What are the four most common string instruments used in an orchestra?

Leopold Stokowski

Henry Lewis

From somber tones to booming and joyful sounds, going to an orchestra concert is an emotionally uplifting experience that would take you into a musical journey like no other.

Recording a 60-90 minute orchestral film score can cost anything from $30,000 up to $1,000,000 and beyond. In London or LA, a reasonable average for musicians and studio is around $100,000.

The smallest full orchestra without any qualifying title would need 40–50 musicians. They would include full wind, brass, and percussion sections, which gets you up around 20+; you also need several desks of strings, maybe 8.6.

Also Called. Orchestra Member, Section Member. Orchestra musicians are classically trained musicians who rehearse, perform, and record music with an orchestra.

The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

The DB will run approximately 20 to 25 lbs and the trunk can be anywhere from 45 lbs to well, a lot more, depending on the trunk.

The group was initially called Elmer Snowden and his Black Sox Orchestra and had seven members, including trumpeter James "Bubber" Miley. They renamed themselves The Washingtonians. Snowden left the group in early 1924, and Ellington took over as bandleader.

The strings are the largest family of instruments in the orchestra and they come in four sizes: the violin, which is the smallest, viola, cello, and the biggest, the double bass, sometimes called the contrabass.

How much you can make as a classical musician varies wildly. According to the American Federation of Musicians or AFM, Toronto branch, hourly rates for orchestral musicians start at $106 for the leader and $53 per hour for what they call side players, with a three-hour minimum. That's scale for a freelance gig.

The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

Timpani

The Boston Pops is made up of all the members of the Boston Symphony EXCEPT for the first chairs. The first chairs tour as the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. ... The BPEO is the branch of the Pops that tours; while the BSO's Boston Pops orchestra plays all the Pops concerts at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood in the summer.

William Grant Still's

Per usual, there will be two touring iterations of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which allows for shows in multiple cities on the same day, oftentimes with two performances each day.

 CONCERTO- is a multi-movement work designed for an instrumental soloist and orchestra. ... The solo instruments in classical concertos include violin, cello, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, and piano. Concerto has three movements: fast, slow, and fast.

When we think of the 'traditional' layout of an orchestra, we think of the violins directly to the left of the conductor and the violas in the centre, with the woodwind and then the percussion behind them. ... In fact, the second violins used to be seated opposite the first violins, where the cellos normally are.

When Benjamin Britten was asked to write a piece introducing children to the instruments of the orchestra, he thought that a theme and variations was the best way to do this. He composed The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (also known as Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell) in 1945.