orchestra

A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including strings, woodwinds, brass instruments, and percussion instruments.

The instruments played by such a group.

The area in a theater or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage.

The front section of seats nearest the stage in a theater.

The entire main floor of a theater.

A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in ancient Greek theaters.

The part of a theater or other public place appropriated to the musicians.

In modern music, a company of performers on such instruments as are used in concerted music; a band. ; ;