd have to accomplish higher levels of performance into your selected musical instrument. Most of the classical musicians begin learning as a minimum 1 musical-instrument at an early-age, and accomplish ranked music examination comprising music theory. Several classical musicians also obtain high level training within music college/university.

Music colleges provide music diplomas/degrees of three/four years, and 1 year postgraduate-courses for those who hold a music-degree. Generally, you'd specialize into 1 main musical instrument and study another musical instrument.

You'd generally require grade eight into your main musical instrument, to gain entry in music colleges (conservatoires). You'd have to get through with an audition and you might necessitate qualifications, like A-Level Music. For details regarding precise admission requirements, contact distinct music schools. Check the website of CUKAS (Conservatoires Admissions-Service UK), for information about courses.

Few university music-degrees concentrate on music-theory than performance thus you must investigate carefully to ensure that course is correct for you. For this kind of training course, you'd require 5 GCSE grades (A to C) and 2 A Levels comprising music. Though, you might be admitted without A Level-Music, if you demonstrate a higher standard of musical skills in audition.

You can gain experience and confidence by performing in public. You may discover it helpful to participate into festivals and competitions.

For a directory of music training courses, check the website of ISM (Incorporated-Society of Musicians).

Training Details:

Being a proficient classical-musician, your experience and skills would improve through continuing performing and rehearsing. Generally, you'd persist to take advanced-lessons by music-teachers to develop your skills all through your career.

You might discover it helpful to enroll with Musicians' Union and/or ISM for development and networking chances, and careers and legal advice.

If you're a freelance classical musician, you'd discover it helpful to develop business abilities, like accounts and tax. The ISM and Musicians'-Union could advise associates on this.

Skills and knowledge:

  • capability to take rejection and criticism
  • self discipline
  • readiness to employ longer hours rehearsing
  • motivation and commitment
  • high standard of musical skills
  • capability to work by yourself and with other-musicians
  • self confidence to give performance in the presence of audience

Salary and Other Benefits:

  • File and rank players within orchestras can get about £23,000 to £29,000 annually.
  • Principal-players can receive around £26,000 to £40,000.

Working Conditions:

Hours of working could be unsocial and comprise weekends and evenings. Recording sessions within studio could often acquire several hours and continue till late night. You'd have to employ hours rehearsing and practicing.

You can perform at various venues, such as restaurants, hotels, concert halls, theaters and different music venues. You can also employ time traveling within country and probably overseas.

Different Opportunities:

Orchestras provide few full time openings. Although, it's common to work on freelance basis and undertake different freelance-work with bands, orchestras, accompanying vocalists/singers, or within recording sessions.

If experienced you can progress within an orchestra/ensemble from file and rank player to principal-player, and ultimately conduct the orchestra.

You can compose compositions, begin your ensemble/band, or advance to music administration/education, or community-arts work.

Openings might be publicized by nationwide press and classical music sites. You can discover work chances by agents, and networking.

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