When did Orchestra Hall open?

The main reason why an orchestra concert is a captivating musical experience is due to the impressive skills of the musicians themselves. Honed by years of practice and countless performances, orchestral musicians are some of the best and most dedicated musicians in the world.

The plural form of orchestra is orchestras.

ELO were an excellent band, but not a great one. Jeff Lynne wrote very good songs with clever arrangements, and the band had its own distinctive sound. But I'd say that what sets great bands apart from the rest is that they not only have good songs and a distinctive sound, they also have amazing singers or frontmen.

The person standing in front of (audience) in an orchestra is generally known as conductor, choral director or chair master, or Maestro, he carries his hand wave is called a BATON.

Children five years and older may attend Boston Symphony and Boston Pops concerts. Youth and Family Concerts are intended for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Children of any age may attend Holiday Pops matinee performances.

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The brass family usually sits across the back of the orchestra. The HORN is in the back row of the orchestra, behind the bassoons and clarinets.

Standard instruments (including violin, viola, cello, contrabass, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon) are the most commonly used instruments and tend to sound throughout the course of musical works.

Violinists in the United States make an average salary of $65,962 per year or $31.71 per hour. In terms of salary range, an entry level violinist salary is roughly $27,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $160,000.

The orchestra became standardized. The Classical orchestra came to consist of strings (first and second violins, violas, violoncellos, and double basses), two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two or four horns, two trumpets, and two timpani.

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

Answer: The guitar is not found in an orchestra because the sound doesn't blend well with the rest of the instruments, also it is just a tradition that it isn't found in an orchestra.

Through the years, the music industry in Singapore grew having Western-influenced performances by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as well as ethnic music performances mainly by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra.

In a symphony orchestra, the horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn (or German horn or Vienna horn). These musicians are typically seated to the back of the ensemble and may be on either side at the director's discretion.

Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part (in contrast to orchestral music, in which each string part is played by a number of performers). ... Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as "the music of friends".

A total of forty-four are used in full orchestras. The string family is the largest family in the orchestra, accounting for over half of the total number of musicians on stage. The string instruments all have carved, hollow, wooden bodies with four strings running from top to bottom.

Earlier in theatre history from 1500–1650 the orchestra pit was also called the yard and it was a lower level that lower-class members of the audience would stand to watch the show. It was generally very crowded and hard to see the full stage. The amount of space in the yard varied with different stages.

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.