A great orchestra can produce a rich, full, sumptuous, well blended sound . A great orchestra plays with clear balance of the different sections, strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion . The brass and percussion do not drown out the rest of the orchestra . of course, the conductor is important in this, too .
Leopold StokowskiResting placeEast Finchley CemeteryKnown forMusic director of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Founder of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and the American Symphony OrchestraNotable workFilm: Walt Disney's Fantasia Carnegie Hall One Hundred Men and a Girl.
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.
The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
Conductors often wear white gloves during a performance. For men, the traditional, most formal orchestra attire means tuxedos, complete with cummerbund, white shirt, bow tie and vest. Some organizations differentiate between tuxedo jackets with "tails" and those without.
Mannheim Steamroller has sold 36 million albums in its three decades, and 20 million of those have been Christmas- themed. Like Trans-Siberian orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller boasts two simultaneous touring acts that will play 47 cities before New Year's Eve.
The average annual salary for Orchestrators is approximately $62,400. The salary range for Orchestrators runs from $13,000 to $175,000.
The saxophone is a wind instrument with a reed and the body is made of brass, and so it forms a bridge between the woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra. It has a single reed and a conical bore. At one time, there were two distinct schools of saxophone playing: the classical, and the jazz or popular.
Programmatic composition for orchestra in one movement, which may have a traditional form (such as sonata or rondo) or an original, irregular form. who wrote the symphonic poem and where is it in.
The problem is, a symphony orchestra playing full out can easily reach 96 to 98 decibels, and certain brass and percussion instruments have registered 130 to 140 at close range.
If the string section is the most defining of the orchestra, the violins are generally the most defining members of the string family (don't tell the cellists). The violins carry the melody, particularly the first violins. The second violins will often support the first violins' harmony by playing it in a lower pitch.
The orthodoxy is that the conductor uses his or her right hand to hold a baton (if used – some prefer just to use their hands) and set the tempo, control it thereafter, signify the beginning of a new bar and deal with other matters of timing that help keep an ensemble of sometimes over a hundred individuals together.
From an article by Ralph Wood entitled The Piano as an Orchestral Instrument (which is dated 1934, so maybe there's more recent scholarship): So far as I know, the earliest composer to add the piano to his "battery" was, as might be expected, Berlioz. In Lélio [1832–ed.]
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Since the 1960s, music theatre companies have reinforced the sound of the orchestra by placing microphones on instruments and amplifying them through a public address system. While this results in a louder sound, it may not correctly reproduce the ensemble sound and instrument tone.
The harp is the only plucked-string instrument to be a regular member of the orchestra. Guitars and mandolins occasionally appear, especially in operas. There can be anywhere from one to six harps, depending on the repertoire.
Guitar. Al Pitrelli. Vocals. Andrew Ross. Guitar. Angus Clark. Vocals. April Berry. Strings. Asha Mevlana. Vocals. Ashley Hollister. Drums. Blas Elias. Storyteller. Bryan Hicks.
Orchestral players are finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet. A rank-and-file player can earn up to £40,000 per annum in the London Symphony Orchestra, but the equivalent post in the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia orchestras is unlikely to be more than £30,000 - in the North it's nearer £25,000.
Starting in 1985 he recorded three solo albums for Private Music and went on tour with his own band, as well as with Shadowfax and the Dixie Dregs. Rick Laird played with Stan Getz and Chick Corea as well as releasing one solo LP, Soft Focus, but retired from the music business in 1982.