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What do you learn in an orchestra?
Orchestra members have to work together to make music. Children learn to wait to play their instrument at the proper time, learn to adjust to fit their movements and sounds with those of others. They are learning how to cooperate and collaborate, they are learning sympathy and empathy.
What is the difference between choir and orchestra?
Is that chorus is a group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient greece while orchestra is (music) a large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
What type of instruments are in an orchestra?
Instruments of the OrchestraString family. Violin. Viola [vee-OH-lah] Cello (violoncello) [CHEL-low] ... Woodwind family. Flute, Piccolo. Oboe, English horn. Clarinet, Bass clarinet. ... Brass family. Trumpet. Horn (French horn) Trombone. ... Keyboards and Harp. Celesta [cheh-LESS-tah] Piano. Harpsichord.
What orchestras did Leonard Bernstein conduct?
Five SeasonsChicago Symphony Orchestra - 1944-1945, 1951, 1956, 1988.Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra - 1944-1947, 1956, 1988.Los Angeles Philharmonic - 1944, 1950, 1955, 1982-1983.Orchestra della Teatro alla Scala, Milan - 1950, 1953, 1955, 1982, 1984.Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1984.
What are the families of the orchestra?
Orchestra instruments are grouped into four main families: the string family, the woodwind family, the brass family, and the percussion family.
Are orchestra or balcony seats better?
The word "balcony" has a certain nose-bleed connotation, and ticket buyers are less spooked by the word "mezzanine." Front mezzanine seats are usually as good as orchestra seats, sometimes better, depending on the show. For a show with a visual sweep or intricate choreography, you might be better off in the mezzanine.