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O*NET detailed work activityPerform music for the public
Stays humanBe there for people
3 jobs14 tasks
This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.
Part of Present arts or entertainment performances, under the O*NET work activity group Performing for or Working Directly with the Public. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 14 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Specialize in playing a specific family of instruments or a particular type of music.
- Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
- Play from memory or by following scores.
- Play musical instruments as soloists, or as members or guest artists of musical groups such as orchestras, ensembles, or bands.
- Interpret or modify music, applying knowledge of harmony, melody, rhythm, and voice production to individualize presentations and maintain audience interest.
- Provide the musical background for live shows, such as ballets, operas, musical theatre, and cabarets.
- Memorize musical selections and routines, or sing following printed text, musical notation, or customer instructions.
- Sing as a soloist or as a member of a vocal group.
- Observe choral leaders or prompters for cues or directions in vocal presentation.
- Sing a cappella or with musical accompaniment.
- Improvise music during performances.
- Perform in television, radio, or movie productions.