a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players seating on the main floor in a theater
An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. ...
A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including strings, woodwind, brass and percussion; the instruments played by such a group; The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage; A semicircular ...
A large group of musicians made up of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.
A group of musicians led by the conductor who accompany the singers.
Sir John Davies
A performing body of diverse instruments. In the context of Western art music, it refers to the symphony orchestra, an ensemble consisting of a ...
the musicians who play the instruments
An ensemble of multiple string parts with various woodwind, brass and percussion instruments.
the playing area in an ancient Greek theater
A full string section plus a proportional number of woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments. This ensemble might also include keyboards.
the name of the orchestra used in the recording of the opera entry is listed in this field
the flat, semicircular space in front of the stage of a theatre
In modern times, this is the term which signifies a wide variety of instrumental ensembles.
the large (c. 70-foot diameter) circle in a Greek theater in which the chorus sang, danced, and stood during a play. It was located between the audience and the logeion.
a round dancing place before the stage. The chorus performed there.
dancing floor'; the area in front of the skenê where the chorus danced and where, as a rule, it remained during the course of the play
"dancing floor": flat, circular space either fifty or ninety-feet across where the chorus danced.
A group of musicians, under the direction of the conductor and concertmaster, who play various musical instruments to provide the musical accompaniment for the actors
the dancing area; chorus occupies this space
an ensemble of players of musical instruments arranged in sections - the strings, the woodwind and brass and the percussion, plus occasionally a harp or, for some twentieth century repertoire, a piano
The orchestra is a group of instrumentalists playing a variety of instruments. The scoring of a musical work with separate musical lines for each instrument is the orchestration.
For Secondary school children who play an orchestral instrument. For details of rehearsals, contact music teachers.
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