As exams to appoint a new vicar were open to candidates of a larger area, it follows that musicians often travelled from one region to another for their next employment.
[3] The second group consisted of somewhat around seven or eight secular musicians, singers and instrumentists, hired for short-term assignments depending on financial possibilities.
About half of these musicians had an established connection to the chapter, in a role as sacristan, sexton, adult acolyte, or exceptionally former choristers that became chaplain.
[5] Eventually, such chapels could become "a group of musicians that is not explicitly linked to regular worship, but to public feasts and functions".
Sometimes with a link to official instances: Many private ensembles, where "chapel" often indicates the preference for a pre-classical music repertoire: