Who is the conductor of the electric light orchestra?

Do choir and orchestra members get paid for their service? No. All 360 members of The Tabernacle Choir and all 110 members of the Orchestra at Temple Square are unpaid volunteers who practice and perform weekly.

The recorder was well known in Europe by the Middle Ages. ... In time, the recorder was replaced in the orchestra by woodwind instruments that were newer or being enhanced, such as the oboe and flute. Our contemporary interest in historically informed performance has returned the recorder to the concert stage.

Titanic Musicians Showing great courage, and looking to soothe the nerves of others, all 8 are believed to have continued playing as the crew loaded the lifeboats. 3 – the number of the musicians whose bodies were recovered (Clarke, Hartley and Hume); the other 5 were never found.

The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question.

An early career Conductor, Orchestra with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $26,036 based on 4 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $50,000.

The term concert orchestra may sometimes be used (e.g., BBC Concert Orchestra; RTÉ Concert Orchestra)—no distinction is made on size of orchestra by use of this term, although their use is generally distinguished as for live concert. As such they are commonly chamber orchestras.

Orchestra: The orchestra (literally, "dancing space") was normally circular. It was a level space where the chorus would dance, sing, and interact with the actors who were on the stage near the skene.

1716 The earliest known orchestral use of the clarinet was in the chorus "Plena nectare" from Vivaldi's oratorio "Juditha Triumphans." 1718 Caldara's opera "Ifigenia in Aulide" may be the first to use clarinets but it is possible that these parts were intended for clarini not clarinets.

Three distinct types of orchestra--symphony, chamber and string--expose audiences around the world to new cultural and musical experiences each year.

A symphony is a large-scale musical composition, usually with three or four movements. An orchestra is a group of musicians with a variety of instruments, which usually includes the violin family.

The word orchestra usually means the instruments only, i.e. strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, etc. If there is a choir singing with the orchestra then people usually talk about orchestra and chorus. If there are individual singers then they are usually called soloists.

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A “band” includes brass, percussion, and woodwinds along with flutes, clarinets, and trumpets. An “orchestra” is composed of different string instruments like violins, basses, and violas.

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The tuba is the largest and lowest brass instrument and anchors the harmony not only of the brass family but the whole orchestra with its deep rich sound.

Double bass

Music arrangement takes the original composition then adapts and develops it. It may be given different instruments or voices, re-harmonization, additions, modulations and paraphrasing. With music orchestration, the musical substance remains essentially unchanged, but the melodic lines are given different voices.

In collegiate level and below, there's two people to a stand and the inside person turns the page. In professional orchestras, they've likely memorized the entire piece, and can simply turn when any convenient spot turns up.

String orchestras can be of chamber orchestra size ranging from between 12 (4 first violins, 3 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 bass = 12) and 21 musicians (6 first violins, 5 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos and 2 double basses= 21) sometimes performing without a conductor.

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.

A symphony orchestra is an ensemble usually comprising at least thirty musicians; the number of players is typically between fifty and ninety-five and may exceed one hundred. A symphony orchestra is divided into families of instruments.

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

On the other hand, Savatage, the four-piece (sometimes five-piece) band that birthed Trans-Siberian Orchestra, was completely metal. Founded in Florida in 1978 by brothers Criss and Jon Oliva, Savatage sidestepped most of the teased-out hair metal trends of the '80s.

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