The lowest-paid orchestras include the Virginia Symphony, Alabama, Louisville and San Antonio Orchestras, where 2010-11 season base salaries range from $26,000 to $36,000, according to settlement bulletins from the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians.
Each section of the classical orchestra had a special role. The strings were the most important secion, with the first violins taking the melody most of the time and the lower strings providing an accompaniment. The woodwinds added contrasting tone colours and were oftengiven melodic solos.
During the romantic period, the orchestra had become a great force due to its increasing size including the following: strings - larger string section. woodwind - flutes and piccolo, oboes and clarinets, bassoon and double bassoons. brass - trumpets, trombones and French horns (tuba added later in the period)
Oboes have been used in orchestras for about 400 years and are among the most established instruments of the orchestra. The oboe is slightly lower in pitch than the flute and so occupies the alto register in the woodwind section.
A person who leads an orchestra is a Conductor.
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".
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The most common question asked by parents and students alike is the difference between “Band” and “Orchestra.” Both are “performance-based large group music classes,” but there are differences. Band classes are made up of “Wind” and “Percussion” instruments whereas Orchestra classes are made up of “String” instruments.
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The violin family comprises the violin, the viola, the cello (violoncello), and the double bass; it forms the backbone of the modern symphony orchestra.
Conductors help musicians start and stop together. Conductors set the tempo, or speed, that everyone will play. Conductors show the beat patterns. Conductors show different musicians when to start playing with a cue, or a motion directed at them.
During the romantic period, the orchestra had become a great force due to its increasing size including the following: strings - larger string section. woodwind - flutes and piccolo, oboes and clarinets, bassoon and double bassoons. brass - trumpets, trombones and French horns (tuba added later in the period)
Which best describes the final passage of music in Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra? At the end of Interrupted Intermezzo, the flute plays a cadenza.
The strings are the largest family of instruments in the orchestra and they come in four sizes: the violin, which is the smallest, viola, cello, and the biggest, the double bass, sometimes called the contrabass.
Legend has it that the band played “Nearer my God to thee” just moments before Titanic sank.
Orchestras play a wide range of repertoire, including symphonies, opera and ballet overtures, concertos for solo instruments, and as pit ensembles for operas, ballets, and some types of musical theatre (e.g., Gilbert and Sullivan operettas).
A symphony orchestra will usually have over eighty musicians on its roster, in some cases over a hundred, but the actual number of musicians employed in a particular performance may vary according to the work being played and the size of the venue.
And why do they need them? A symphony orchestra is usually made up of (give or take) around ten first violins and ten second violins, ten violas, eight cellos and six double basses.
A student bass will cost roughly $1,800-$3,000. An intermediate bass will cost $4,000-$10,000 or more.