What country does the word orchestra come from?

There were 1,224 symphony orchestras in the United States as of 2014. Some U. S. orchestras maintain a full 52-week performing season, but most are small and have shorter seasons.

The saxophone is used in a wide range of musical styles including classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, and occasionally orchestras), military bands, marching bands, jazz (such as big bands and jazz combos), and contemporary music.

Sousaphone. The most common band instruments that are not found in the orchestra are the baritone horn and the Sousaphone.

The earliest violins were used for popular and dance music. During the 17th century it replaced the viol as the primary stringed instrument in chamber music. The Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi included violins in the orchestra of his opera Orfeo (first performed in 1607).

An orchestra is a group of musicians playing instruments together. They make music. A large orchestra is sometimes called a "symphony orchestra" and a small orchestra is called a "chamber orchestra". A symphony orchestra may have about 100 players, while a chamber orchestra may have 30 or 40 players.

According to NYMag.com you can hire a Juilliard soloist for $300/hour, and a full orchestra from $2,000 in New York City. Terra Vista Strings in San Antonio charges $515 for a string trio for 1 hour, and $645 for a quartet. The Seattle String Quartet charge $750 for 1 hour for a quartet, and $600 for 1 hour for a trio.

The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα (orchestra), the name for the area in front of a stage in ancient Greek theatre reserved for the Greek chorus.

The trombone plays the important role of balancing the high sounds of the trumpet with the rest of the musicians in modern orchestras, concert band, and brass ensembles. Their mellow tenor voice also helps add a lower intonation without the boom of the tubas.

Symphony, a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements, at least one of which usually employs sonata form (also called first-movement form).

Explanation: Lyrical and bouncy; sharp and mellow; sweet, plaintive and joyous: Strings can beautifully convey each of these, and this is why they are the heart of any orchestra. In the hands of a master performer, a stringed instrument can make you giggle one minute and weep the next.

String section Instruments of the Orchestra IV: The Double Bass : Interlude. At the bottom of the string section stands the mighty Double Bass. With a body 45.5 inches (115 cm) and overall length of 74.8 inches (189 cm) the double bass both towers above and supports from below the string section of the orchestra.

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

Melody is the most identifiable feature in any musical composition. In songs, the singer has the melody, but in orchestral music any instrument may play the melody. Often melody is given added meaning by the instrument that plays it.

Synthesizers are used in many musical theatre productions, either to create new, modern synthesizer tones, or to simulate orchestral instruments with sampled or synthesized tones.

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

ParaguayFormed in 2012, the orchestra has performed internationally with Stevie Wonder and the American heavy-metal bands Metallica and Megadeth.
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They took their name because they combined electric rock instruments with orchestral instruments. "Light Orchestras" were small orchestras popular in England in the '60s. Their first manager was Don Arden. When he lost interest in the group, he gave them to his daughter Sharon who ran Jet Records.

The A clarinet is an essential orchestral instrument, and many solo pieces and chamber-music works have been written for it as well. It is only seldom used in music for wind instruments. With its deep, somewhat somber sound and its gentle tonal quality, it is used in works such as Mozart concertos.

The New York Philharmonic
Overview. Leonard Bernstein will be always associated with the New York Philharmonic as a conductor, being the orchestra's Music Director from 1958 - 1969, and thereafter Conductor Emeritus.