The Stage Of The Symphony Orchestra

The choir arrangements were pretty consistent during all the plays. There were three rows of …. on the stage in the center. The Piano was placed in the center to the left side of the stage. For some plays which needed extra instrument such as guitar, percussion or cowbell chairs were placed on the right side of the stage for the players to play the instruments. In the contrary, the orchestra arrangements were not persistent during the play. Almost each section of the play had its own orchestra arrangement. However, the conductor stood in the center of the stage for the most part of the play except for the plays with opera scenes.

As the conductor enters the stage area, he is greeted with genuine applause from the audience. The conductor shakes hands with the concert master, and then turns to the audience to acknowledge them with a bow. The audience is nicely dressed in business or evening attire. The audience is seated on the floor or in the balcony areas for viewing. The audience remains seated throughout the performance, and there is no conversation between them as they watched the symphony. This concert etiquette is to show respect to the conductor, the orchestra, and other audience members. The orchestra performers are outfitted in black. The men have on black suits with ties. The women have on either black dresses or pant suits. The conductor is dressed in black with a button down black jacket with a white tuxedo shirt underneath the jacket. Also, there is a chorus, attired in black, seated behind the orchestra. The strings are seated in front of the conductor, then follows the woodwinds, horns, percussion, soloists, and chorus.

Plantiga, Leon. "Beethoven's Concertos: History, Style and Performance. " New York: W.W.Norton, inc., 1999. pp.3-21, 113-158

The stage was very small however, with only enough room for one white and turquois flower arrangement on each side of the pulpit (the only decoration pertaining to the party), the pastor, and a projection screen that was placed behind the pastor, which was used to display the words to the songs. The musicians were on the left side in between the stage and the pews, all the men were different ages. A middle aged man who seemed to be the leader was the keyboardist and singer, the base player was a young teenage boy who sat on the first bench facing the keyboardist, the guitarist was an older man who sat in his wheelchair also facing the keyboardist, and the drummer, another middle aged man, who had his own little tower upstairs where he faced the challenge of keeping up with the tempo without being able to see the leader.

Auer, Leopold. Violin playing as I teach it, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921.

The name of this work is Act One: Youtube Symphony Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall. It lasts for about one hour. This is the first symphony orchestra of its kind. Many things set it apart from all others. Approximately three thousand people from all corners of the globe sent in video tape auditions of their musical talents. From this a total of ninety six people were chosen by " Youtubers". The orchestra consists of both male and female musicians. The attire is all black and formal, such as dresses, suits, etcetera. From certain angles, one can see that the music hall is packed with people. The dim lighting gave great and appropriate ambiance.

When Still graduated from high school, he attended medical school at Wilberforce University, in Ohio. He conducted the university band, learned to play many types of instruments, and started to compose and to do orchestrations. He was awarded a scholarship to

     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) is regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived. He began writing minuets at the age of 5,and by the time he died in 1791 at the age of 35, he had produced 626 cataloged works. “ Mozart has enriched the concerto form with a larger number of masterpieces than any other composer.”1

Today, classical music by many can be seen as a dying genre of music. Not often do people attend concerts to be moved emotionally, for entertainment, or as a means of socializing. Though groups such as 2Cellos, Piano Guys, and the YouTube Symphony Orchestra have recently driven people back to concert halls and have them watching classical performances online. The YouTube Symphony Orchestra has made a significant movement to this genre of music by live streaming their performances (one in 2009 and the other in 2011).

He first decided to use the clarinet in his composition of Divertimento, K 113, due to the singing qualities it possessed. He composed the Clarinet Concerto in 1791 for a clarinetist by the name of Anton Stadler. The concerto was on one of the Mozart’s last compositions and his last concerto for a solo instrument. The composition of the piece began in 1787 for basset horn in G with about 200 measures and then was revisited in the last few weeks of Mozart’s life in 1791.

I have never been personally a fan of the romantic orchestra music but going to listen to a concert live is breathtaking. I attended the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Masterpieces concert with music director Fouad Fakhouri performing Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.1 in D major. There was a full stage of musicians and a complete choir to back it up.

The first piece was “Overture from the Singspiel”, which is composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The conductor is James Martin. When it comes to the acomposer, Mozart was born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]—died December 5, 1791, Vienna), Austrian composer,

The stage was brightly lit from both on stage and the front of house and the musicians were arranged in a semi circle around the podium. The back rows of the strings section were mounted on risers and high stools. They were all wearing black formal wear. They seemed confident in their playing and very relaxed and used to the stage. They all had excellent posture and were concentrating on the music without talking.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the composer of Symphony No. 40 in G minor. This piece was composed in 1788. Mozart overshadowed and took after his father, Leopold, who was a talented composer of the time. After his father passed, young Mozart had the opportunity to work in several different musical genres composing symphonies, string quartets, sonatas and serenades and a few operas. He developed a passion for violin concertos producing what came to be the only five he wrote.

The second movement, Andante con moto, however has two main different interpretations that it could be analyzed as song form or sonata form. The third movement, Con moto moderato, was composed in form of minuet and trio. Finally, for the finale, which consists of the Roman saltarello and the Neapolitan tarantella dance rhythm, contains characteristics of both sonata and rondo form.