A community for instrumentalists that specialize in orchestral music... whether you are still in college, post-graduate, pre-professional, or a professional musician, this is for you! Discuss orchestral life, orchestral composers, auditions, & anything else related!
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Orchestral instrument family:
violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, piccolo, oboe, english horn, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, contra bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, percussion, snare drum, bells, marimba, xylophone, timpani, harp, piano
Orchestral Composers:
JS Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Rossini, Verdi, Liszt, Brahms, Schumann, Franck, Bizet, Bruckner, Wagner, Dvorak, Smetana, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sibelius, Debussy, Faure, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Mahler, Arnold, Elgar, Holst, Walton, Respighi, Britten, Copland, Bernstein, Richard Strauss, Bartok, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
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