Initially the Beatles were a guitars and drums band. In the course of their career every member became a multi-instrumentalist. George Harrison played the lead guitar and also introduced such exotic instruments as ukulele, Indian sitars, flutes, tabla, darbouka, and tampur drums.
Who Was Leonard Bernstein? Inspired and voracious in his conducting style, Leonard Bernstein got his big break conducting the New York Philharmonic in 1943. He was one of the first American-born conductors to lead world-class orchestras. He composed the score for the musical West Side Story.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra had many vocal hits with singers such as Ray Eberle and with his vocal group, the "Modernaires", fronted by tenor player Tex Beneke" and vocalists such as Paula Kelly and Marion Hutton.
Percussion instruments
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. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
Local Orchestras Can Help Celebrate Holidays, Events, and Milestones. Music is an essential part of almost every event. While live bands are often the go-to for entertainment, local orchestras, too, can help celebrate the moment.
A symphony orchestra is a large string ensemble with a few winds and percussion added. A band is an ensemble of wind instruments and percussion designed to provide outdoor music. It is much louder than an orchestra. A symphonic band is a band intended to mimic an orchestra.
An orchestra usually has a single tuba, though an additional tuba may be requested. It serves as the bass of the orchestral brass section and it can reinforce the bass voices of the strings and woodwinds.
Within the orchestra the piano usually supports the harmony, but it has another role as a solo instrument (an instrument that plays by itself), playing both melody and harmony.
Landmark court case says no, musicians are employees. In April 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the musicians of the Lancaster Symphony are employees. ... It is odd that you can be an employee in one orchestra and yet do the exact same thing for another orchestra and be considered an independent contractor.
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.
The Concert orchestra is a preparatory group that works on building a musical foundation through classical pieces that are arranged for younger musicians. The Symphony Orchestra is a more advancedgroup that focuses on performing original classical repertoire at a professional level.
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
They were, in rank order, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (5th), the Cleveland Orchestra (7th), the Los Angeles Philharmonic (8th), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (11th), the New York Philharmonic (12th), the San Francisco Symphony (13th), and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (New York City) (18th).
Most importantly a conductor serves as a messenger for the composer. It is their responsibility to understand the music and convey it through gesture so transparently that the musicians in the orchestra understand it perfectly. Those musicians can then transmit a unified vision of the music out to the audience.
Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart will mark his 24th year at the helm of the orchestra. It all began in 1885, thanks to the vision of Civil War veteran Henry Lee Higginson.