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Orchestra pit. An orchestra pit is an area in a theatre (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage) in which musicians perform. The orchestra plays mostly out of sight in the pit, rather than on the stage as for a concert, when providing music for forms of theatre that require it (such as opera and ballet) or when incidental music ...
Front ensemble. The front ensemble of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps during the Sunset Parade. In a marching band, drum and bugle corps, or indoor percussion ensemble, the front ensemble or pit is the stationary percussion ensemble. This ensemble is typically placed in front of the football field, though some designers may use ...
Roles. The cast of the off-Broadway musical Rock of Ages. The singer in the top right of the third (back) row, Tad Wilson, is an offstage singer and understudy ("cover") for one of the onstage singers, in the event of illness. Some offstage performers are hired solely to play one or more instruments (e.g., synthesizer, rhythm guitar, percussion).
1924–1977. Musical artist. Gaetano Alberto"Guy" Lombardo(June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977)[2]was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racerwhose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades. Lombardo formed the Royal Canadiansin 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebertand Victor ...
Footloose requires a pit orchestra in a rock combo style. The instrumentation calls for two keyboards, two guitars, bass guitar, drums, percussion, and a woodwind player. The woodwind player doubles on clarinet, flute, tenor sax, and baritone sax. The first keyboard part is played by the conductor.
Orchestration. A hand-written musical score for Act 2 of the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber, written in the 1820s. The score contains all the parts for the singers and the accompaniment parts and melodies for the orchestra. Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ...
Orchestral enhancement. Orchestral enhancement is the technique of using orchestration techniques, architectural modifications, or electronic technologies to modify the sound, complexity, or color of a musical theatre, ballet or opera pit orchestra. Orchestral enhancements are used both to create new sounds and to add capabilities to existing ...
Music director. Gustavo Dudamel. Website. www.laphil.com. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra in Los Angeles, California. Colloquially referred to as the LA Phil, the orchestra has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through ...