SKILLS
These skills are generally applicable across all professions and focus on how work is done rather than what is done.
What is Soft Skills?
What you call an online Instrument.
What is a Virtual Instrument?
This is the standard undergraduate degree often expected for film composers.
What is a bachelor’s degree in music?
This type of composer often works unpredictable hours that change based on deadlines and project demands.
What is a freelance composer?
This Austrian child prodigy wrote music from a very young age and created The Magic Flute.
What is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
The skill category that includes: Scoring to picture, notation, and sound design.
What is Production?
Modern tools used for rapid prototyping, generating "mood-based" soundscapes, or assisting in complex audio processing.
What is Emerging AI Tech/AI
Music Composition, Music Theory, and Conducting are examples of this.
What are common majors for music students?
During busy periods, freelance composers may work this many hours in a week.
What is 80-100 hours a week?
This German composer continued writing famous music even after losing much of his hearing.
What is Ludwig van Beethoven?
The skill category that includes: Music theory, harmony, orchestration, and instrument proficiency.
(HINT: M_ _ I _ _ _ C _ _ F _ )
What is Musical Craft?
Specialized programs used to translate digital compositions into printed sheet music for live musicians to read.
What is a Notation Software?
This graduate degree can focus on composition, music, or film scoring.
What is a Master's degree?
This type of composer usually follows a more stable 40-hour work week.
What is a salaried or in-house composer?
This composer wrote The Four Seasons, a set of violin concertos inspired by the seasons.
What is Antonio Vivaldi?
This soft skill involves truly understanding client feedback and artistic ‘vibes.
What is active listening?
The industry-standard workstations used for sequencing MIDI, recording live audio, and arranging compositions (e.g., Logic Pro, Cubase, or Ableton Live).(HINT: What Mrs. Anton & Gassi took 2 classes to set up and demonstrate)
What is a DAW?
Music theory, harmony, orchestration, and ear training are examples of these.
What are core coursework and study areas?
Many composers balance composing with this, which can make workdays stretch from early morning to late at night.
What is another job (double work)?
This Russian composer composed Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty.
What is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
Often called technical competencies or hard capabilities, they are role-specific, objectively tested, and form the core of a professional's skill set.
What is Hard Skills?
Tactile tools including a MIDI Controller for performing parts, a High-End Audio Interface for sound processing, and Studio Monitors for accurate listening.
(HINT: H_ _ D _ A _ _ E _ S _ N _ _ _ L S )
What is Hardware Essentials?
This advanced degree is often pursued for academic careers in music.
What is a doctoral degree?
Many modern composers work remotely from this environment using computers, digital audio software, and recording equipment.
What is a home studio?
This German composer wrote many fugues and is famous for works like the Brandenburg Concertos.
What is Johann Sebastian Bach?