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Musician 

UCI Series Concepts

Class Specifications - D.15
Principal Musician - 6191
Senior Musician - 6192
Musician - 6193

October, 1990

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SERIES CONCEPT


Musicians provide accompaniment in instructional settings for
music, dance, and choreography classes, musical productions,
dance functions, and/or non-professional choral groups.
Incumbents typically sight read and play standard written musical
scores; accompanying a public performances; may play one or more
musical instruments; may compose, transpose, arrange, and may
select and prepare recorded accompaniment; may maintain musical
scores, instruments, musical equipment, musical libraries, tape
and recording files.


                        CLASS CONCEPT

Principal Musician

Under general direction, incumbents perform the most difficult
and creative accompanist duties. Incumbents typically
collaborate and/or consult with faculty and artistic directors
on their projects and productions, determine the musical needs
for productions and act as a departmental musical expert.
Incumbents may play several musical instruments; accompanying may
be done in the instructional setting where incumbents assist
faculty by providing the musical fabric that demonstrates the
concept being taught. Incumbents may routinely improvise music
for classes and choreographic studies and perform with frequency
as accompanist in public performances.  Principal Musicians are
distinguished from Senior Musicians in that they may  routinely
sightread the most difficult and complex scores; transpose  and
arrange musical scores; direct one or more musicians; compile or
compose original material as required and improvise accompaniment
on a variety of instruments; may organize the musical  library,
tapes and recordings; direct the purchase of musical instruments
and are responsible for the care of musical instruments and audio
equipment. Incumbents may modify, design, or arrange the custom
preparation of new or existing musical instruments such as
percussion, piano, electronic, and computer instruments where
elements are added to produce a different sound.

Senior Musician

Under direction, incumbents typically accompany groups by
improvising music for dance, choreography, and choral functions.
Incumbents compose, arrange and transpose musical scores as
required; may direct one or more Musicians and may maintain
musical scores, instruments, equipment and recordings.  The Senior
Musician class is distinguished from the Musician class in that
incumbents have responsibility for improvising, composing,
transposing and arranging musical scores in addition to playing
one or more musical instruments. Incumbents also may assist in
directing musical productions.


Musician

Under direction, incumbents play one or more instruments and
perform assigned accompanist duties as outlined in the Series
Concept.


                 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS


All classification incumbents must possess a credential from a
school of music. Principal Musicians must have experience at the
Senior Musician level or its equivalent and Senior Musicians must
have experience at the Musician level. Incumbents at each level
must possess the skills and abilities necessary for the
successful completion of duties assigned to the position.

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