What are the types of orchestral music?

A Symphony Orchestra is defined as a large ensemble composed of wind, string, brass and percussion instruments and organized to perform classical music. Wind instruments include flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoons. String instruments include harp, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

The typical symphony orchestra consists of four groups of related musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings (violin, viola, cello, and double bass).

Violinist Salaries Job Title/Salary/Green Bay Symphony Orchestra Violinist salaries - 1 salaries reported $35/hr Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Section Violinist salaries - 6 salaries reported $27,037/yr The Florida Orchestra Section Violinist salaries - 1 salaries reported $38,000/yr.

Conductor, in music, a person who conducts an orchestra, chorus, opera company, ballet, or other musical group in the performance and interpretation of ensemble works.

Gustavo Dudamel

The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band. It includes most percussion instruments and all unpitched instruments. The percussion section is itself divided into three subsections: ... Auxiliary percussion, consisting of all unpitched instruments such as snare drum and cymbals.

The New York Philharmonic

The string section is the largest in the orchestra. It is comprised of instruments that derive their musical sound from the vibration of tuned strings. The orchestra contains two large groups of violins, plus groups of the violin's larger, lower-pitched relatives: the viola, the cello, and the double bass.

Violins are well-suited to playing melody, making them one of the most important instruments in the orchestra. Firstly, they are the highest string instrument, so their bright tone rises above the rest of the string section. Secondly, they are played with a bow, unlike woodwind or brass instrument which rely on air.

Major orchestra salaries range by the orchestra from a little over $100,000 to a little over $150,000. Principals, the ranking member of each orchestra section, can make a great deal more, in some instances more than $400,000. And most major orchestras play for a season lasting only about nine- months a year.

The most common seating arrangement in the 2000s is with first violins, second violins, violas and cello sections arrayed clockwise around the conductor, with basses behind the cellos on the right.

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Andy Hull

Teddy Abrams

Trumpet

1716 The earliest known orchestral use of the clarinet was in the chorus "Plena nectare" from Vivaldi's oratorio "Juditha Triumphans." 1718 Caldara's opera "Ifigenia in Aulide" may be the first to use clarinets but it is possible that these parts were intended for clarini not clarinets.

The first semblance of a modern orchestra came in the early 17th century when the Italian opera composer Claudio Monteverdi formally assigned specific instruments to perform his music.

Oboe

Ten second violins

Baroque orchestra instruments usually included:strings - violins, violas, cellos and double basses. woodwind - recorders or wooden flutes, oboes and bassoon. brass - sometimes trumpets and/or horns (without valves)timpani (kettledrums)continuo - harpsichord or organ.

First Electrical Orchestral Recording The honour of the world's first electrical recording of an orchestra belongs to Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, with their 1925 recording of Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, again for the Victor label.

Orchestra Instrument Families: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion | Oregon Symphony.

The word orchestra comes from the actual space in which an orchestra plays; the Greek orkhestra means "a space where a chorus of dancers performs," from orkheisthai, "to dance."

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.