Collocations for musician - noun

excellent, fine, gifted, good, great, talented | distinguished, famous | aspiring | local | traditional | dedicated, serious, trained | amateur, performing, professional, working | backing, orchestral
She had toured as a backing musician for a rock star.

classical, folk, jazz, pop/popular, rock

perform (sth), play (sth) | practise (sth), rehearse (sth)