NOC 2021 · 51121 · TEER 1
Conductors, composers and arrangers
Unit group 51121 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Conductors, composers and arrangers conduct bands and orchestras, compose musical works and arrange instrumental and vocal compositions. They are employed by symphony and chamber orchestras, bands, choirs, sound recording companies, and orchestras for ballet and opera performances, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- arranger
- artistic director - music
- author-composer-performer
- band conductor
- band director
- bandmaster
- chansonnier
- choir director
- choir leader
- choirmaster
- choral conductor
- choral director
- chorus master
- composer
- conductor
- copyist - music
- lyricist
- maestro
- motion picture musical director
- music adapter
- music arranger
- music copyist
- music director
- music writer
- musical director
- orchestra artistic director
- orchestral conductor
- orchestrator
- orchestrator-arranger
- singer-songwriter-composer
- songwriter
- stage musical director
- television musical director
- writer-composer-performer
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.