Band Master
Job Description: Oversees the scheduling and performances of all musicians onboard.
Experience and Skills Required: Must be proficient in more than one musical instrument; Post secondary education is preferred; Prior shipboard experience as a solo performer or band musician is required; Outgoing and charismatic personality is an asset.
Average Salary: $2,500 to $4,000 per month
Show Band Musician
Other Job Titles: The show band musicians on a cruise ship are generally interchangeable and are not hired as a group, but rather as individual solo musicians. Typical available positions are keyboards, drums, electric bass, electric guitar, sax, trumpet, trombone, male and female vocalists
Job Description: Musician in show band.
Experience and Skills Required: Experienced and proficient in chosen instrument; Strong sight reading skills; Professional entertainers will be required to submit promotional material and demo CD/DVD through a talent submission or audition process.
Average Salary: $1,500 to $2,500 per person per month
Musicians (Lounge, Pool, etc.)
Other Job Titles: Piano Bar Entertainer, One-Man Band, String Groups, Duos, Trios, Quartets, Solo Guitar
Job Description: Perform in lounges, atriums, and/or pool-side
Experience and Skills Required: Professional entertainers will be required to submit promotional material and demo CD/DVD through a talent submission or audition process.
Average Salary: $1,500 to $2,500 per person per month