196 Orchestra Quotes for You to Enjoy

The Mahavishnu Orchestra - when it came out, it was an explosion, completely unexpected as far as I was concerned. I was just forming a band. John McLaughlin

Band Out Concerned Came Unexpected Orchestra Just As Far As Forming Far Explosion

I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes. Jonny Greenwood

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I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There's something - I don't want to sound ungrateful - but there's something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. You meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands. It's very old and traditional, but then, so is an orchestra and so is a string section. Jonny Greenwood

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Good conductors know when to let an orchestra lead itself. Ninety percent of what a conductor does comes in the rehearsal - the vision, the structure, the architecture. Joshua Bell

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I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them. Joshua Bell

Great Together Will Secret Great Secret Concept Course Without Conductor Orchestra Mean Them Unify Help Play Actually

So many times, I've seen conductors that, every time they have a thought, they stop the orchestra and say it, and I can see the orchestra rolling their eyes and saying, 'Oh, God, he stopped again.' So there's a technique to rehearsing. Joshua Bell

I created a foundation for poor children called Sinfonia por el Peru, where they play in orchestras and choirs, learn values and get away from the bad life, become better citizens in every aspect. Juan Diego Florez

God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It's a way of expressing our humanity. Julie Harris

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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra. Kacy Hill

You School Dance Everyone Saxophone Phoenix Kid Out Dream Had Performing Performing Arts Always Lot Orchestra Arts Wanted Little Choir Act Sang Downtown Started Playing

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. Keith Emerson

Year Over Off Going Orchestra Next Next Year Europe Start

I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite describe what it feels like when you're standing in front of a forty piece orchestra, and there's nothing between you and an audience but a microphone. It's like strapping yourself to a locomotive, and I love it. Kevin Spacey

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I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a white tux, and I thought, 'That would be good. To be the only man on stage in a white jacket.' Kurt Elling

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You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character. Kurt Masur

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I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. Kurt Masur

Together Enough Always Conductor Orchestra Play Bring Imagined

I first played the Royal Albert Hall when I was 14. I was a violinist with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra, and we travelled down from the Midlands for the last night of the School Proms. We played some pieces from the Harry Potter films, and the violin parts were really hard. Laura Mvula

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One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers. Lawrence Welk

Music Time Introduced One Time Shampoo Instead Makers Orchestra Champagne

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra. Leila Josefowicz

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The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers. Leonard Slatkin

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The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band. Lisa Loeb

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