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Tony Kushner

	NIGEL BURCH AND THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA споют нам про алкоголиков / ROL
		NIGEL BURCH AND THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA споют нам про алкоголиков / ROL
		NIGEL BURCH AND THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA споют нам про алкоголиков
		Nigel Burch and Flea-Pit Orchestra - эклектичная английская группа, в составе которой - барабанщик, 15 лет игравший в культовом коллективе The Pogues, 2 скрипача, контрабасист, и фронтмен - Найджель Бурх, играющий на банжо.
	www.stars.ru /news/art/music/02/08/26_011.htm (250 words)

	Technical Specs - Orchestra Shell, Pit, Organ - Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
		Pit 1 and 2 or just Pit 1 can be used in the orchestra pit setting, but not Pit 2 alone.
		The pits can be raised to the stage for additional stage space, or in the lowered auditorium setting 2 rows of seats may be added to each pit.
		Access to the pit in the orchestra pit location is through the Trap Room, located in the basement.
	www.marcuscenter.org /specs_orchestra.php (491 words)

	2. Orchestra Pits \| Safety Guidelines for the Live Performance Industry in Ontario \| Ontario Ministry of Labour
		The orchestra pit, by its very nature, is the equivalent of a large, open stage trap and is a constant risk to the safety of stage performers, musicians and stage personnel.
		The pit safety cover should extend across the entire width of the pit and a sufficient distance over the orchestra pit from the lip of the stage to prevent accidental falls by personnel into the pit and to catch material which, when accidentally dropped from the stage, could cause injury.
		An orchestra pit is a workplace that, in accordance with section 129, shall be maintained at a “temperature suitable for the type of work performed”, and shall be at a temperature “not less than 18° Celsius”.
	www.labour.gov.on.ca /english/hs/guidelines/liveperformance/gl_live_2.html (1360 words)

	Secoa
		Orchestra pit fillers are a flexible solution for theaters with a fixed height orchestra pit.
		Because the pit filler is removable, the versatility of the performance venue is significantly enhanced.
		Our pit fillers are engineered to the space requirements of each installation from a straight stage extension, to a single radius or double radius pit fillers, single and double layer fillers we can manufacture a system to fit your venue.
	www.secoa.com /secPitFillers_PitFiller.cfm (669 words)

	SHS Orchestra page
		The String Orchestra consists of all those students who are enrolled in the strings class.
		The Symphony Orchestra is made up of students from the strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion classes.
		The Pit Orchestra begins rehearsing in February in preparation for the spring musical in late March.
	mysite.verizon.net /vzeoph2a/id15.html (138 words)

	Print Article: Opera maestro knows the political score
		For although a common complaint from audiences is that the sound of the orchestra does not reach the auditorium adequately, the sound in the pit is so loud I wonder if I should have brought ear plugs.
		The occasional thud of performers moving around on stage carries down through the pit's ceiling, but the sound of their voices is muffled.
		"But they [orchestras] are seen as purely performance organs and that doesn't take account of their curatorial function, the fact that they are museums of performance practice and curatoriums of musical literature," he says.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/02/27/1046064162714.html (1012 words)

	88.7 KUHF, Houston Public Radio: Wortham Center Renovation
		To balance the orchestra sound, individual musicians have been forced to play overly soft or loud, which means the players couldn't hear themselves or each other, and singers on the stage had problems hearing the music.
		HGO and Houston Ballet got two million dollars from the City of Houston to pay for moving the orchestra pit completely out from under the stage, farther out into the audience area, and this work is now underway in the Wortham's large hall.
		With the larger orchestra pit sticking five feet farther out into the hall, the Wortham is losing two sections of seats on the front row, 22 seats in all.
	www.kuhf.org /site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=13032 (660 words)

	Musical Pit Orchestra
		The Princeton Orchestra program provides a unique opportunity for students to develop individual skills on each of the instruments of the string family—violin, viola, cello, and string bass—and to participate in orchestral ensembles which are well-known for their high quality of performance.
		Orchestra students also have the opportunity to audition for membership in select orchestras outside of Princeton, such as Cincinnati Junior Strings, Southwest Region Honors Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra.
		The orchestra is an integral part of the comprehensive program of music education in the Princeton School District, and offers instructional and performance options not available in many schools.
	www.princeton.k12.oh.us /music/orchestra/pit.html (377 words)

