Orchestra

The front row is curved, and is made up of the first two chairs of 1st and 2nd violins, viola, and cello. The rest of the strings are in rows behind them, but angled outwards to the sides of the stage. In the center, behind the strings, are the woodwinds (first row is flute and oboe, second row is clarinet and bassoon). Behind that is the brass, often in one long row towards the back. Finally in the rear of the stage is all the percussion.

The placement of the musicians of any ensemble depends on the preference of the conductor, but there is a common standard. Orchestras sit in a 180 degree arc formation so that every musician faces the conductor. This is true for most large preforming ensembles such as a concert band and sometimes smaller groups such as a brass quintet. The strings sit in the first few rows and the edges of the arc. If you are sitting in the audience the higher strings sit on the left side and the lower strings sit on the right, with violas, being the middle voice, sitting in the middle. The woodwinds sit behind the violas in the middle and the brass sit behind them. The horns sit on the left side (again, facing the stage), the trumpets sit in the middle and the low brass sit on the right. Since the bell of the horn faces backwards, any sound heard by the audience is reflected. By placing the horns in the back, the sound is easily reflected off of the back wall. In wind ensembles, the horns usually sit on the edge to make them easier to hear over the much larger brass family. However, every conductor may seat the ensemble differently.

Latin : Orchestra : area in an ancient theater

Greek : Orkhestra : semicircular space where the chorus of dancers performed

In ancient Rome, it referred to the place in the theater reserved for senators and other dignitaries.

Meaning "group of musicians performing at a concert, opera, etc." first recorded 1720; "part of theater in front of the stage" is from 1768.

Maracas would go in the percussion section. If you look at instruments from sections besides percussion, you will see that they all can produce melody, and that most percussion instruments can only create rhythm. The exceptions to this rule are the xylophone and the marimba, both of which are in the percussion section, although they can produce melody.

The conductor stands in the middle and conducts the orchestra. One of his/her principal responsibilities is to give the performers the signals at the correct time. During rehearsals, a conductor usually reshapes a composition for orchestra beyond the composer's instructions.

Yes, English horns are played in orchestras. There are about 3 to 4 of them, and they sit next to the oboes in an orchestra setting.

the orchestra is laid out like this because the string family comared to the percission family are a lot higher in picth.

this is the orchestra prdictied:

the string family

the woodwind

the brass

and the pecussion

Orchestras began to be directed by a conductor because they needed to stay in beat

Obviously more than 1 person. Why do you wanna kno anyways?

A symphonic poem. The most famous example is 'Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun' by Debussey. Also 'Dance Macabra' by Saint Saen, 'Night on a Bald Mountain' by Rimsky Korsakov, 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' by Dukas.

There is no guitar in a standard symphony orchestra. If the orchestra is playing a guitar concerto, the guitarist would sit in front of the orchestra, near the conductor, as would any other soloist.

The music conductor's stick is a baton.
Assuming you meant 'what is a conductor's stick called' - it's a baton.

This is impossible to say as the organ gradually evolved over thousands of years into the instrument it is today. The first 'organ' as such was the panpipes - a set of pipes bound together and blown across. They are still made and played today - especially in South American countries like Peru. The first evidence of the air being provided by and the pipes being played by some sort of mechanism, is in the hydraulus of ancient Greece and Rome - so called because the wind was provided by running water displacing air from a large container. The hydraulus eventually, over hundreds of years evolved into the primitive pipe organ winded by bellows pumped by an organist's assistant. Later, the pumping system became mechanised and electrified using an electric pump. At the same time the mechanical action was replaced by pneumatic systems and then electrical systems. As ppipe organs are expensive both to buy and to maintain, the electronic organ became popular in the 60s and 70s but its tone was very different from a pipe organ. However, with today's digital instruments using sampled sound, the sound they produce is almost identical with the original instrument - but at a fraction of the cost.

The main difference is the number of musicians. Bach's "huge" orchestras were of 20-25 people max. Now, orchestras can have 75 or even 90 musicians in them.

The insruments have changed: They used to emit a lot less sound and the texture was completely different.

Many instruments such as the clarinet didn't even exist until the 1750s. There are some baroque and even classical pieces (such as Haydn's Cello concerto) that only use the oboe and the French Horn as wind instruments.

When called for in the score, it could be on the left behind the strings, or on the right behind the cellos. If it is a solo instrument, it will be up next to the conductors podium. Sometimes, in small orchestra pits (at the opera etc.), it can be near the centre. Often, the harp is just placed where it will fit.

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Vibraphones

No, it's a symphony.

There are currently no dates set for performances of the Tran-Siberian Orchestra. They regularly have performances during the holiday season. Tickets for those shows are available for purchase through Ticket Master.

Woodwinds

Songstress Elisse Cooper

Mabel Elisse Cooper was born on August 22, 1915 in Columbia (Richland Cotton Milltown), South Carolina, USA. In 1944, Elisse married Gabe Gelinas, a sax player in the Jan Savitt Orchestra. Gabe died just 6 years later in 1950. She continued working as a songstress until 1949, singing on Radio and in Chicago and New York dinner clubs. However, the 'Big Bands era' had ended, and by 1953 she was working as a musical talent agency placement representative.

Elisse had tremendous drive in a small size. Ben Bernie, "the old Maestro", was fond of introducing her as the "Pixie from Dixie". Chico Marx Introduced her as "Sugar, " 'cause she's so sweet". Several New York Times Articles referred to bandleader Eddie Delange always dancing his pretty, "diminutive songstress" off the stage.

Songs Elisse cooper Recorded with Delange under the Bluebird Label are:

Bluebird 7841, "Willie, the Weeper"; "Popcorn Man"

Bluebird 7855, "What are Little Girls Made Of?"

Bluebird 7837, "Jump, Jump's Here"; "Button, Button"

Bluebird 10074 "What This Country Needs is Foo"

Bluebird 10003 "My Kid's Singin' Swing Songs"; "Right in the Corner Where You Are"

Bluebird 10159 "There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket"; Say Ah!

Bluebird 10163 "Simple Simon"; "Ad-de-dey"(Song of the Cuban money divers)

Bluebird 10171 "He May Be Your Man"; "Oh! By Jingo, You're the Only Girl for Me"

Bluebird 10199 "Beer Barrel Polka";

Bluebird 10213 "Eagle Eye Finkle"; "Mrs. Mose has a Million Beaus"

Bluebird 10353 "Sam, the Vegetable Man"; "Now and Then"

Bluebird 10356 "WPA Polka (Wolly Polly Anna)" ; "Broom Dance"

Bluebird 10441 "Stop! It's Wonderful"; "Jiminy Cricket"

Bluebird 10220 "Fidgety Joe"; "A ruble a rhumba"

Other Bands that Elisse is know to have sung or recorded with:Ben Bernie, Bob Chester, Bugsy Sweeny, Jan Savitt, Ceasar Petrillo. Tony Pastor, Hudson-DeLange, Charlie Barnett, Chico Marx, and Red Maddock

The conductor.

A large orchestral work in four movements is a symphony.