# Musicians and Singers

> Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.

- **SOC code:** 27-2042.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2042-00
- **Also known as:** Choir Member, Musician, Singer, Violinist, Chorister, Gospel Singer, Opera Singer, Orchestra Musician
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
- Sing a cappella or with musical accompaniment.
- Interpret or modify music, applying knowledge of harmony, melody, rhythm, and voice production to individualize presentations and maintain audience interest.
- Specialize in playing a specific family of instruments or a particular type of music.
- Sing as a soloist or as a member of a vocal group.
- Observe choral leaders or prompters for cues or directions in vocal presentation.
- Memorize musical selections and routines, or sing following printed text, musical notation, or customer instructions.
- Play musical instruments as soloists, or as members or guest artists of musical groups such as orchestras, ensembles, or bands.
- Sight-read musical parts during rehearsals.
- Play from memory or by following scores.
- Practice singing exercises and study with vocal coaches to develop voice and skills and to rehearse for upcoming roles.
- Research particular roles to find out more about a character, or the time and place in which a piece is set.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Fine Arts _(knowledge)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Hearing Sensitivity _(ability)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_
- Memorization _(ability)_
- Auditory Attention _(ability)_
- Speech Recognition _(ability)_
- Speech Clarity _(ability)_
- Speaking _(essential_skill)_
- Originality _(ability)_
- Near Vision _(ability)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Finger Dexterity _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Word _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Excel _(Common Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Facebook _(Specialized Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Time Management _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Facebook _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- SAP software _(hot technology)_
- Acoustica Mixcraft
- Apple GarageBand
- Appointment scheduling software
- Audacity
- Avid Technology Pro Tools
- Avid Technology Sibelius
- Blogging software

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 38th percentile (Moderate) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.):** 48th percentile (Moderate) — source: felten_aioe.
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 48th percentile (Moderate) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 25th percentile (Low) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Frey–Osborne (2013, historical computerization estimate):** 25th percentile — kept separate from current-era studies.
- **Remote-capable (Dingel–Neiman):** no — task structure, not who actually works remote.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 1.1% growth (About average); 19.4k annual openings; 169.8k → 171.6k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median —; 38,350 employed.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE
- **Frey & Osborne (2013)** (frey-osborne-automation) — academic. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/
- **Dingel & Neiman (2020)** (dingel-neiman-workathome) — academic. https://github.com/jdingel/DingelNeiman-workathome

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2042-00_