	Measurement of Stage to Pit Balance in Four Proscenium Arch Theatres
		The fact that the orchestra is located underneath the stage, in a room that is often poorly coupled to the audience chamber, also works to the singer’s benefit.
		Direct sound from the pit is thus subject to barrier effects caused by the pit rail and the first few rows of seats.
		There is no orchestra pit to speak of in either theatre, merely a small 300 mm depression in audience floor at the foot of the stage.
	www.zainea.com /MeasurementofStage.htm (2723 words)

	Rialto's Dance Floor, Orchestra Pit, Smoke Machines & Wardrobe
		This pit is 4 feet below the house level and 8 feet below the stage level.
		Additionally, there is a pit filler which raises the pit to either the house or stage level.
		The pit is not motorized and requires an additional labor cost to raise or lower.
	www.rialtocenter.org /rent/services/production/dance_floor.htm (181 words)

	Fairfax Symphony Orchestra pulls itself out of money pit - Examiner.com
		Now, at the organization’s 50th anniversary, she said the organization is entering the season without debt, the result of an outpouring of donations and cost-cutting measures that included trimming administrative staff and temporarily cutting musicians’ pay.
		It’s a major change from a year ago, when the orchestra was struggling to pay for its first performance of the season.
		Though orchestra members agreed to a 10 percent pay cut for the second half of the season, they maintained the size of the 90-piece group.
	www.examiner.com /printa-266372~Fairfax_Symphony_Orchestra_pulls_itself_out_of_money_pit.html (326 words)

	Life in the Pit - Polyphonic.org Virtual Discussion Panel
		Once I was established in the orchestra and we developed a collective agreement, I became interested in the health and safety aspects of pit playing.
		I am also principal timpanist of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and have held this chair since its inception in the mid 1990s.I have served on orchestra committees and negotiating committees of both orchestras, and I am currently the ROPA delegate.
		In some instances the musicians are trapped in the pit during performances, solely at the mercy of the person backstage raising and lowering the pit.
	www.polyphonic.org /panels.php?id=10 (2808 words)

	Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.
		In one of the singular circumstances that make the world of the orchestra pit such a curiosity, the musicians who spend their time providing the backbone of the performance often never see what's actually happening on stage.
		Orchestra members sit in rows of two that are perpendicular to the stage, except for the three keyboardists - two face away from the stage almost directly in front of the conductor and the other sits perpendicular to the stage.
		For some shows, especially those that need bigger orchestras, some musicians are placed in separate rooms from the actual stage and the music is piped in through speakers.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15676330&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=501580&rfi=6 (1227 words)

	Robo-music gives musicians the jitters - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Virtual orchestras — computer programs that can vary dynamics and tempo and follow the singers on stage and the music director's baton — are changing the music world.
		Virtual orchestras have yet to pass the musical version of the "Turing test" — Alan Turing's 70-year-old test for how to tell when a computer's artificial intelligence has become indistinguishable from that of human intelligence.
		Raphael and others working on virtual orchestras say their intent is not to replace human musicians and the joy of making music —; or to equal a human ensemble.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/robotics/2006-12-14-virutal-orchestra_x.htm?csp=34 (1778 words)

	ScienceDaily: Orchestra Pit No Danger To Hearing
		"The orchestra musicians are part of a union and they were concerned about the noise level in the pit when it came to renewing their contract," says the study's lead author, research associate Alberto Behar of U of T's Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME).
		They then tested 67 volunteers who were requested to wear a noise dosimeter a small cigarette-sized instrument used to measure sound during 18 sessions of an activity that was either a rehearsal, a dress rehearsal or an actual performance, all of them in the pit.
		While the orchestra players may not be in danger of hearing loss in the pit, Behar cautions that the study did not take into account individual practice and measures should always be taken to protect hearing.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/03/050326100626.htm (466 words)

	Orchestra Pit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Final plans for the orchestra pit were approved the weekend that RUN FOR YOUR WIFE closed, so the call went out for all hands on deck.
		The challenge is to complete the orchestra pit for the opening of FINIAN’S RAINBOW in January.
		In the first week of construction, the concrete floor in front of the stage was cut, removed, and the pit was dug.
	www.conejoplayers.org /Orchestrapit.html (564 words)

