Music Director
Supervising band personnel and directing daily Navy music-unit operations provides a foundation for leading a civilian ensemble.
How to prepare: Arrange a supervised rehearsal with a civilian ensemble to assess conducting and score-interpretation skills before pursuing music-director openings.
What the civilian work involves
- Direct groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
- Study scores to learn the music in detail, and to develop interpretations.
- Consider such factors as ensemble size and abilities, availability of scores, and the need for musical variety, to select music to be performed.