Mike EdwardsELO's Mike Edwards killed by hay bale in freak crash. An early member of 1970s British rock group ELO was killed in a "freak" accident when his van was crushed by a bale of hay, police said. Cellist Mike Edwards, 62, died instantly in the accident on the A381 in Halwell, Devon, on Friday.
The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The typical Western marching band, school band, or wind ensemble (woodwinds and brass together are winds) leaves out the strings, but otherwise uses most of the same instruments as the orchestra.
The concertmaster sits to the conductor's left, closest to the audience, in what is called the "first chair," "first [music] stand" or outside of the US "first desk." The concertmaster makes decisions regarding bowing and other technical details of violin playing for the violins, and sometimes all of the string players ...
Symphonic Poem. -Also called tone poem, a one movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictorial ideas.
1946The ASO was first formed in 1946 when seventeen local musicians began meeting once a week to share their interest and enthusiasm for creating an organized community orchestra.
The Count Basie Orchestra
The Orchestra was also featured in a National Geographic documentary film entitled Ethiopia: The Hidden Empire (1970). [2] By 1975, due to the upheavals caused by the Derg revolution, the group finally disbanded, although many of its musicians continued to perform with other groups, and as soloists.
From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated 27 top 40 songs on the UK Singles Chart, and fifteen top 20 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits (20) without a number one single of any band in US chart history.Also known as: ELO; Jeff Lynne's ELOAssociated acts: ; ; The Or...Members: ; Genres: ; ; progressive ...
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).
1908The Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra (GGFSO) is a community orchestra based in Grand Forks, North Dakota which began performing in 1908.
The double bass provides a unique sound in classical music. The instrument can play much lower than anyone can sing, and it provides the foundation for the orchestra's sound. ... In an orchestra, basses are almost always way over on the right side of the stage.
As a result, within American orchestras rotary trumpets are generally used for German and Austrian Classical and Romantic repertoire from the likes of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Bruckner, as well as repertoire originally intended for valveless "natural trumpets," in an effort to honor what the composer originally ...
Today orchestras can usually be heard in concert halls. They also play in opera houses for opera and ballet, or in a large stadium for huge open-air concerts.
That fugues were especially popular during Purcell's lifetime—in the Baroque era—makes Britten's choice of fugue form particularly suitable to his source material. Beginning with flutes and piccolo, each instrument states the new melody in turn as overlapping layers of music gradually emerge.
Instruments of the Orchestra
Live music is one of the many essential elements of a Broadway musical. ... We invite you to explore behind the scenes – take a virtual tour and visit our orchestra members, look at the galleries and media pages, and get to know the talented musicians that make music each night on the Great White Way.
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The woodwind members of the orchestra are the flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. There can be two, three, or four, of any of these woodwinds in an orchestra, depending on the size of the orchestra and the piece being played.