	Kennedy Center: Opera House Orchestra
		Among the musicians performing in the orchestra was a group of Washington D.C. area artists who would become the nucleus for the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra.
		John Lanchberry was the first music director of the orchestra and was replaced by John Mauceri, who served as the music director for ten years.
		In 1993, the world-renowned German opera conductor, Heinz Fricke, was appointed to the joint position of Music Director of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the Washington Opera.
	www.kennedy-center.org /about/kcoho (1101 words)

	Orchestra Pit Cartoons
		Orchestra Pit cartoon 1 - catalog reference mvo0090
		Orchestra Pit cartoon 2 - catalog reference jgrn766
		Related topics: musician, orchestra, orchestral, orchestra pit, musicians, musical, symphony, unfinished symphony, conductor, conductors, music conductor, music conductors, opera, operas, theatre, theatres, theater, theaters,
	www.cartoonstock.com /directory/o/orchestra_pit.asp (200 words)

	Nonfiction: Life in the Pits
		When I complained to the conductor, he explained that pit orchestras are never really appreciated, and that most of the time audience members just expect the music to be there.
		Pit orchestras work just as hard to prepare as the singers on stage: the week before our first performance, we missed two days of school to rehearse from 9 a.m.
		While the performers bow, the pit is playing, and so we simply receive nods or gestures of acknowledgment from those in the spotlight.
	www.teenink.com /Past/2002/December/Nonfiction/LifeinPits.html (683 words)

	KentuckyOp.3296
		The information release from the Louisville Orchestra Musicians Association said: "Tonight you'll be seeing what the opera management is calling a 'techno-opera.' We say you'll be seeing an opera because this performance consists of singers on stage singing to music generated by a digital computer, a machine....
		The Louisville Orchestra already is in perilous financial condition, having to curtail its season from forty-five to forty weeks, with severe salary concessions by the musicians.
		In this case, the participation of an orchestra would have cost $150,000 to $200,000 for the series, while computer costs were only $20,000.
	www.metoperafamily.org /operanews/_archive/3296/KentuckyOp.3296.html (2282 words)

	Network for Good :: Organization Details
		The Austin Civic Orchestra was founded in 1977 and has been serving the Central Texas community for over 25 years.
		The Austin Civic Orchestra is a non-profit, volunteer performing symphony whose mission is to provide affordable classical music concerts and outreach events to a diverse audience in Central Texas.
		She conducts the Chamber Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Pit Orchestra, and she also teaches conducting.
	www.guidestar.org /pqShowGsReport.do?partner=networkforgood&npoId=520544 (940 words)

	Icon sets the tone for everything but music - National - smh.com.au
		Gregory van der Struik, principal trombone with Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, is on the frontline.
		Playing one of the loudest instruments in the orchestra, he is acutely aware of the effect of noise.
		He estimates that of 147 reported injuries in the past two years, 80 per cent of pit injuries and 20 per cent among cast and crew are caused or exacerbated by conditions in the house.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/icon-sets-the-tone-for-everything-but-music/2006/11/10/1162661901881.html (1531 words)

	SECOA - Orchestra Pit Fillers & Lifts
		Orchestra pit fillers are a flexible solution for theaters with an orchestra pit.
		SECOA pit fillers can be designed for fixed heights or variable heights depending upon support system needs allowing an even greater amount of flexibility.
		Allowing for multiple heights, and quick changes of levels; an orchestra lift can be a valuable tool for your performance space.
	www.secoa.com /secPitFillers.cfm (80 words)

	Tufts Pit Orchestra or other groups??
		All of the pits have students in them and they post for auditions around campus after the shows have been cast.
		They need quite a lot of pit in the fall because the department is doing Parade and there is also a student musical at the same time.
		I was at a meeting last night where they detailed the needs for both Parade's pit and the proposed fall musical for Torn Ticket, and both sounded like they definitely had opportunities for people to come in.
	www.collegeconfidential.com /discus/messages/8/64423.html (561 words)

	Orchestra Pit - New York City Ballet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Orchestra Pit is 65'-0" (19.80m) wide x 23'-0" (7.00m) from rail to back wall at center line.
		Musicians may enter the pit through two doors from the beneath the stage on the Concourse Level.
		Visiting companies requiring a grand piano in the pit should make arrangements to bring in their own piano.
	www.nycballet.com /nyst/specifications/orchestra.html (167 words)

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