Musicians, singers and composers write, arrange, conduct and perform musical compositions.
Skill level:
Highly skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Musicians, singers and composers - from R10 910 to R44 835 per month - 2025.
- A Musicians, singers and composers typically earns between R10 910 and R26 860 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R15 602 and R36 784 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Creating melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures to express ideas and emotions in musical form
- Translating ideas and concepts into standard musical signs and symbols for reproduction and performance
- Adapting or arranging music for particular instrumental or vocal groups, instruments or occasions
- Conducting instrumental or vocal groups
- Selecting music for performances and assigning instrumental parts to musicians
- Playing one or more musical instruments as a soloist or as a member of an orchestra or a musical group
- Singing as a soloist or as a member of a vocal group or other band
- Practising and rehearsing to maintain a high standard of performance
